THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, April 22, 1996 TAG: 9604220056
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A3 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: NEW YORK LENGTH: Short : 25 lines
Three out of five black Americans feel their conditions are worsening, and a similar number think the American dream has become impossible to achieve, a new poll says.
These pessimistic beliefs cut across social classes, according to the poll conducted by Yankelovich Partners Inc. for The New Yorker.
Sixty-six percent of those who consider themselves members of the lower class feel that their own conditions are getting worse, as do 57 percent of the working class, 58 percent of the middle class and 50 percent of the upper-middle and above, according to the survey.
The survey was reported in the magazine's April 29-May 6 issue, devoted to black America. It was conducted among some 1,200 African-American adults and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points. by CNB