Race Matters
Race Matters
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Black Patients on Pain Medication Are More Likely to Be Tested for Illicit Drugs, New Study Finds
That racism and implicit bias have affected and infected the American medical communityâand the way patients are treatedâis not news. But thanks to a slew of recent studies, we know in greater detail how and where those impacts can be felt. A new study led by Yale researchers adds to this growing body of evidence;…
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The 'Merit' Myth: The White Lies About Race-Conscious College Admissions
Of all the things ever held by white America and kept just out of reach from black hands and hearts, money has never been the most important of these. Nor has power, justice or equality ever been our ultimate goal. No man desires to be the equal of his oppressor or expects justice from the…
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Is Racism the Reason Why HBCUs Have to Pay More for Loans Than Other Schools?
If you want to see how systemicâand endemicâracism in the U.S., follow the money. Youâd see the racial wealth gapâa phenomenon that has only gotten worse, even as unemployment rates for black Americans dip. Youâll see predatory loans, which disproportionately affect people of color (and which helped fuel the housing crisis). Youâll also see that…
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2 Men Who Attacked DeAndre Harris in a Charlottesville Parking Garage Last Year Have Been Sentenced to PrisonÂ
The wheels of justice may move slowly, but sometimes they actually get us to the right destination. Today is one of those times. Two men who participated in a parking garage attack on a black man at a white nationalist rally last year in Charlottesville, Va., received their prison sentences in court Thursday. Jacob Scott…
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'Not Financially Enrolled': The Crisis at Clark Atlanta University
The night before leaving for college, Malana Wells was excited. Malana Wells was thrilled about leaving her hometown in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, to study in the Black Mecca of Atlanta. She was eager to become a student at a historically black university. As a 2018 high school graduate, Malana was even enthusiastic about…
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Racist White Man Allegedly Stabs Black Man to Death, Then Asks Police for a Ride Home
On Sunday, 24-year-old Joden Rocco was charged in the stabbing death of 24-year-old Dulane Cameron Jr. outside of a bar in Pittsburgh. But as details from the incident emerge, a story that initially seemed like just an unusually tragic outcome to a bar fight has been discovered to have serious racial implications. Rocco (who is…
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Republican Senator Michael Williams Proves Why White Supremacy Will Never Die
âThroughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.â Ras Tafari Makkonen text Perhaps no quote better captures the worldwide indifference to…
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2 Black Utah High School Soccer Players Subject to Racial Taunts, Slurs From Fans of Rival TeamÂ
Fans of a high school soccer team showed what true sportsmanship means to two black players from the opposing team…by calling them racial slurs and other names, of course. According to Good4Utah, the Canyons school district has launched an investigation after fans sitting in Alta High Schoolâs student section apparently shouted racial slurs at the…