Self-segregation of races in public areas
English-speaking white people are more likely to 'self-segregate' or 'stick together', new research has found.
English-speaking white people are more likely to 'self-segregate' or 'stick together', new research has found.
Social Sciences
Apr 2, 2014
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People from minority groups who speak with 'non-standard' accents face discrimination in job interviews, researchers from The University of Queensland have found.
Social Sciences
Nov 24, 2022
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The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide the fate of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established the nationwide right to choose an abortion. If the court's decision hews close to the leaked draft opinion first ...
Social Sciences
Jun 23, 2022
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An African-American man in New York gets on an elevator with a group of white men, one of whom proceeds to tell a joke that includes blacks and monkeys. What happens next? In this case, the black man struggles to keep his ...
Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2016
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Social phenomena fascinate with their complexity, but are not easily understood. Pawel Sobkowicz, an independent researcher based in Warsaw, Poland, has developed a model to study the dynamics of normal people, called 'agents', ...
General Physics
Jul 31, 2013
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Prejudiced attitudes towards minorities have not gone away as a result of equality legislation they have just been privatised, new research by the University of Sheffield has revealed.
Social Sciences
Nov 17, 2014
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Artificial intelligence technology is now used by a growing number of companies looking to hire the best employees, but new research from Rice University warns how it can incorporate biases and overlook important characteristics ...
Economics & Business
Nov 23, 2021
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The "glass ceiling" is a metaphor for the barriers facing women and various minorities in the workplace when they strive for promotion or other improvements in their career. Research published in the International Journal ...
Economics & Business
Jul 26, 2022
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Draft guidelines to help improve practice when the state acts to safeguard a baby at birth have been created by researchers at Oxford (the Rees Centre) and Lancaster Universities—and are being tested across England and ...
Social Sciences
Feb 24, 2022
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Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon made global headlines in 2019, thanks to massive wildfires and the election of anti-environmentalist president Jair Bolsonaro. Brazilians took to the streets against it, and retailers ...
Environment
Jul 9, 2021
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