Racism

According to a new study led by Brendesha Tynes of the University of Southern California, Black adolescents average six race-related online experiences per day, with 3.2 considered online racism. Those who do encounter online racism are more likely to experience next-day anxiety and depression.

Following an independent investigation, the board of Lane Community College in Oregon issued a formal apology to President Stephanie Bulger for dismissing her feedback, as well as abusive and bullying behavior directed towards her by the former board chair.

“We do not tolerate hate and will fiercely defend the welfare and dignity of our community,” said Meharry Medical College President James Hildreth. “This abhorrent act will not shake who we are — and have been — for almost 150 years.”

Using brain-imaging technology, a team of researchers led by Columbia University has found that in split-second decisions, racial stereotypes can prompt people to mistake everyday objects as weapons.

In a new report from the University of Southern California, scholars have found 61 percent of Black student affairs professionals at U.S. colleges and universities have experienced racism on campus, the majority of which was driven by White students, faculty, and staff, as well as external work contacts.

Today, 64 percent of all U.S. adults think racism against Black Americans is widespread. Black adults are the most likely racial group to agree, with 83 percent holding this sentiment. In comparison, 64 percent of Hispanic adults and 61 percent of White adults say the same.

“Our hope is that this policy agenda will serve as a rallying point to increase momentum for positive, holistic change,” write the authors of the report from the Congressional Black Caucus and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. “These challenges are not new, and we remain resolute and hopeful that change can and will be achieved.”

The John Winthrop House at Harvard University is named after two John Winthrops, both thought to be slaveowners. Following student demands and two years of review, a committee has agreed to drop "John" from the house's title, but "could not agree that the overall legacy of these two men demanded removing their names from the house."

"That police expenditures were associated with increases in suicide and police-perpetrated killing for Black residents is alarming given the national norm for suicide and mental health crisis intervention is a police-led response," the authors write. Instead, they suggest increasing spending on social services such as housing and community development to improve Black life expectancy.

A new study from New York University has found Black, Latinx, multiracial, and Indigenous adults aged 18 to 29 are 60 percent more likely than their White peers to experience psychosis. The study authors found evidence this could be because of experiences with discrimination and police violence.

Almost three-quarters of all Americans think Black people in the United States face at least some discrimination. However, this sentiment varies widely by political party, with 54 percent of Republicans and 94 percent of Democrats holding this viewpoint.

Today, over three-quarters of Black adults express support for the Black Lives Matter movement, compared to 61 percent of Hispanic and Asian adults and just 45 percent of White adults.

After the onset of the Black Lives Matter movement in the summer of 2020, there was a rapid drop in White Americans' racial biases towards Black Americans. However, this drop was short-lived. By the end of 2020, implicit and explicit biases held by White Americans increased to nearly pre-BLM levels.

People who hold strong racial biases against Black men and women's intelligence are more likely to dismiss a genius Black TV or movie character as unrealistic, even when the character is based on a real-life individual.

An observational study from the University of Notre Dame's Gwendolyn Purifoye and Morehouse College's Derrick Brooms has found that Black men - both passengers and transit workers - are frequently ignored and discriminated by others while using public transportation.

Robin Proudie, executive director of the Descendants of the St. Louis University Enslaved, stated the university's plan to reconcile for its historic ties to slavery "was completely dismissive of [DSLUE's] efforts and priorities. Their plans showed a blatant disregard for the descendant-led process we had worked so hard to establish."

"For many Black soldiers, the Great War entailed a battle not only against German aggression abroad, but also against racial oppression at home," the study authors write.

Even though the NFT marketplace is predominately used by younger generations, historical racial biases have been found to negatively impact the price of NFTs featuring Black avatars.

"This lawsuit aims to make it clear that no corporation — not even a Big Tech company as powerful as Meta—should be allowed to profit from the discriminatory treatment of Black students and consumers," said Damon T. Hewitt, president of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

Postpartum women from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups who report experiences with racial microaggressions during pregnancy or delivery and who live in communities with historically high levels of structural racism are significantly more likely to experience high blood pressure.