Search results for multiracial identity

Social Sciences Oct 3, 2023

How people perceive multiracial faces isn't always so Black and White, study finds

Barack Obama. Meghan Markle. Trevor Noah. Depending on your race, you might consider these and other Multiracial people as Black, White, or somewhere in-between, according to new research by psychologists at Duke University ...

Social Sciences Sep 12, 2023

Five ways that college campuses benefit from diversity, equity and inclusion programs

For more than half a century, colleges and universities have relied on dedicated programs to attract students of color and support them. Today, those programs—known as diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs—are ...

Social Sciences Jul 14, 2023

Fostering a more racially inclusive rural America

Associate Professor of Sociology Emily Walton recalls chatting with a multiracial physician who told her that he'd made more friends in Colorado, where he spent one year during his residency, than he had in nearly a decade ...

Social Sciences Oct 10, 2022

Census data hides racial diversity of US 'Hispanics,' to the country's detriment

As I opened a recent email from my local grocery store chain advertising Hispanic Heritage Month—it runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 each year—I was surprised to see it highlighting recipes from four distinct regions: Mexico, ...

Social Sciences Sep 15, 2022

US moved online, worked more from home as pandemic raged

During the first two years of the pandemic, the number of people working from home in the United States tripled, home values grew and the percentage of people who spent more than a third of their income on rent went up, according ...

Social Sciences Mar 29, 2022

'Model minority' perception complicates identities of white-Asian multiracial individuals

The term "model minority" was first coined by sociologists in the 1960s to describe Asian Americans as a group that has purportedly achieved greater success in the U.S. compared to other ethnic minorities. While the term ...

Archaeology Mar 23, 2022

Wreck of 207-year-old whaling ship discovered in Gulf of Mexico

NOAA and partners today announced the discovery of the wreck of a 207-year-old whaling ship, called Industry, found on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The remains of the 64-foot long, two-masted wooden brig opens a window ...

Social Sciences Feb 22, 2022

The evolution of Black representation on television

Since the late 1940s, watching TV has been a popular American pastime. Television entertains us, educates us and helps shape our views of the world.

Social Sciences Jun 22, 2021

How American racism is rooted in residential segregation

The disproportionate use of police brutality against people of color in America. Higher COVID-19 death rates of Black and Latinx people in the health care system. Lower percentages of homeownership and loans approved in Black ...

Political science Feb 8, 2021

New nationwide survey shows MAGA supporters' beliefs about the pandemic, the election and the insurrection

In the wake of the Capitol riot and on the eve of former President Trump's second impeachment trial, new data from the University of Washington reveals the attitudes and beliefs that are growing within the Republican Party.

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