As Nation Reckons With Race, Poll Finds White Americans Least Engaged
The NPR/Ipsos poll also found wide gaps in support for demands that racial justice advocates are making.
Anti-Black racism had always bothered John Collins, but he'd never personally done anything about it.
That changed after police killed George Floyd in May.
Stuck at home and furloughed from work because of the pandemic, Collins had time to watch coverage of the protests Floyd's death had set off and to reflect on the nation's history of racial injustice.
"The more you see it the more it boils inside," said Collins, 63, who is white and lives in Central Florida. "And I guess the boiling inside just kind of said, what can you do?"
Collins sympathized with the people
