A political scientist says the protests against police violence that have swept the US signal welcome social change – and could dramatically alter the work she’s done for five years.
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A leading sociologist explains how different dimensions of humanity produce different kinds of inequality - and what that does to the least equal in society.
We want to be whitelisted and not blacklisted for jobs. White lies make stretching the truth okay, but you don’t want to receive a black mark on your record.
There are, scientifically, no human races. How did race come to have this power and this durability?
Although many Black churches have an aging hierarchy, other factors such as racial and economic disparities place barriers to going online.
Race, class and national identity mean that views within the American Muslim community vary when it comes to such hot-button issues as policing, protests and discrimination.
Four decades after Ellen Craig-Jones of Urbancrest, Ohio, became the US’s first Black woman mayor, seven of the nation’s largest cities are lead by Black women. And what a time to be in charge.
Young men make up the majority of black people killed by police in the US. That’s fed a perception that black women are somehow shielded from the threat of police violence. They aren’t.
Generic names can take on a linguistic life of their own, becoming powerful forms of social commentary.
For decades, there’s been a concerted effort by law enforcement to ensure their perspectives – and not those of people being policed – dominate prime-time television.
The absence of ethnic diversity in politics and business distorts and undermines the lived reality of a multicultural democracy.
Our experts look at why people of colour are being hit harder by COVID-19, New Zealand’s success in eliminating the virus, and the latest on drug trials.
Enacting real change in business is about more than posting online, it is about making real structural and lasting change to how you do business.
Trump’s critics have assailed his handling of both coronavirus and the Minneapolis unrest. His election opponent, Joe Biden, though, has yet to show he can be the more effective leader, either.
Opinions about demonstrations are formed in large part by what people read or see in the media. This gives journalists a lot of power when it comes to driving the narrative.
Laws enabling citizens to apprehend suspects, which date back to medieval England, were historically used in the US to suppress slave revolts.
There’s no evidence COVID-19 death rates are related to the genetic differences used to racialise people.
Nursing homes and long term care in Canada are predominantly staffed by immigrant women, migrants and refugees — mostly women of colour.
The problems and ideologies that define American culture were formed in the 19th century.
Black Americans were left especially vulnerable to the economic impact of COVID-19 and history shows it will take them longer to rebound.
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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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Visiting Researcher in Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Florida
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Evan Pugh University Professor of Anthropology, Penn State
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Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Black Health Lead, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor of History, Hunter College
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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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Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Employment Equity, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor, Southern Cross University
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Research Director of the Center for Employment Equity, UMass Amherst
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Georgia
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Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University