Research & Studies

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 Killings by Police

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 Narrowing

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.

High School Graduations Increase But a Racial Gap Persists

In 2017, there were still 2.7 million African American adults that had not graduated from high school. Another 700,000 Black adults who were not born in the United States but now live here, also did not possess a high school credential.

University of Southern California Report Examines Race in the Hollywood Film Industry

The data shows that in 2017, 20 percent of the 100 top-grossing films had no Blacks whatsoever in speaking roles. There were 43 films in the 100 top-grossing films that had no speaking roles for Black women.

A Check-Up of Black Students In Nursing Degree Programs

Nationwide about 12 percent of the working nurses are African Americans. But data from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing shows that the Black percentage of students in bachelor's degree programs is declining. But there have been big gains by Blacks in graduate nursing programs.
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