A variety of national polls have revealed that African-Americans are as much as three times more likely than whites to oppose U.S. military action in Iraq. A Gallup poll released March 28, for example, found that 68 percent of black Americans opposed the war, while only 20 percent of whites did. Other polls found similar divides. These strikingly disparate views surprise… return to article
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