One of the paradoxes of racial discrimination is the way it can remain obscured even to the people to whom it’s happening. Here is an example: In an ambitious, novel studyconducted by the Urban Institute a few years ago, researchers sent actors with similar financial credentials to the same real estate or rental offices
majority of white Americans believe whites face discrimination, according to a new poll, but most said they’ve never personally experienced it.
Fifty-five percent of whites agreed that “discrimination against white people exists in
This month my father and I drove to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Centennial, Colo., for a routine visit. I offered to drive because my dad was too nervous and excited to take the wheel. “How long have we waited for this day?” he asked me. He
The N.A.A.C.P. on Tuesday warned African-Americans to exercise caution when traveling on American Airlines, citing a pattern of “disrespectful” and “discriminatory” behavior from the company.
The organization’s warning came in the form of a travel advisory that described four recent times when black passengers were said to
Near the beginning of a new study on racial attitudes and college attainment, the authors note the story of Desiree Martinez, who attended a high school in a low-income part of Los Angeles and longed to enroll at the University of California, Los Angeles. She confided her ambitions to a teacher. The teacher frowned and
California stands to lose billions of dollars if DACA recipients are removed from the state’s workforce.
The USC Dornsife Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration and the Center for American Progress use new interactive data to break down the number of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, recipients living in each U.S. congressional district.
The
When a group of Cub Scouts met with a Colorado state senator this month, they asked her about some of the most controversial topics in the nation: gun control, the environment, race and the proposed border wall between the United States and Mexico.
But questions from one Cub
ST. LOUIS — Chris Sommers, who runs a chain of successful pizza restaurants here, has long supported both sides in the fierce standoff between police officers and black residents playing out in this city.
He donated to civil rights groups after the August 2014 shooting of Michael Brown
Usually, we behave better when we know we’re being watched. According to decades of research, the presence of other people, cameras or even just a picture of eyes seems to nudge us toward civility: We become more likely to give to charity, for example, and less likely to speed, steal or
A racist message was found on the wall in a bathroom at Cal State Long Beach, last week, targeting black students.
The language was so offensive that university president Jane Close Conoley emailed the entire campus to vigorously condemn it….
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