# Americans doubt they could reliably spot a high- or low-racial-bias place

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## Reading

Americans are lukewarm about their own ability to tell whether a place is high in anti-Black racial bias: the single largest share (31%) say they would be neither good nor bad at it, according to a May 2026 Verasight survey.

A 58% majority say they would be at least somewhat good at determining racial bias, but that includes just 13% who say very good. Far fewer (11%) say they would be at least somewhat bad, including 2% who say very bad.

## Topline

How well do you think you would be able to determine if a place is high in anti-Black racial bias?

Americans doubt they could reliably spot a high- or low-racial-bias place.

- Neither good or bad at determining racial bias: 30.9%
- Somewhat good at determining racial bias: 29.5%
- Good at determining racial bias: 15.9%
- Very good at determining racial bias: 13.0%
- Somewhat bad at determining racial bias: 5.4%
- Bad at determining racial bias: 3.5%
- Very bad at determining racial bias: 1.8%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2026-05-11 → 2026-05-11
- Base (unweighted): 512
- Margin of error: +/- 4.6%
- Module: daily_life
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-2.29](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-2.29)

## Citation

Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2026-045, fielded May 11-11, 2026, N=512 US adults age 18+, +/- 4.6%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-2.29](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-2.29)