Racism

Stanford Lab Uses AI to Remove Racially Restrictive Language from Santa Clara Property Deeds

According to the Stanford project, the County of Santa Clara has over 24 million deed documents dating back to 1850 that contain racist verbiage that restricts individuals of African and/or Asian descent from owning property.

Encountering Online Microaggressions is Associated With Poor Sleep Quality for Black Women

When Black women encounter online microaggressions directed at other Black women, they are more likely to experience poor sleep quality. These vicarious online microaggressions were found to be more harmful for sleep quality than encountering in-person microaggressions.

Doctors Significantly More Likely to Use Negative Language in Post-Visit Summaries of Black Patients

Compared to White patients, the summaries of visits with Black patients were significantly more likely to include negative adjectives, such as unkind or stupid, as well as words associated with fear or disgust, such as attack or criticize.

Black Americans More Likely to Be Depressed and Lose Sleep Following Workplace Mistreatment

The authors estimated that Black employees who were mistreated at work lose 100 minutes of sleep per night compared to White people who were or were not mistreated, as well as Black people who were not mistreated.

Racial Differences in Victims of School Crime and Bullying

Although rates of crime and bullying in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary settings has steadily decreased over the past decade, some racial disparities were found among students' experiences with bullying and harassment.

Study Uncovers Racial Bias in University Admissions and Decision-Making AI Algorithms

A new study has found university admissions and decision-making AI algorithms incorrectly predict academic failure for Black students 19 percent of the time, compared to 12 percent of White students and 6 percent of Asian students.

Study Finds Women of Color Author a Disproportionate Share of Banned Books in American Schools

In the 2021-2022 academic year, school and libraries across the country experienced a significant spike in book bans. A new study has found a disproportionate share of these banned books are written by women of color and include characters from diverse backgrounds.

African American College Students Are More Likely to Mistrust Campus Police Than Their White Peers

Previous studies have found a significant share of Black adults do not trust the American criminal justice system. A new study from scholars at the University at Buffalo and SUNY Fredonia has found that Black students have a similar mistrust of campus police.

Most Black Americans Believe U.S. Institutions Are Purposefully Holding Them Back

According to the report, the majority of Black adults believe American criminal justice systems, governments, big business, media outlets, and healthcare systems were purposefully designed to prevent the success and well-being of Black Americans.

Study Analyzes Effect of Racial Discrimination on Black Adolescent Brain Activity

The study analyzed a sample of Black adolescents' neural response to negative stimuli, cross-referenced with survey responses regarding the participants' internal and external emotional symptoms.

Yale Study Finds Childhood School Segregation Leads to Cognitive Disparities in Older Black Adults

When examining the connection between a variety of negative early-life experiences and cognitive function in older adulthood for Black seniors, attending a segregated school was found to have the largest effect on cognitive impairment compared to other childhood difficulties.

Study Finds Bias in the Workplace Results in Lower Productivity for Everyone

A new study has found bias in the workplace hurts everyone's productivity. The authors stress future research is needed to understand the nuances in how different types of discrimination, such as gender and racially-based biases, affect workplace efficiency.

Survey Finds Over a Third of Black College Students Have Experienced Bias on Campus

A new survey from educational consulting firm EAB, has found 34 percent of Black college freshman have experienced racial bias on campus. Additionally, 36 percent of all participants stated they had witnessed some form of racial discrimination during their first year of college.

Study Discovers Link Between Midlife Exposure to Racism and Risk of Dementia

Scholars at the University of Georgia, the University of Iowa, and Wake Forest University, have found an increased exposure to racial discrimination during midlife results in an increased risk for Alzheimer's disease and dementia later in life.

Africana Studies Faculty File Discrimination Complaint Against UMass Boston Administration

In the complaint, the faculty members claim the university's removal of Jemadari Kamara as department chair in 2022 was unfair and cite other instances of discrimination such as inadequate staffing, the prevention of professors from earning tenure, and a lack of funding for department events.

Study Finds Racist Patterns Among Commonly Used Artificial Intelligence Tools

The research found artificial intelligence language models such as ChatGPT can hold racist views towards speakers of African American Vernacular English, describing speakers of the dialect as less employable and more likely to be criminals.

White People More Likely to Stand Up to Racism on Social Media When Setting Social Norms

A new study from the University of Illinois and the University of California, Santa Barbara found that White people were more likely to confront racism on social media if their goal was to set social norms rather than change the author's personal beliefs.

Report Reveals Half of American Health Care Workers Have Observed Racism Towards Patients

New research has found that 47 percent of healthcare workers in the United States have observed racism against patients, and 52 percent believe racism to be a major problem in the medical field.

Study Finds Blacks Are More Likely Than Whites to Be Jumped in the Emergency Room Queue

A new study by researchers at Yale University finds that nearly one third of emergency room patients are jumped in line, with those from marginalized groups — including lower-income patients, non-white patients, and non-English speakers — more likely to be cut by others.

More Than One in Five Black Students in Higher Education Say They Face Discrimination Regularly

A new survey by the Gallup Organization for the Lumina Foundation finds that 21 percent of all Black students currently enrolled in U.S. higher education say they feel discriminated against “frequently” or “occasionally” in their program. The problem is most severe at private, for-profit institutions, according to the survey.
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