WASHINGTON, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Safety concerns were top of mind for many black Americans well before the mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, according to a Pew Research Center survey released Friday.

"Around a third of Black adults (32 percent) said they worried every day or almost every day that they might be threatened or attacked because of their race or ethnicity," said the survey conducted in mid-April.

Black Americans are disproportionately likely to be victims of hate crimes, according to data collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.