U.S. Offensive Millennials More Likely to Support Censoring Offensive Statements About Minorities Support Statements that are offensive to minority groups people from saying these things these things publicly
We asked whether people believe that citizens should be able to make public statements that are offensive to minority groups, or whether the government should be able to prevent people from saying these things. Four-in-ten Millennials say the government should be able to prevent people publicly making statements that are offensive to minority groups, while 58% said such speech is OK.
U.S. Offensive Millennials More Likely to Support Censoring  | Offensive Statements About Minorities Support  | Statements that are offensive to minority groups  | Gov't should be able to prevent  | People should be able to  | people from saying these things these things publicly  | Total  | 28%  | 67%  | Millennial (ages 18-34)  | 40  | 58  | Gen X (35-50)  | 27  | 70  | Boomer (51-69)  | 24  | 71  | Silent (70887)  | 12  | 80  | 23  | Men  | 73  | 33  | Women  | 62  | Republican  | 18  | Democrat  | 35  | 60  | Inde pendent  | 27  | 68  | White non Hispanic  | 23  | 72  | Non-white  | 38  | 57  | College degree or more  | 22  | 75  | Some college  | 29  | 66  | High school or less  | 31  | 63  | Source: Spring 2015 Global Attitudes survey.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 