How Your Name Could Cost You a Mortgage Loan
Mortgage loan originators discriminate against people with black-sounding names, according to a new study.
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Blacks at All Wealth Levels Are More Likely Than Whites to Be Incarcerated
More evidence that race plays a role in who goes to jail in the U.S.
Cops Use Less Force on Suspects Who Look Really, Really White
A new study of arrest records finds a different sort of racial bias.
Blackballed in the Ivory Tower
From fraternities to administrative halls, American universities are failing to address serious race problems. In his new book, Lawrence Ross tells us how.
Confessions of a White Professor
How Ferguson, John Roberts, and an anonymous student helped me understand diversity in the classroom.
Is It Time for Biologists to Stop Thinking About Race?
While social scientists should continue to study the social meaning of race, the concept has no place in biology, scientists argue.
The Uphill Battle for Minorities in Trucking
Long-haul truck driving is thriving in the United States, and remains one of the surest ways into the middle class, but minorities say discrimination is rampant.
Racism in the Kindergarten Classroom
New research finds faces of five-year-old black boys put whites in a more threat-conscious state of mind.
If the Glove Was Bloody, You Must Read the Study
Many researchers have analyzed reactions to the O.J. Simpson murder trial. Here are a few of the conclusions they reached.