| Sumario: | The article examines competing norms of free expression and political tolerance. Using data from the U.S. General Social Survey, the study investigated the level of public support for censoring racist expression with the rise of tolerance for other forms of unpopular speech. Results presented revealed a growing tendency for people to differentiate between racist speech, as well as gains in tolerance for atheists, communists, gay people, and militarists from 1976 to 2016. It shows a stagnant level of tolerance for racist speech and a wide gap between tolerance for racist speech and other forms of speech. Data shows the effects of age, education, political ideology, attitudes toward racial equality on level of tolerance for racist speech.
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