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The use of ‘y'all’ has often been seen as vulgar, low-class and uncultured. That’s starting to change.
College can be a time to interact with people with different worldviews, but meaningful exchanges often require intent.
A survey on stereotypes and discrimination in the business world reveals major disparities between men and women.
Social media can offer Black African young people in Australia safe spaces to engage in positive expressions of afro-Blackness.
Obese persons are regularly associated with laziness and inactivity in Ghanaian society.
The insistence on preserving the team name – along with fan traditions like the ‘tomahawk chop’ – is even more glaring given the city’s links to the civil rights movement.
Black writers like Charles Chesnutt had to contend with a dilemma writers today know all too well: give the audience and editors what they want, or wallow in obscurity.
First Nations peoples’ voices in Australian media have been largely excluded. This can contribute to under-representation of Indigenous perspectives and negative stereotypes of First Nations people.
New research shows technologies like pregnancy apps do not account for pregnancy loss 72% of the time, causing real harm to users.
In any given year, one in five people in Canada will personally experience a mental health problem or illness. Despite this number there’s still massive stigmatization.
We spoke to 332 Year 3 students about what they want to be when they grow up. Some responses raised alarms.
Science fields are improving at being more inclusive. But explicit and implicit barriers still hold women back from advancing in the same numbers as men to the upper reaches of STEM academia.
Outdated and harmful ideas associated with certain south-east England accents are still pervasive, according to new research.
Concern about Islamophobia has been near-constant for years. But how it plays out is changing – especially online.
Nigeria should stop showing contempt for history as a subject, profession or topic of discussion.
England players may be affected by the negative stereotype that they’re terrible in a penalty shootout.
A new study finds that women are just as likely as men to assume something’s wrong with a woman who decides she wants to sleep with a handful of partners.
A Jewish studies scholar discusses the societal changes that women are leading in ultra-Orthodox communities.
An Italian media scholar raised on American TV assesses Netflix’s ambitious strategy to create original productions in Italy, Japan, Brazil and beyond – and distribute them globally.
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Professor and Lincoln Professor of Ethics in Public Affairs, Arizona State University
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