Confronting a white person who makes a racist or sexist statement can make them reflect on their words and avoid making biased statements about race or gender in the future, Rutgers researchers find.
Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2020
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The previous pandemics to which people often compare COVID-19—the influenza pandemic of 1918, the Black Death bubonic plague (1342-1353), the Justinian plague (541-542) – don't seem that long ago to archaeologists. We're ...
Archaeology
Jun 15, 2020
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A 2019 surge of gang-related shootings in Toronto motivated the Ontario government to commit $3 million to double the number of Toronto Police surveillance cameras in the city. The Toronto Police could now go to 74 cameras ...
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2020
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A review of parole-hearing transcripts since California's juvenile justice reform law took effect in 2014 found that black people in prison who were convicted as teenagers, especially those without private attorneys, had ...
Social Sciences
Sep 10, 2019
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When your breakout book is reviewed by Essence, Bitch Media and Ms., you know your topic has struck a chord. That's the case with Sabrina Strings' Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia, which hit shelves ...
Social Sciences
Aug 13, 2019
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In sociologist Jennifer Silva's first book, "Coming Up Short," she interviewed working-class young adults in Lowell, Mass., and Richmond, Virginia.
Political science
Aug 6, 2019
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Stereotypes often guide our perceptions of members of social groups. However, research has yet to document what stereotypes may exist for the fastest growing youth demographic in the U.S.—biracial individuals.
Social Sciences
Jul 8, 2019
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An international study, in which the University of Granada (UGR) participated, has found that white people have difficulty distinguishing emotions on black people's faces—a problem that does not appear to arise the other ...
Social Sciences
May 10, 2019
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Tech is an industry that's known for moving fast.
Business
Feb 18, 2019
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Of all the terms used to describe students who don't perform well in traditional educational settings, few are used as frequently– or as casually – as the term "at-risk."
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2019
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