A 2018 study found that Black activist students were less likely to get a response to their college inquiries. A sociologist discusses whether the protests of 2020 will do anything to change that.
Talking about race is important, but not every family does it – or does it well.
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As Black birdwatcher Christian Cooper learned in New York City’s Central Park, nature is seen as a white space and Black birdwatching as an aberration.
Footage captured the last moments of Ahmaud Arbery’s life.
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Research shows black men are less likely to exercise in white neighborhoods. Those who do jog report having police called and neighbors shun them.
When the shuttered economy reopens, how many black Americans will be left out in the cold?
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Black Americans were left especially vulnerable to the economic impact of COVID-19 and history shows it will take them longer to rebound.
Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam and Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Howard Njoo are reflected in a computer screen showing date on Canada’s COVID-19 situation during a news conference in Ottawa on April 13, 2020.
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Gathering race-based data during the coronavirus pandemic is essential for Indigenous communities, racialized people and those with disabilities and mental health challenges.
The thin blue line remains disproportionately white, despite diversity gains.
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From anti-war demonstrations to the latest women’s march, 2020 is already shaping up to be a big year for protests in the US. Journalists will pick which messages get heard.
Mmusi Maimane, former leader of South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance.
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Mmusi Maimane’s resignation highlights one of the core problems of democratic South Africa - the assumption that the only way to do anything is the way white men did it in the past.
Supporters of the Democratic Alliance in South Africa gather earlier this year to listen to the party’s leaders.
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Race is the fault line. Prominent black DA figures label attempts to remove leader Mmusi Maimane as an attempt by whites to force black members into a subordinate position.
Some of Watts’ ancestors were deeply rooted in the old attitudes of “white Australia”, while his wife is from Hong Kong, and his children Eurasian-Australian.
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Tim Watts on Australia’s changing identity
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Tim Watts joins Michelle Grattan to discuss his new book, The Golden Country, in which he reconciles his family's past and present, and explores the question of what it means to be Australian.
After the killing of 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, a scholar explains why this hate crime reminds her of the political climate between the two world wars in the US.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Chinese President Xi Jinping prior to a bilateral meeting in Beijing, China.
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A new study suggests perceptions of how strongly people of color identify with their race can have a big impact on their job prospects and how much money they earn.
Many claim that bouncers use dress codes to discriminate. But is it systemic?
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Dana and David Dornsife Professor of Psychology and Director of the Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences