Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe racism against Black Americans is widespread throughout the country, a recent Gallup poll finds.

According to the data, about 64% of Americans believe that racist beliefs and actions have become pervasive in the nation, and tied with 2021 as the highest recorded level since the survey began in 2008.

Gallup found that 83% of Black adults were likely to answer “yes” about racism being prevalent in the U.S., with 61% of white adults responding similarly.

When originally asked by Gallup in 2008, only 56% of Americans believed racism to be widespread. Data readings in the first year of the Obama Presidency saw a dip in the readings that would substantially reverse by the end of President Trump’s first term in office.

In recent years, the Republican Par

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