A survey of Liverpool’s tiny population of black teachers has revealed a culture of racial prejudice and discrimination both in finding jobs and getting promotion.
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Jul 3, 2012
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The resistance towards ethnically mixed neighborhoods decreases if higher-educated people from ethnic minorities live there. Yet even then a large proportion of the autochthonous Dutch population still prefer to avoid neighbourhoods ...
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Jan 9, 2012
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In 1766, Frenchwoman Jeanne Baret disguised herself as a man to work as assistant to renowned botanist Philibert Commerson on the first French circumnavigation of the globe. The expedition consisted of two ships under the ...
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Jan 3, 2012
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The royal wedding raises concerns about rules of succession that reflect centuries-old prejudices against women and Catholics. But changing them will be a logistical nightmare, writes George Williams, UNSW’s Anthony ...
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Apr 29, 2011
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When Martin Luther King, Jr., dreamed of the day racial tensions would fade away, he envisioned a world where real connections and friendships could emerge across racial lines. In a similar way, a new book edited by University ...
Social Sciences
Jan 11, 2011
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An international network of researchers, journalists and diplomats have joined forces to study the impact of the Barack Obama - America’s first African American President.
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Sep 27, 2010
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Arab and Muslim Americans continue to face an unusual degree of both discrimination and acceptance, according to a University of Michigan researcher who headed an in-depth study of the nation's most visible Arab and Chaldean ...
Social Sciences
Sep 9, 2009
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President Obama spurred a dramatic change in the way whites think about African-Americans before he had even set foot in the Oval Office, according to a new study.
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Feb 12, 2009
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