Do Latinos Care About Ferguson?

*Someone was bound to ask the question. Here’s an attempt at an answer: less than 1 in 5 Latinos (18%) are following the events in Ferguson closely. Latinos are less likely than whites to pay attention to what’s happening there. Does this surprise you? VL

By Aura Bogado, Colorlines

New survey results from the Pew Research Center illustrate a sharp divide between black and white respondents when it comes to what’s happening in Ferguson. If you pay attention to racial dynamics, some of the results aren’t too surprising:

Blacks and whites have sharply different reactions to the police shooting of an unarmed teen in Ferguson, Mo., and the protests and violence that followed. Blacks are about twice as likely as whites to say that the shooting of Michael Brown “raises important issues about race that need to be discussed.” Wide racial differences also are evident in opinions about of whether local police went too far in the aftermath of Brown’s death, and in confidence in the investigations into the shooting.

But that’s not all. Pew also spoke with Latino respondents.

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[Photo courtesy of rt.com]

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