Two-thirds of Black Americans say that recently increased focus on race and racial inequality in the United States has not led to changes that are improving the lives of Black people, according to a Pew Research Center survey report published on Tuesday. 

"This is somewhat of a reversal in views from September 2020, when half of Black adults said the increased national focus on issues of race would lead to major policy changes to address racial inequality in the country and 56 percent expected changes that would make their lives better," said the report titled "Black Americans have a clear vision for reducing racism but little hope it will happen."

The survey, conducted online from October 4 to 17, 2021, interviewed 3,912 Black Americans nationwide to explore how Black Americans assess their position in U.S. society and their ideas about social change.

According to the survey, 44 percent of the interviewees said equality for Black people in the U.S. is not likely to be achieved.

Just 13 percent see it as extremely or very likely that Black people in the country will achieve equality, with little variation in that figure by age, gender, region or education level, the survey showed.

About eight in 10 (79 percent) Black Americans reported having personally experienced discrimination because of their race or ethnicity, including 15 percent who say they experience such discrimination regularly; roughly seven in 10 (68 percent) said racial discrimination is the main reason why many Black people can't get ahead, it added.