Here is an opinion survey done in 12 languages. Data gives interest view of California residents.
A large percentage of ethnic Californians believe the general quality of life has worsened in the last year. According to survey results, a majority of Hispanics (55%) and Asian-Americans (59%) feel less secure going about their daily lives today than they did a year ago. A majority of African-Americans (88%), as well as Hispanics (53%) and Asians (57%), think that a terrorist attack is likely to happen in their local community. A majority of California residents that identify themselves as Arabic, Iranian, Pakistani or Afghan (i.e. the Middle Eastern sample) reveal that they get depressed more often now than they did before 9/11 (56%). And substantial majorities of the four “ethnic” groups interviewed say they worry more about their family’s future, and that their children seem to be more afraid for their family’s safety.
September 11 has brought families of all ethnic groups and the communities in which they live closer together. A majority of the Asians (61%), Hispanics (73%), and African-Americans (56%) in the study told our interviewers that the events of 9/11 had made them feel that there is a greater sense of community and understanding in California. **Only Pakistanis disagreed with this finding. **Nevertheless, all of the four “ethnic” groups studied strongly agreed that they felt the need to spend more time with their families since September 11th.
**Strong Evidence of Discrimination Since 9/11.**There is strong evidence in the study that a significant number of California residents of Arabic, Iranian, Afghani, Pakistani and Asian Indian descent feel that they have been the victims of racial or ethnic discrimination on a more frequent basis than before the events of 9/11 (58% said they had been a victim of discrimination more often).