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AP poll: Majority harbor prejudice against blacks

WASHINGTON — Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a slight majority of Americans now express prejudice toward blacks whether they recognize those feelings or not.

Those views could cost President Barack Obama votes as he tries for re-election, the survey found, though the effects are mitigated by some people's more favorable views of blacks.

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President Barack Obama speaks to supporters at a campaign event at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport, in Clevela...

 

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