Most Maryland voters, black or white, agree that race relations are in decline, according to the newest Goucher Poll for fall 2017. But when it comes to the details of how that manifests, there’s an apparent divide along racial lines.
To start, 61 percent of voters surveyed from Sept. 14-17 agree “race relations in Maryland have gotten worse over the past few years.” That’s true nearly equally among African-American (59 percent) and white (61 percent) Marylanders.
However, asked whether minorities face workplace discrimination, 79 percent of black voters agreed, compared to 55 percent of whites.
“What we see, and it’s not really surprising at all, is that African-Americans recognize more than their white counterparts that workplace discrimination does happen,” said Mileah Kromer, director of Goucher College’s Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center.
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