A new study has found a rise in racial apathy—in other words, not caring about racial inequality—among young white adults.
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Jul 7, 2022
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Social media offers Black African young people in Australia safe spaces to engage in positive expressions of their Afro-blackness, according to a new study led by Southern Cross University and published in the Australian ...
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Jun 24, 2022
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During the first year of the pandemic, Black people accounted for a disproportionate 15 percent of COVID-19 deaths in the United States. That number is bleak, but it's also probably incomplete: it includes only deaths where ...
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Jun 22, 2022
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To understand modern racial inequalities, historical context is crucial. That's according to new research from Penn sociologist Regina Baker published in the American Journal of Sociology.
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Jun 20, 2022
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Police use of violence, especially against Black people, may threaten police agencies' effectiveness by reinforcing residents' legal cynicism and leading to disengagement from police. For example, after the killing by police ...
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Jun 13, 2022
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Places are not just physical, but also social.
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Jun 10, 2022
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Dr. Michael Rodriguez is tired of "thoughts and prayers."
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Jun 6, 2022
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In 2020, two police officers in Hackney strip-searched a 15-year-old Black girl at her school. Police conducted the search of this child, known as Child Q, without the consent of her parents, without an appropriate adult ...
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May 20, 2022
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Charles Darwin raised the question of whether darker skin is correlated with immunity to certain diseases in his 1871 book "The Descent of Man," an erroneous claim that reflected beliefs about the reality and fixity of race ...
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May 4, 2022
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A unique study conducting counts and surveys of unsheltered people in three parts of Los Angeles found that nearly half had been offered housing in the past, but they cited the housing intake process, desires for privacy ...
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May 4, 2022
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