But don’t panic: it has NOTHING to do with race.
Meanwhile, I wouldn’t worry to much about this survey at all:
…whites without a four-year college degree remain the largest demographic bloc in the workforce. College-educated whites make up about one-fifth of the adult population, while minorities account for a little under one-third. The picture is changing, but whites who have not completed college remain the backbone of many, if not most, communities and workplaces across the country.
In the most telling result, 63 percent of African-Americans and 54 percent of Hispanics said they expected their children to exceed their standard of living. Even college-educated whites are less optimistic (only about two-fifths agree). But the noncollege whites are the gloomiest. (…)
Over the summer of 2011 one major voice on the so-called “right” is going to let slip a “Hate Fact” on their radio show, a television interview, or in a tweet. Just like the Drudge Report showed over Black Memorial Day 2011, millions of people will realize its okay to have those thoughts and that they aren’t alone.
