Under the hotly debated impacts of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) lies the deeper problem of biased data teaching AI. Perhaps now more than ever, with growing numbers of people and organizations turning to tools ...
Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2023
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Why is it seemingly OK to ask single people "Why are you single?" when married people are rarely asked "Why are you married?"
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2023
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The media have a powerful influence on how people view and treat different groups based on gender and ethnicity, as news stories shape people's stereotypes, beliefs, and ultimately behaviors in areas such as education, family, ...
Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2023
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Racial disparities in state imprisonment rates dropped significantly during the first two decades of the 21st century.
Social Sciences
Mar 13, 2023
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People of Asian descent living in the U.S. experienced an increase in housing vulnerability in 2021—as measured by the share who said they had fallen behind on their rent or mortgage payments—even as the government spent ...
Economics & Business
Mar 6, 2023
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Although Black History Month wasn't established until the 1970s, Black teachers in the segregated Jim Crow South, particularly women, had been teaching Black history for decades prior, and were vital to its accuracy and preservation.
Social Sciences
Feb 24, 2023
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Nobody likes waiting for services, whether it's a long line at the grocery store or an extra half-hour in a doctor's waiting room. Turns out wait times are not the same for everyone: Black Americans and lower income Americans ...
Social Sciences
Feb 24, 2023
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Racial stereotypes were upended during a recent study that involved artificial intelligence. New research from the University of Georgia found that Black bots were considered more competent and more human than white or Asian ...
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2023
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On Feb. 15, 2023, a judge informed Payton Gendron—a white 19-year-old who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo Tops market in 2022—that "You will never see the light of day as a free man ever again."
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2023
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To increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEMM fields, higher education institutions and STEMM organizations should go beyond a focus on simply increasing the numeric participation of minoritized racial and ethnic ...
Economics & Business
Feb 14, 2023
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