TABLE 1.4 MOST IMPORTANT PASTS -- BY RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUP

We asked each of our respondents the following question: "Knowing about the past of which of the following four areas or groups is most important to you -- the past of your family, the past of your racial or ethnic group, the past of the community in which you now live, or the past of the United States?" The table below reports the percentage of respondents in our national sample and four racial/ethnic groups that choose each of the pasts in the far-left column.
 
Knowing about the past of which of the following four areas or groups is most important to you?
RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUPS
National sample
White
African American
Mexican American
Pine Ridge Oglala Sioux
The past of your family
66%
69%
59%
61%
50%
The past of your racial or ethnic group
8%
4%
26%
10%
38%
The past of the community in which you now live
4%
3%
4%
7%
7%
The past of the United States
22%
24%
11%
22%
5%
100% N=796
100% N=616
100% N=297
100% N=191
100% N=176

 

 
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