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Question 312. Now look at card BF. Some people think that (blacks/negroes/African-Americans) have been discriminated against for so long that the government has a special obligation to help improve their living standards; they are at point 1. Others believe that the government should not be giving special treatment to (blacks/negroes/African-Americans); they are at point 5. a. Where would you place yourself on this scale, or haven't you made up your mind on this?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | 2 | 4 | agree with both | don't know | government should help | no answer | no special treatment | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | - | 126 | 179 | 311 | 40 | 240 | 2 | 592 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 151 | 322 | 406 | 66 | 120 | 7 | 527 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 137 | 248 | 439 | 51 | 136 | 23 | 439 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 140 | 260 | 420 | 39 | 120 | 4 | 487 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 204 | 279 | 519 | 46 | 278 | 8 | 485 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 484 | 99 | 172 | 285 | 30 | 74 | 4 | 333 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 502 | 97 | 190 | 278 | 36 | 90 | 2 | 342 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | - | 138 | 220 | 452 | 46 | 139 | 3 | 374 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 500 | 113 | 189 | 311 | 32 | 104 | 4 | 264 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 549 | 105 | 217 | 333 | 30 | 75 | 7 | 290 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 981 | 146 | 465 | 584 | 60 | 164 | 11 | 581 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 979 | 163 | 443 | 552 | 63 | 155 | 10 | 539 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 921 | 194 | 399 | 591 | 70 | 124 | 7 | 526 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 921 | 173 | 361 | 598 | 81 | 176 | 15 | 492 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1853 | 72 | 177 | 282 | 20 | 76 | 2 | 283 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1936 | 62 | 158 | 278 | 12 | 66 | 5 | 295 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2521 | 147 | 365 | 662 | 37 | 209 | 4 | 565 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 658 | 107 | 253 | 440 | 50 | 125 | 7 | 383 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 667 | 115 | 266 | 405 | 49 | 124 | 6 | 412 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 636 | 117 | 231 | 394 | 47 | 93 | 9 | 447 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 851 | 145 | 293 | 505 | 58 | 150 | 7 | 529 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 913 | 220 | 371 | 608 | 72 | 246 | 7 | 430 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 785 | 188 | 253 | 507 | 61 | 235 | 9 | 310 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1382 | 407 | 315 | 679 | 11 | 560 | 3 | 641 | 34 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1174 | 287 | 256 | 707 | 60 | 498 | 13 | 535 | 14 | 3544 |
| Total | 33237 | 3853 | 6882 | 11546 | 1167 | 4377 | 179 | 11101 | 48 | 72390 |
1 government should help
3 agree with both
5 no special treatment
NA(d) don't know
NA(i) iap
NA(j) I don't have a job
NA(m) dk, na, iap
NA(n) no answer
NA(p) not imputable
NA(q) not imputable
NA(r) refused
NA(s) skipped on web
NA(u) uncodeable
NA(x) not available in this release
NA(y) not available in this year
NA(z) see codebook