White Americans, on average, do not support Black Lives Matter, while Black Americans generally express strong support. The lack of support among white Americans is striking, and we argue that it matters why this racial gap exists. Using a nationally representative survey collected during the crest of the first wave of widespread attention to the movement, we explore four potential explanations for interracial differences in feelings toward Black Lives Matter. These explanations reflect competing claims made by advocates and opponents of the movement and have distinct implications for understanding the meaning of these racial differences. Two explanations focus on attitudes toward the police, and two focus on racial prejudice. The results suggest that interracial differences in contact with the police mattered to views of the movement, though in opposite ways for white and Black Americans. Support for the movement among Black Americans was not motivated by an animosity toward the police. Ultimately, the lack of white support for Black Lives Matter was best explained by anti-Black animus and racial resentment, reflecting a concern about the threat this contemporary civil rights movement presents to the racial status quo.

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谁的生活很重要？2016年美国黑人和白人如何看待黑人生活

平均而言，美国白人不支持黑人生活问题，而黑人通常表示坚决支持。美国白人中缺乏支持是惊人的，而且我们认为它很重要，为什么这种种族差距是存在的。使用在对运动的第一波广泛关注的波峰时期收集的一项全国代表性调查，我们探索了对“黑色生活”问题的不同种族差异的四种可能的解释。这些解释反映了该运动的拥护者和反对者提出的相互竞争的主张，对理解这些种族差异的含义具有不同的含义。两种解释着重于对警察的态度，两种解释着重于种族偏见。结果表明，与警察接触的种族差异影响了该运动的观点，尽管对于美国黑人和白人而言却是相反的。对黑人的支持并不是出于对警察的敌意。最终，