In the 1960s, white newspaper journalists exploited racial divisions to help build the GOP’s southern firewall.
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There’s still far too much we don’t know about hate crimes in the US – and that affects how we study and enforce these crimes.
The use of the word Eskimos for a Canadian football team needs to end. It signals negative stereotypes and is considered by most Inuit to be a racial slur.
A newly published batch of Ernest Hemingway’s letters could change the way we think about the author’s influences, relationships with other writers and views on race.
Atlanta is a black majority city that has elected black mayors since 1973. Two candidates now face a runoff in December.
Neither the spurious ‘facts’ about killings of police nor the supposedly ‘colour-blind’ logic of the backlash against Black Lives Matter hold up under scrutiny. Instead, they confirm its point.
A controversial panel on Indiana University’s campus depicts Ku Klux Klan members, but Benton had a reason for including them. Is avoidance really the best way to deal with dark episodes of the past?
Prejudice and stereotypes are part of why social inequality persists. Social scientists use tests to measure the implicit biases people harbor and see how much they relate to actions.
While many South African police officers, who were born into poverty, grew to appreciate the job, they want more for their children - careers requiring degrees - and work to provide them.
Despite the promise of Black Lives Matter, it has not been taken up as a central political movement by Indigenous Australians.
The legitimacy of the IQ test is still hotly debated.
Despite their dangers, skin-bleaching products are grow in popularity in Africa, Asia and even Europe. France’s colonial history holds one of the keys to better understanding this trend.
A recent study might explain why there’s been such divergent, emotional responses to the NFL protests.
Early Vikings wouldn’t understand nationalism – the secret to their success was to embrace other cultures.
A scholar from Alabama’s Auburn University at Montgomery explains how Republicans have slowly but utterly taken over Alabama politics, even while squabbling amongst themselves.
The discourse and structure of online learning can exclude English language minority students. Techniques such as video chats, “safe houses” and content-focused grading can support their success.
Whether they were motivated by enthusiasm or ire toward the candidates, the 2016 election captured the attention of US college and university students nationwide.
Histories of the North Atlantic have had a preponderant influence on scholarship about race. But, for scholars in the humanities and social sciences who study southern Africa, this is changing.
In New York City, hair salons are one of the few cultural spaces for Dominican women to bond. But they also perpetuate legacies of racism and colonialism.
There is no good way to make sense of the category “race” from biological or social perspectives.
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Professor of Social Work, Michigan State University
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
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Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Penn State
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Professor of Political Science, University of Florida
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Visiting Researcher in Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
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Associate professor, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Excellence in Policing & Public Safety Program, University of South Carolina
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Georgia
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Assistant Professor of History, Hunter College
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Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Black Health Lead, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Employment Equity, UMass Amherst
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Research Director of the Center for Employment Equity, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
