Where are we as a society?
Learn how people think and talk about racial equity and justice.
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Jump to sectionAre you familiar with the concept of racial equity?
Over the last two years, have issues of racial justice become more important, less important, or the same to you?
What words or phrases come closest to how you define 'equity'?
How often do you think about issues of racial justice?
In 2019 and again in 2022, we asked thousands of adults in the United States about racial equity and justice.
The number of people who said they were familiar with racial equity has increased by 7 percentage points since 2019.
People who said “yes” when asked if they were familiar with the concept of racial equity.
We define racial equity as when life outcomes can no longer be predicted by race or ethnicity. While this defines equity by its outcomes, many respondents defined racial equity by concepts, such as opportunity, that speak only to access, not outcomes.
We define racial justice as when policies, practices, systems, and other causes of unjust outcomes for people of color are eliminated.
Respondents offered relatively consistent, straightforward, and tangible descriptions of justice when asked about their top-of-mind associations. Three in four said they were familiar with the concept of racial justice.