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A third of Americans now believe diversity is "threatening," up from just 11% in 2019 09/25/2024 A new CNN poll has found that a third of Americans believe diversity is a threat to the nation's culture, a number that's tripled since 2019. In a similar poll conducted five years ago, 11% of respondents said diversity was "threatening," compared to 33% who say the same today. Two-thirds of Americans said diversity enriches American culture, which is down from 82% in 2019. Specifically, survey takers were asked: "Overall, do you think having an increasing number of people of many different races, ethnic groups, and nationalities in the U.S. is mostly (threatening) or mostly (enriching) American culture?" The survey results come amid a volatile political environment in which Republican nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, have taken an increasingly nativist and anti-immigration stance in the final weeks of their campaign. “They’re coming from the Congo. They’re coming from Africa. They’re coming from the Middle East. They’re coming from all over the world- Asia,” Trump said at a rally on Long Island last week. “What’s happening to our country is we’re just destroying the fabric of life in our country. We’re not going to take it any longer. You got to get rid of these people. Give me a shot......... |