University Study Finds Diet Is the Major Reason for High Blood Pressure Among African...
A recent study led by scholars at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has found that diet is the predominant factor explaining why African-Americans are more likely to develop higher blood pressure than their White counterparts.
Black Job Seekers May Be More Likely to Receive Lower Salaries as a...
A recent study led by a scholar at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia has found that African-American job candidates are more likely to receive lower starting salaries when evaluators believe they have been too aggressive in hiring negotiations.
University Study Finds Children as Young as Seven Suffer from the Impacts of Discrimination
Scholars at the University of California, Riverside have found that children as young as seven are sensitive to and suffer from the impacts of discrimination. The study also suggests that a strong sense of ethnic-racial identity is a significant buffer against these negative effects.
Less-Educated Black Women May Face Greater Risk of Chronic Diseases Due to Discrimination
A new study from the University of California, Berkeley has found that less-educated African-American women who report experiencing high levels of racial discrimination may face greater risk of developing chronic diseases.
Most Americans Underestimate the Environmental Concerns of Blacks and Other Ethnic Groups
A new study by researchers at several leading colleges and universities has found that most Americans underestimate just how concerned African Americans and lower-income people are about environmental threats.
Why Black Girls Experience Harsher School Punishments Than Their White Peers
Participants in a Georgetown University survey viewed Black girls as more adult than White girls. In particular, they viewed Black girls as needing less protection and nurturing and more knowledgable about adult and sexual topics than their White peers.
Fordham University Study Analyzes Barriers Students of Color Experience in STEM Education
The research team has conducted one-on-one interviews with students who have had both positive and negative experiences with STEM. So far, the researchers have found that teachers' behaviors towards their students greatly affects their performance.
Cornell University Research Shows Racial Bias Occurs on Dating Apps
According to the researchers, Black men and women are 10 times more likely to message White people than White people are to message Black people. Additionally, they also found that men who used these dating apps heavily viewed multiculturalism less favorably, and sexual racism as more acceptable.
Examining the Data on Black Enrollments in U.S. Graduate Schools
In 2017, there were 188,838 Black students enrolled in graduate schools in the United States. They made up 12.6 percent of all enrollments. There were 56,765 Black men and 130,006 Black women enrolled in graduate school.
A New Study Finds Black Medical Students Face Bias During Residencies
A survey of medical residents from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups found that these medical professionals experienced bias and microaggressions daily. They were also asked routinely to serve as "ambassadors" to resolve diversity issues.
Dartmouth College Study Finds Racial Disparities in Student Debt Can Persist Later in Life
This study is the first to examine how racial disparities in student loan debt change over a person's life rather than only analyzing them at a single point in time when they leave college. Disparities in student debt may contribute to the severe racial economic inequality later in life.
No Progress in Closing the Racial Scoring Gap on the ACT College Entrance Examination
Some 48 percent of Whites who took the ACT test were deemed college ready in three of the four areas of English, mathematics, reading, and science. For Blacks, only 11 percent of all test takers were deemed college ready in at least three of the four areas.
University Study Finds Efforts to Make Science Relevant to Diverse Students Create Divisions
These practices in the classroom attribute health problems to individual choices and divide students into those who are deemed ready for a general chemistry or anatomy lab from those who need to apply the laboratory work to correct problems in their personal lives.
A Boston College Professor Analyzes the President’s Budget Proposals for Minority Serving Institutions
The researchers found that even though President Trump promised support for minority serving institutions, every single program for these colleges and universities had a reduced budget, totaling close to $95 million in proposed cuts.
New Georgia State University Study Finds Significant Racial Pay Gaps in State Government
The study found that White men earn significantly more than Blacks, Latinos and Latinas, and White women in all areas of state government. Even when all variables such as age, experience, and education are taken into account, Black men continue to earn less than White men.
Report Analyzes the Status of Black Students at Public Colleges and Universities
The researchers report that 14.6 percent of 18-24 year-olds across the 50 states are Black, but only 9.8 percent of full-time, degree-seeking undergraduates at public colleges and universities are Black. Additionally, the report found that 44 percent of public campuses have 10 or fewer full-time Black faculty members
American University Report Finds Documentary Film Industry Making Strides in Diversity
The study, produced by the Center for Media & Social Impact at American University in Washington, D.C., found that almost 70 percent of new documentary professionals, those who have been in the industry less than 15 years, are members of racial and ethnic minority groups.
Neuroscientists Create a Computational Model to Predict Discrimination Based on Stereotypes
A team of researchers led by neuroscience scholars at the University of California, Berkeley has built a computational model that can predict the degree to which we discriminate against one another based on our stereotypes of groups according to their perceived warmth and competence.
African Americans With Strong Racial Identities Are Less Likely To Be Hired and Receive...
A Black job applicant who worked on the Obama presidential campaign would indicate a strong racial identity, whereas a Black applicant who was a member of a ski club would be perceived as not having a strong racial identity.
University Study Finds People’s Opinions Are Not Swayed by Police Racial Disparity Statistics
A new study by scholars at the University of Kansas and George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, has found that people do not change their opinions of the police after being presented with statistics of racial disparities in police stops.
The Racial Wealth Gap in Los Angeles Has Widened Since the 1965 Watts Riots
A new study by scholars at Duke University, the University of California Los Angeles, and the New School, has found that the wealth gap has been severely overlooked as a major factor in overall inequality since the 1965 Watts riots in Los Angeles.
Black Male Students Benefit Academically From Having Black Male Teachers
Some 77 percent of elementary and high school teachers are White women. As a result, some Black male students may never be taught by someone who looks like them. When young Blacks have an African American teacher in elementary school, they are more likely to attend college.
Research Finds That Racism Continues to Plague the Housing Market in the United States
Researchers at the University of New Mexico have conducted a study that found that racial stereotypes and discrimination continue to play a role in the process of finding and purchasing a home.
University Study Finds That Black Men Are More Likely to Be the Victims of...
Official police reports showed that police related deaths accounted for 4 percent of male homicides, while the researchers found this to actually be as high as 8 percent. During a six-year period, Black men were killed by police at the highest rate; 2.1 per 100,000 men.
The Digital Divide Among High School Students
A new study from the ACT's Center for Equity in Learning has found a critical gap in academic success between students who have access to more than one electronic device in their home and those who only have one. African Americans are far more likely than Whites to have access to only one device.
Black Male College Students Thrive When They Take Part in Black Male Initiative Programs
A new study led by Derrick R. Brooms, an associate professor of sociology and Africana studies at the University of Cincinnati, has found that Black male initiative programs enhance Black male students' sense of belonging and success in college.
Report Finds a Lack of Diversity Among Top Staff in the House of Representatives
Only 2 percent of White Democratic members’ top staffers are Black. The fact that African Americans and members of other racial and ethnic minority groups are having so little impact and influence in the hall of Congress, can have an impact on educational issues that come before the legislative body.
Do Universities Discriminate Against Black Political Activists in Their Admission Practices?
The study by researchers at Florida Gulf Coast University found that admissions counselors were 26 percent less likely to respond to emails from Black students interested in racial justice. White male counselors were twice as likely to respond to Black women interested in environmental studies compared to racial studies.
Study Finds That the Presence of Chief Diversity Officers Does Not Improve Faculty Diversity
After examining hiring date from 2001 to 2016 at major research universities, the authors concluded that even though there has been significant progress made in faculty diversity since 2001, the presence of a chief diversity officer does not appear to be a significant contributor to this progress.
Teens Stressed Out About Discrimination More Likely to Develop Behavioral Problems
A new study of more than 2,5000 high school students in Los Angeles led by researchers at the University of Southern California has found that teenagers who display high levels of stress over recent public acts of discrimination also show increased behavioral problems.
Study Finds Racial Bias Directed Against Women Basketball Players at HBCUs
The study examined personal foul data from 333 Division I women’s basketball teams that played every season from 2008 to 2017, 23 of which were from HBCUs. The top five most penalized teams were HBCUs, and eight out of the top fifteen teams were HBCUs.
University Research Finds the Racial Wealth Gap Grows in Areas Where Natural Disasters Occur
During the 1999-to-2013 period, Whites who lived in counties with $10 billion or more in damages from natural disasters gained $126,000 in wealth, while Blacks who lived in similar counties, lost $27,000.
University of Pittsburgh Study Finds Huge Racial Gap in K-12 School Suspensions
The research showed that Black students are suspended seven times as often as non-Black students at schools in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Suburban districts tended to have some of the highest racial differences in school suspensions.
Study Finds That Historically Black Colleges and Universities Pay More to Issue Bonds
The authors determined that HBCU bond issuance costs were about 20 percent higher than those of non-HBCUs, apparently because the bond underwriters found it more difficult for find buyers for the HBCU bonds. The researchers concluded that this was due to racial discrimination.
Study Finds Young African American Males Feel Less Safe in White Neighborhoods
Researchers gave a large group of Black youths smartphones that tracked their locations for a week and asked the participants to rate how safe they felt (among other questions) five times per day. When they traveled to areas with more Whites, the participants felt less safe.
Good News! The Racial Gap in Computer and Internet Use in the Home Is...
In 2016, 89.9 percent of non-Hispanic White households had a computer in the home. For Blacks, 84.1 percent of all households had a home computer. This was up from 80.1 percent in 2015. Nearly 60 percent of White households had a tablet computer compared to 48.5 percent of Black households.
