If there's one thing we should all be able to agree on, it's that all human beings belong to the same species, Homo sapiens.
Social Sciences
May 22, 2023
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The early months of the COVID-19 pandemic were marked by far higher death rates among Black people than white people in the United States. Before 2020 ended, however, differences between the two groups had nearly equalized.
Social Sciences
Oct 31, 2022
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More than 70 years ago, a pair of psychologists conducted a study in which they asked young Black girls to choose between Black and white dolls. The girls overwhelmingly chose white dolls, ascribing positive attributes to ...
Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2022
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Most Americans say they want a more equal society, yet policies aimed at increasing equality for disadvantaged groups in higher education, corporations, government, and elsewhere continue to generate backlash.
Social Sciences
May 6, 2022
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As a Black woman in geosciences, especially a full professor who holds an endowed chair position, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe has jokingly called herself a unicorn.
Social Sciences
Jan 28, 2022
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In a study of more than 2,500 participants published today in Science Advances, Sheen S. Levine, adjunct research scholar in the sociology department at Columbia University and professor of management at University of Texas, ...
Social Sciences
Sep 17, 2021
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When communicating in mostly white settings, politically conservative Black and Latinx Americans use words associated with competence more often than their liberal counterparts, distancing themselves from negative racial ...
Social Sciences
Jul 30, 2021
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Text messages and social media posts that contain yellow emojis are seen as having been written by white people, a study suggests.
Social Sciences
Jun 30, 2021
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In nearly every major city in the U.S., people of color are exposed to more extreme urban heat than white people, a new study found.
Environment
May 25, 2021
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Various studies show that people of color are disproportionately exposed to air pollution in the United States. However, it was unclear whether this unequal exposure is due mainly to a few types of emission sources or whether ...
Social Sciences
Apr 28, 2021
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