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Rooting out racial prejudices
A data-driven portrait of racism exposes the persistent reality of racial biasesAlan Goodman, Science 17 Jan 2025;387(6731):254
"Keon West: 'You can’t tell that racism is or isn’t happening because you know a Black person who earns a lot of money'"Lisa O'Kelly. The Guardian, 18 Jan 2025.
*Reflections on systemic racism in higher education James H. Johnson, Jr., Ph.D., Higher Ed Works, July 8, 2020
Several of my White friends and colleagues have asked me recently what changes are required to address systemic racism in higher education institutions. After reflecting on personal experiences as an African-American professor for four decades in two predominantly White institutions, I will highlight activities that have given me race fatigue over the years – things I no longer would have to do or experience if systemic racism did not exist.
Amy Louise Wood - Lynching and Spectacle Witnessing Racial Violence in America, 1890-1940UNC Press, copyright 2009. 2010 Lillian Smith Book Award, Southern Regional Council; finalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History.
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-7197-3, February 2011; eBook ISBN: 978-0-8078-7811-8, February 2011
In Lynching and Spectacle, Amy Wood explains what it meant for white Americans to perform and witness these sadistic spectacles and how lynching played a role in establishing and affirming white supremacy. Lynching, Wood argues, overlapped with a variety of cultural practices and performances, both traditional and modern, including public executions, religious rituals, photography, and cinema, all which encouraged the horrific violence and gave it social acceptability. However, she also shows how the national dissemination of lynching images ultimately fueled the momentum of the antilynching movement and the decline of the practice.
Former Employees Say Ellen’s “Be Kind” Talk Show Mantra Masks A Toxic Work CultureKrystie Lee Yandoli, BuzzFeed News, Posted on July 16, 2020
Molly Ivins on growing up in the South before the Civil Rights era
Money Protects White but Not African American Men against Discrimination: Comparison of African American and White Men in the Same Geographic AreasShervin Assari, Susan D. Cochran, and Vickie M. Mays. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(5), 2706; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052706
Abstract
To compare African American (AA) and non-Hispanic White men living in same residential areas for the associations between educational attainment and household income with perceived discrimination (PD). The National Survey of American Life (NSAL), a nationally representative study, included 1643 men who were either African American (n = 1271) or non-Hispanic White (n = 372). We compared the associations between the two race groups using linear regression. In the total sample, high household income was significantly associated with lower levels of PD. There were interactions between race and household income, suggesting that the association between household income and PD significantly differs for African American and non-Hispanic White men. For non-Hispanic White men, household income was inversely associated with PD. For African American men, however, household income was not related to PD. While higher income offers greater protection for non-Hispanic White men against PD, African American men perceive higher levels of discrimination compared to White males, regardless of income levels. Understanding the role this similar but unequal experience plays in the physical and mental health of African American men is worth exploring. Additionally, developing an enhanced understanding of the drivers for high-income African American men’s cognitive appraisal of discrimination may be useful in anticipating and addressing the health impacts of that discrimination. Equally important to discerning how social determinants work in high-income African American men’s physical and mental health may be investigating the impact of the mental health and wellbeing of deferment based on perceived discrimination of dreams and aspirations associated with achieving high levels of education and income attainment of Black men.
Outrage Over Arrests At Philly Starbucks Fuels Twitter Conversations (6 min)Lulu Garcia-Navarro, NPR Weekend Edition Sunday, April 22, 2018. The arrest of two black men waiting for a friend at a Philadelphia Starbucks has inspired Twitter users to share their stories of how African-Americans are treated in predominantly white spaces.
Uprooting Institutionalized Racism as Public Health PracticeMary T. Bassett, MD, MPH and Jasmine D. Graves, MPH. Am J Public Health. 2018 April; 108(4): 457–458.
In all matters of Black disadvantage, the first question is often, “What is wrong with Black people?” If instead you ask, “What is wrong with the policies and institutions?” you no longer focus on education about healthy food and imploring individuals to take responsibility for food choice but point to food deserts where few stores offer healthy food, the high cost of fruits and vegetables, and the rapacious marketing of unhealthy products in communities of color. This is the litmus test: any framework that identifies the problem as people should be challenged. Communities are vulnerable because of bad policies and disinvestment, not because of the people who live in them.
See also Racism in academia