Body camera footage suggests police treat black drivers with less respect
Police officers speak less respectfully to black drivers than white drivers during routine traffic stops, according to a new study from Stanford University researchers.
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Southern blacks more supportive of American political system
African Americans in the South are more supportive of “American values” and the U.S. political system than black people living outside the South, a new study finds.
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Police violence and black communities: Analyzing the trust deficit
A 2016 study in American Sociological Review finds that African Americans report crime less after police violence in their communities.
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Rich and poor, black and white: Moving after Gulf hurricanes
2016 study in Demography that looks at how economically advantaged groups are more likely to move to new homes in safer areas after a damaging hurricane.
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Racial bias in pain assessment, treatment of black and white patients
2016 study published in PNAS that examines how false beliefs about the biological differences between black and white people might influence pain assessment and treatment of black patients.
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White, Hispanic college students at predominantly black institutions, HBCUs
2016 roundup of research that explores the growth in the number of white, Hispanic and Asian students attending the nation’s more than 100 HBCUs, or historically black colleges and universities.
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Exploring the worldviews of young black men in America: Research chat with sociologist Alford A. Young, Jr.
2015 interview with University of Michigan sociologist Alford A. Young Jr., whose work has explored the lives and outlooks of young African-American males.
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China, cookstoves and highways: Effects of black carbon on human health
2014 study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examining the health impacts of particulate matter and black carbon from burning biomass, fossil fuels and other sources.
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Graduation rates for black and Hispanic students at minority-serving institutions
2014 research from Vanderbilt University and Florida State University study published in Research in Higher Education on student outcomes at minority-serving institutions.
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Disaster recovery in black and white: A comparison of New Orleans and Gulfport
2014 study in the American Review of Public Administration on the impact of race, poverty and disaster aid on economic recovery after a natural disaster.
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