WASHINGTON — Who’s discriminated against in America? More people say Latinos than blacks or women — and it’s not just Latinos who feel that way.
An Associated Press-Univision Poll found that 61 percent of people overall said Latinos face significant discrimination, compared with 52 percent who said blacks do and 50 percent who said women.
While 81 percent of Latinos said Latinos confront a lot or some discrimination, 59 percent of non-Latinos said so.
It is not unusual for members of a group to feel they face more prejudice. In this survey, that was especially true when people were asked about “a lot” of discrimination. Fifty-five percent of Latinos but only 24 percent of non-Latinos said Latinos encounter that.
“I see it in people’s faces, in the way they react,” said Raymond Angulo, 66, a Mexican-born U.S. citizen and retiree from Pico Rivera, Calif. “It’s gotten somewhat better, but it’s still there.”
However, Jason Welty, a lawn-care specialist in Indianapolis who is not Latino, said he has seen little evidence of the problem despite working frequently with Latinos.
“They’re treated by most of our clients and the people we work with just like anybody else,” said Welty, 30.
The May 7-12 poll of 901 Latino adults had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 5.3 percentage points and was compared with a May 7-11 poll of 1,002 adults from the general population that had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.3 percentage points.
