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Tatishe Nteta challenges us to imagine a more united and egalitarian America W.E.B. Du Bois famously said that the problem of the 20th century was the problem of the color line. I think that’s true as well for the 21st century
Teaching “Introduction to American Politics” via Zoom from the attic of his home, UMass Amherst Associate Professor of Political Science Tatishe Nteta grabs the attention of more than 150 students as he discusses thought-provoking historical cases that relate to current affairs with his characteristic upbeat energy. “Someone’s peaceful protest is another person’s terrorism,” he says, contrasting the FBI’s mobilization in response to the Black Lives Matter movement with the lack of preparedness ahead of the January 6 Capitol insurrection. “Get ’em Prof!” writes a student in the class’s chat window.
Topline results and crosstabs for the poll can be found at www.umass.edu/poll
AMHERST, Mass. – Nearly two-thirds of Americans and 90% of Republicans oppose the idea of providing reparations to the descendants of slaves, according to the results of a nationwide University of Massachusetts Amherst/WCVB poll released today.
“Four hundred years since Africans were forcibly brought to the shores of America, 245 years since the 3/5th Compromise and 156 years since freed African Americans were promised 40 acres and a mule, a majority of Americans express an unwillingness to pay the descendants of slaves for the nation’s original sin,” says Tatishe Nteta, associate professor of political science at UMass Amherst and director of the poll.
Americans support easier voting methods but also ID requirements, UMass/WCVB poll shows
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
Posted Apr 28, 2021
A UMass Amherst/WCVB nationwide poll shows voter sentiment for ID requirements, but also easier methods to register and cast ballots.
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AMHERST A nationwide University of Massachusetts Amherst/WCVB poll released today finds that Americans support a variety of election reforms, including both those that make voting easier, but also enacting voter ID requirements.
Their preferences showed a leaning to neither the Democratic or Republican parties, but support for aspects of voter reform favored by each.
“From automatic registration to making the option to vote by mail a permanent fixture of American elections, clear majorities of Americans favor making voting easier in the United States,” said poll director Tatishe Nteta, a UMass associate professor of political science.
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