Most white Americans say they do not live, work, or come in regular contact with more than 'a few' blacks

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Large majorities of white Americans say they do not live (79 percent), work (81 percent), or come in regular contact (68 percent) with more than "a few" black people, The New York Times reports. Four percent of white respondents said they do not regularly come in contact with black Americans at all.

While the racial segregation of black and white lives has remained relatively consistent over the past 15 years, the Times did add that geographic segregation seems to be lower, with a third of black respondents saying that "almost all of the people" who live near their homes were of the same race, as opposed to half that said the same in 2000.

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