1 1 <p>A majority of African Americans believe that race relations have not improved with the election of President Obama, according to a new CNN<em>/Essence/</em>Opinion Research Corporation poll: "African-Americans really like President Obama, but more and more feel that race relations have not gotten better since he took office, a new national poll found. 96% of African-Americans approve of how Obama is handling his presidency . . . During the 2008 election, 38 percent of blacks surveyed thought racial discrimination was a serious problem. In the new survey, 55 percent of blacks surveyed believed it was a serious problem, which is about the same level as it was in 2000."</p> 2009-06-26T15:42:12-04:00 982 false true 2009-06-29T10:09:28-04:00 2009-06-29T10:09:28-04:00