A majority of white Americans believe discrimination against whites exist in the modern-day United States, specifically within the workforce and higher education.

According to a new poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 55 percent of white Americans believe there is discrimination when it comes to issues such as hiring practices, college admissions, and government help.

"It's been going on for decades, and it's been getting worse for whites," Ohioan Tim Hershman told NPR.

"If you apply for a job, they seem to give the blacks the first crack at it," Hershman explained, "if you want any help from the government, if you're white, you don't get it. If you're black, you get it."

Maryland resident Tim Musick said the discrimination exists in social spheres and that he's automatically perceived as a racist or bigot based on his skin color.

"I don't know what it feels like to be a black man walking around in the streets, but I do know what it feels like to be pegged, because of how you look, and what people perceive just on sight," Musick said.

While the poll shows a majority of white Americans like Hershman and Musick believe discrimination against whites exists in America today, only few could say they experienced it firsthand.

The poll shows that only 19 percent experienced discrimination while applying for jobs, 13 percent in job promotions and salaries, and 11 percent in higher education.

Meanwhile, 84 percent of white Americans surveyed say that discrimination does, in fact, exist when it comes to racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S.

Grievances of white middle-class Americans on issues such as jobs was a reoccurring theme in the 2016 election with President Trump vowing to cater to their needs.

The group surveyed 3,453 U.S. adults, 902 of which were white Americans. The survey of white Americans has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 percentage points.