University of Minnesota Study Finds a Racial Disparity in Exposure to Polluted Air
The researchers estimate that if Blacks and other minorities breathed air that had similar nitrogen dioxide levels as Whites, it would prevent 7,000 deaths each year.
Rapidly Increasing Population Diversity Presents a Major Challenge to University Admissions Officials
There are 7.7 million more minority children now than was the case in 2000. But there are 5.7 million fewer White children. Minorities now make up 47 percent of the U.S. population under the age of 20.
University Study Examines Racial Preferences of Online Dating Site Users
In a study of participants at an online dating site, those who indicated that race was unimportant were still overwhelmingly more likely to open profiles of potential partners that were of the same race or ethnic group.
Healthy Meals Are Tough to Find in Restaurants Near Public Housing Projects
Researchers examined menu choices at restaurants near public housing projects and found that approximately 75 percent of the menu choices were highly caloric and high in fat.
Two Scholars Take on the Mismatch Theory
A new study refutes the theory that affirmative action is responsible for lowering graduation rates and post-graduation success for Black students admitted to universities with race-sensitive admissions policies.
Racial Disparity in Misdiagnoses of Stroke Patients
A new study finds that emergency room physicians tended to misdiagnose stroke symptoms among African American patients more often than for White patients.
For Black Women, Depression May Increase the Risk of Adult-Onset Asthma
A study by researchers at the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University finds that depressive symptoms may be linked to the development of adult-onset asthma among African American women.
For Those With Ph.D.s in STEM Fields, Blacks More Likely to Work in Academia...
A new study of more than 400,000 doctoral recipients of all races from 1959 to 2010 finds that 49 percent of Black women and 46 percent of Black men with Ph.D.s in STEM fields hold academic positions.
A Majority of States Do Not Adequately Teach the Civil Rights Movement in Their...
Only three states scored a letter grade of A from the Southern Poverty Law Center. Interestingly, all three states are in the South: South Carolina, Louisiana, and Georgia. A majority of states received grades of D or F.
Huge Racial Disparities in School Suspensions and Expulsions
Black students are suspended and expelled at a rate three times greater than white students. On average, 5 percent of white students are suspended, compared to 16 percent of black students.
Racial Differences in Higher Education Spending Have Little to Do With Race
In comparing Black and White families of similar income, wealth, educational background etc., the Bureau of Labor Statistics found there were almost no differences in the amounts spent on higher education.
Does Moving Children Out of High-Poverty Areas Improve Their Mental Health?
A study of more than 4,600 families who were given vouchers to move out of high-poverty urban areas from 1994 to 1998 found that 10 to 15 years later, in terms of mental health girls in these families were better off but boys were not.
Washington University Develops New Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease
The procedure involves an umbilical cord blood transplant. A new lose-dose chemotherapy procedure with fewer adverse side effects prepares the patient for the transplant.
Survey Finds Black Men Try Hard But Still Have Difficulty Achieving Educational Success
A new report authored by scholars at the University of Texas finds that Black men are more engaged in the community college experience than White men but less successful in educational outcomes.
Do American Bar Association Ratings Serve to Unfairly Exclude Blacks From the Federal Bench?
A study finds that African American nominees to the federal bench were 42 percentage points less likely to be highly rated than Whites with comparable educational and professional qualifications.
Reducing the Racial Gap in Infant Mortality Rates
The federal government's Healthy People 2020 initiative has set a goal of reducing the infant mortality rate but a new study find that most racial and ethnic groups will fall short of the goal.
How the Great Recession Impacted the Employment Prospects of Black College Graduates
In 2001, there was almost no racial gap in unemployment rates for recent college graduates. After the Great Recession, a significant racial gap emerged.
University of Colorado Led Study Finds Physican Racial Bias Does Not Impact Treatment
The study led by a research team at the University of Colorado at Boulder found that despite the racial biases of physicians, there was no racial difference in treatment for 3,000 minority patients with hypertension.
University Study Finds a Racial Bias in Pain Perception Among Young Children
Researchers asked children to rate the severity of pain that they believed other children felt when they experienced events like bumping their head or having their hand slammed in a door.
Blacks Projected to Have a Higher Share of College Enrollments by 2022
The projections show that by 2022, there will be 3,940,000 African Americans enrolled in higher education. They will make up 17.3 percent of all enrollments in higher education, according to the projections.
The Growing Racial Gap in Home Ownership
Many American families use the equity in their home to finance the higher education of their children or grandchildren. This source of higher education funding is less available to African Americans.
Childhood Adversity Impacts the Adult Health of Black Men
A new study led by a sociologist at the University of Texas finds that African American men who endured childhood adversity are more likely to have physical and mental health problems as adults.
The Advanced Placement Tests on Which Black Students Have Been More Likely to Succeed
Of the 34 AP examinations offered in 2013, African Americans scored the highest on several foreign language tests. Also the racial gap in AP scores were the lowest on many of the foreign languages tests.
New Government Data Shows a Racial Gap in Home Internet Use
New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that 83.6 percent of the non-Hispanic White population in the United States has Internet access in their home. For Black Americans, the figure is 68 percent.
Examining the Gender Gap in African American Degree Attainments
There are 2,248,000 African American men over the age of 18 who have earned at least a bachelor's degree compared to 3,283,000 African American women with at least a bachelor's degree.
The Large Racial Gap in Advanced Placement Examination Scores
Participation of African American students in Advanced Placement programs at U.S. high schools has soared in recent years. But a huge racial gap persists in performance on AP examinations.
UCLA Study Gives a Poor Grade to Hollywood’s Progress in Diversity
Darnell Hunt, UCLA professor and the lead author, stated, "The report paints a picture of an industry that is woefully out of touch with an emerging America, an America that is becoming more diverse by the day."
More than 5 Million African Americans Have a Four-Year College Degree
Some 21.7 percent of all African American adults have obtained at least a bachelor's degree. Blacks have made tremendous progress, but a significant racial gap remains.
Racial Differences in Union Membership and Wages
In 2013, there were 2,081,000 African American union members, some 13.6 percent of all African American workers. For union members, Blacks earned 80.9 percent of the wages earned by Whites.
University of Georgia Study Links Racial Discrimination to Risk of Disease
The study found that African American youth who experience frequent incidents of discrimination are more likely than others to develop heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and stroke.
African Americans With Alternative Educational Credentials
The data shows that 21 percent of Black adults in the United States have some form or alternative educational credential. For White Americans the figure is 25.6 percent. These credentials include professional certification or licensure or an educational certificate.
Academic Study Finds Racial Differences in How Doctors Converse With HIV Patients
Healthcare providers talked about strict adherence to a drug regimen with Black patients more so than they did with White patients, regardless of whether there had been a problem with sticking to the regimen.
University of Iowa Survey Finds Widespread Racial Disparities in Children’s Health
The survey found that African American and Latino children experience lower health status, lower quality of care, higher unmet need for care, and more food insecurity than White or Asian children in the state.
Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality Issues Its First Annual Report
In the report, some of the nation's leading economists examine labor markets, poverty indicators, income and wealth inequality, the safety net, and poverty's impact on health and education.
Research Finds That for Black Women, Exercise Can Fend Off Aggressive Breast Cancer
The study by researchers at Boston University and Georgetown University found that Black women who exercise at least once each week were less likely to develop an aggressive form of breast cancer than Black women who did not exercise.
UCLA Research Finds Blacks Have More Advanced Cases of Thyroid Cancer at Time of...
A team of researchers at UCLA examined more than 26,000 cases of patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer between the years 1999 and 2008. Minorities had far more advanced cancers than Whites at the time of diagnosis.
