If truth known THEYRE AFRAID TO SPEAK ! Most Americans Oppose White Supremacists, But Many Share Their Views: Poll

Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
HuffPostSep 15, 2017
A new poll in the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, finds that while Americans widely say they oppose racism and white nationalism, many still appear to hold far-right, white supremacist views.
   The Ipsos poll, for Thomson Reuters and the University of Virginia Center for Politics, was conducted online from Aug. 21 to Sept. 5 ― in the weeks following the deadly white supremacist rally on the University of Virginia campus. It sampled around 5,360 American adults, asking questions about race that respondents could agree or disagree with to varying degrees.
   “While there is relatively little national endorsement of neo-Nazis and white supremacists,” according to the release describing the poll’s findings, “there are troubling levels of support for certain racially-charged ideas and attitudes frequently expressed by extremist groups.”
   While the vast majority of Americans polled expressed support for racial equality when asked in so many words ― 70 percent strongly agreed that “all races are equal,” & 89 percent agreed that all races should be treated equally ― people’s responses got murkier when it came to expressing their viewpoints on particular issues related to race and extremism.
   31% of Americans polled strongly or somewhat agreed that 'America must protect & preserve its White European heritage.'
   For instance, while only 8 percent of respondents said they supported white nationalism as a group or movement, a far larger percentage said they supported viewpoints widely held by white supremacist groups: 31 percent of Americans polled strongly or somewhat agreed that “America must protect & preserve its White European heritage,” and 39 percent agreed that “white people are currently under attack in-https://www.yahoo.com/news/most-americans-oppose-white-supremacists-195150184.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/most-americans-oppose-white-supremacists-195150184.html