About 40% say they're better off now than 5 years ago, up from 20%.
(Newser) – The last two years have seen a big increase in black Americans’ sense of how well-off they are in society. A Pew poll concludes that the election of President Obama was a “spur for this sharp rise in optimism,” in which 39% of respondents say they are better off than they were five years ago, up from 20% in 2007. The increase is the biggest in 25 years, reports the Washington Post.
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