For College Age Black Men, Homicide Is, by Far, the Leading Cause of Death
In contrast, researchers at Florida Atlantic University and Meharry Medical College in Nashville found that the leading cause of death for Black woman and non-Black men and women in this age group is automobile accidents.
The Racial Gap in Time Spent Waiting to Vote
A study by Charles Stewart III, a professor of political science at MIT, finds that on average in 2012 Blacks had to wait longer than Whites to vote. Particularly in instances where a Black candidate is not on the ticket, this time difference may tend to reduce the overall Black voter turnout rate.
University Study Finds the Presence of Diversity Programs May Serve to Deflect Actual Inequities
Researchers found that companies that have diversity training programs benefit by giving the impression that they are concerned about equal employment opportunity, even when these companies don't necessarily offer better work environments for Blacks and other minorities.
Study Finds Blacks Are More Willing Than Whites to Participate in Medical Research
The conventional wisdom is that African Americans have major trust issues with the American medical establishment due to the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and the huge racial gap in medical professionals. But new research suggests this is not the case.
Rutgers University Sociologist Challenges Theories on Racial Differences in Mental Health
Dawne Mouzon, an assistant professor at Rutgers University, has conducted research which disputes the commonly held belief that the lower level of mental health problems among African Americans is the result of stronger family and church ties.
Group Size May Determine the Likelihood of Interracial Friendships
In a study of more than 4,700 high school students, researchers at the University of Michigan found school size had a major impact on the likelihood of students forming interracial friendships.
Study Finds That Brain Impulses Can Indicate Implicit Racial Bias
Research by scholars at New York University and the University of Geneva examined differences in brain activity when test subjects were shown photographs of Black and White faces.
Researchers Find That Lack of Exercise Is Not a Major Contributor to the Racial...
The study examined the daily routines of more than 80,000 people and found that both Whites and Blacks spent at least 60 percent of their waking day in sedentary activities.
University Study Examines Why Blacks Pay More for Housing Than Whites
The study of more than 2 million home sales from 1990 to 2008 in four major metropolitan areas studied prices by Blacks and Whites of comparable homes in the same neighborhoods. Blacks, on average, paid 3.5 percent more.
Education Department Data Shows Huge Racial Gap in Economic Literacy
For Whites, 53 percent of all high school seniors were rated proficient or advanced but only 17 percent of Black students scored at this level. Some 39 percent of Black students were rated as "Below Basic" compared to 11 percent of Whites.
A Possible Explanation for the Higher Mortality Rate for Black Women With Breast Cancer
Blacks are less likely than Whites to get breast cancer but when they do Blacks are more likely to die from the disease. A study by researchers in California shows one reason why the mortality rate may be higher for Black women.
Kansas State Scholar Examines the Classroom Experiences of Black Student Athletes
Dr. Albert Bimper, who played in the NFL, found that Black student athletes felt as if their accomplishments on the field were highly celebrated while those in the classroom were not, creating a skewed sense of priorities and expectations.
At Many Colleges Financial Aid for Low-Income Students Is Lacking
The New American Foundation report found that for students from families with incomes below $30,000, two thirds of all private colleges and universities have a net price (costs after all financial aid is included) of at least $15,000.
A Racial Gap in Debt Levels of Doctoral Students
Among those who studied in a STEM discipline, a quarter of all Black doctoral students had more than $30,000 in debt compared to 10 percent of Whites and Asians. In the social, behavioral, and economic sciences 58 percent of Black students had debts of $30,000 or more.
University of Pennsylvania Researchers Issue New Report on HBCUs
The report is a good compilation of data taken mostly from statistics available on the websites of the Department of Education. There is not really a lot new here but the data pulled together in one place gives us a valuable overview of the current state of HBCUs.
New Study Documents Huge Racial Disparity in School Suspensions
The study by researchers at the Civil Rights Project at the University of California at Los Angeles found that up to 40 percent of all Black students in schools in Chicago, Dallas, Memphis, and St. Louis were suspended at least once during the school year.
Berkeley Study Shows Blacks Disproportionately Live in Danger Zones for Excessive Heat
Using satellite imagery, researchers identified areas where there were no trees and where more than half the land area is covered by heat-absorbing hard services such as pavement or concrete. African Americans were more than 50 percent more likely than Whites to live in heat-prone neighborhoods.
University of Pennsylvania Study Examines the Health of Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa
The study found that a 45-year-old women in rural Malawi could be expected to spend 58 percent of their remaining life with functional limitations. For 45-year-old men, 41 percent of their remaining years would include functional limitations.
Researchers Publish a Collection of Poems That Supported Black Troops in the Civil War
During the Civil War thousands of poems in support of African American troops were published in newspapers across the nation. Researchers at the University of Nebraska and the University of Cambridge have collected and published a sample of these poems online.
University Economic Report Finds That Blacks in Texas Are Losing Ground to Other Groups
A report from the Institute of Urban Policy Research and Analysis at the University of Texas at Austin finds that the economic condition of African Americans in Texas has deteriorated since the beginning of the century. African Americans have the lowest median income of any racial or ethnic group.
Targeted Teacher Education Can Reduce the Racial Gap in School Disciplinary Actions
Teacher educators must explicitly prepare school personnel to understand and address the complex factors that shuttle African American males from schools and into juvenile justice and adult correctional systems.
Survey Shows Barriers to Black Wealth Formation
The huge wealth gap between Black and Whites makes it harder for African American families to finance the college education of their children. Even for African Americans who have higher incomes, there are significant barriers to accumulating wealth.
University Study Finds No Evidence of Racial Discrimination by Major League Baseball Umpires
The new study examined ball and strike calls for millions of pitches between 1997 and 2008. Using several statistical methods, the authors found no evidence that more strikes were called for pitchers who were the same race as the umpire.
A Major Research Project Will Examine the Status of African Americans in St. Louis
Jason Q. Purnell, assistant professor at the School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, is leading a major new research project on the health and well-being of African Americans in St. Louis. The project is being funded by the Missouri Foundation for Health.
University of North Carolina Study Finds Racial Gap in Prostate Cancer Treatment
The results showed that on average, African American men began treatment seven days later than White men after they had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. For men with aggressive or high risk prostate cancer, Black men began treatment nine days later than White men.
Yale Research Finds a Large Racial Gap in Awareness of the HPV Vaccine
Using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Yale researchers found that nearly 58 percent of White Americans were aware of the vaccine compared to only 46 percent of African Americans.
Fast-Food Restaurants Near Schools Affects Weight of Black Students More Than Whites
A new study, co-authored by Sonya A. Grier of American University, find that Black and Hispanic adolescents who attend schools located near fast food restaurants are more likely to be overweight than White or Asian students in the same schools.
The Top Undergraduate Feeder Institutions for Blacks Who Earn Scientific Doctorates
The National Science Foundation reports that between 2002 and 2011, 9,202 Blacks received doctorates in science and engineering fields. Howard University in Washington, D.C., was the leading undergraduate feeder institution for Blacks who earned doctorate in these fields.
ACLU Report Finds Huge Racial Disparity in Arrests for Marijuana Possession
The impact of the large racial disparity in marijuana arrests can impact access to higher education for African Americans. Students with criminal records may have a more difficult time gaining admission to college or securing financing to pay for college.
The Persistent Racial Digital Divide
Access to information is extremely important in today's society. Those that have it are better able to compete in the job market or in gaining access to higher education. But new data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that there is a persistent racial digital divide.
NYU Study Finds That Political Ideology Affects a Person’s Racial Classifications
Researchers at New York University have published a study which shows that people who are conservative politically are more likely to classify mixed-race individuals as Black than people who hold liberal political views.
Socioeconomic Affirmative Action Won’t Create Racial Diversity on Campus
A new study, led by Julie J. Park, an assistant professor of education at the University of Maryland, shows that preferences based on socioeconomic status would be a poor substitute for race in efforts to create a more diverse student body at American colleges and universities.
Morgan State Scholar’s Research on What May be the Oldest African American Neighborhood in...
Dale Glenwood Green, an assistant professor of architecture and chair of the Historic Preservation Program at Morgan State University in Baltimore, found a deed from 1788 which shows a purchase of land in "The Hill" district of Easton, Maryland, by a free African American couple.
Study Finds Black Girls Tend to Be Raised in an Environment That Helps Prevent...
A new study by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine finds that African American girls are typically raised in an environment that shields them from alcohol abuse but White American girls are often raised in an environment that tends to increase the chances that they will abuse alcohol.
Inaction by Policymakers Adds to the Black-White Educational Achievement Gap
The study examined efforts by state policymakers to address issues of teacher quality, which has been shown to be a critical factor in improving test scores of Black and minority students. The authors found that only when White students test scores start to decline do state legislators take notice.
University of Iowa Study Shows Large Racial Disparities in Drug Treatment Success Rates
The data showed that nationwide 46.3 percent of White patients successfully completed the substance abuse treatment programs compared to 37.5 percent of Blacks. But there were wide discrepancies between the states.
