News tagged with racial minorities
Education doesn't increase support for affirmative action among whites, minorities
Highly educated whites and minorities are no more likely to support workplace affirmative action programs than are their less educated peers, according to a new study in the March issue of Social Psychology Quarterly, which ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Canadian police agencies suppressing data on race, says criminology study
While only 20 per cent of Canada's police forces have an explicit policy against reporting the race of victims and accused persons, University of Toronto and Nipissing criminologists show that the majority of police departments ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Minorities pay more for water and sewer
Racial minorities pay systemically more for basic water and sewer services than white people, according to a study by Michigan State University researchers.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Race in America: Scholars examine race, inequality and culture in a 21st-century landscape
Four Northwestern University scholars authored or co-authored three essays in "Race, Inequality, and Culture." In the new issue of Daedalus, the Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 22 prominent social scientists ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 04, 2011 |
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Americans' views of college access varied, often inflated
A study by Indiana University sociologists found that many Americans had inflated views of minority students' opportunities to attend college, yet a large contingent - around 43 percent of people surveyed - believed that ...
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Apr 08, 2011 |
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Am I safe here?: How people with HIV/AIDS perceive hidden prejudices in their communities
People in marginalized groups, such as the disabled or racial minorities, feel stigmatized—condemned, feared, or excluded—when other people stigmatize them. That's obvious. But they can also feel stigma when nobody ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Study: Asian Americans are not viewed as ideal leaders
Asian Americans are widely viewed as "model minorities" on the basis of education, income and competence. But they are perceived as less ideal than Caucasian Americans when it comes to attaining leadership roles in U.S. businesses ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Despite recession, Hispanic and Asian buying power expected to surge in US
Although the Great Recession has hit Hispanics and Asians particularly hard, their buying power is expected to grow rapidly during the next several years, according to the annual minority buying power report released today ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 05, 2010 |
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Race and empathy matter on neural level
Race matters on a neurological level when it comes to empathy for African-Americans in distress, according to a new Northwestern University study.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Race origins and health disparites
Much is often said about the glaring statistics showing that some racial and ethnic minorities face greater risks than whites when it comes to health.
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Mixed-race patients struggle to find marrow donors
(AP) -- If Nick Glasgow were white, he would have a nearly 90 percent chance of finding a matching bone marrow donor who could cure his leukemia.
May 27, 2009 |
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Study: Teachers choose schools according to student race
A study forthcoming in the Journal of Labor Economics suggests that high-quality teachers tend to leave schools that experience inflows of black students. According to the study's author, C. Kirabo Jackson (Cornell Univer ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 27, 2009 |
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Study shows simple writing assignment improves minority student grades
In a follow-up to a 2006 study, a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher and his colleagues found that an in-class writing assignment designed to reinforce students' sense of identity and personal integrity increased ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 16, 2009 |
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'Colorblindness' hurts minority employees, but multiculturalism inspires their commitment
A new study by psychologists at the University of Georgia shows for the first time that whites' beliefs about diversity can hurt or help their minority peers.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 18, 2009 |
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All prejudice isn't created equal; whites distribute it unequally to minorities
The Declaration of Independence may proclaim that all men are created equal, but American whites tend to distribute their prejudice unequally toward certain members of minority groups, according to new research.
Feb 25, 2009 |
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