Racial Bias

Are Teachers Too Hard On Minority Students--Or Too Easy?

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Racial Consciousness, Black Voices, Education, Video, Racial Bias, Minority Students, Science, Science News, Teacher Bias, Positive Bias, Science News

By: Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 05/05/2012 06:28 PM EDT on LiveScience Black and Latino students may be getting less critica...

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Racism Study Yields Big Surprise About Bias In Babies

Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Faces Study, Racist Babies, Video, Racial Bias, Nine Month Olds, Bias, Toddlers, Racism, Race, Racism Research, Science News

By: Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 05/04/2012 09:51 AM EDT on LiveScience Adults have more difficulty recognizing faces that ...

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Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson

Are Doctors Shortchanging Black Patients? Racial Bias May Be To Blame, Report Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Medical Care, Doctor Patient Relationship, Racial Bias, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Patient Care, Black Voices News

The average time most doctors spend with their patients during each visit is just 20 minutes, according to 2009 estimates by the National Center for H...

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Is the Man Who Killed Trayvon Martin a Racist? Who Cares?

Sam Sommers | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: George Zimmerman, Racial Bias, Shooter Bias, Racist, Trayvon Martin, Prejudice, Racism, Florida, Trayvon Martin Shooting, Racial Slurs, Video, Crime News
Sam Sommers

Are racist (or sexist or homophobic) slurs any less impactful when the person who utters them genuinely believes he doesn't have a bigoted bone in his body?

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GOP Effort To Repeal Racial Bias Law Dealt Blow

AP | GARY D. ROBERTSON | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Video, Racial Bias, Death Penalty Race, Bev Purdue, Racial Justice Act, Race Death Penalty, Death Penalty, Nc Racial Justice Act, Beverly Purdue, Racial Discrimination, North Carolina, Politics News

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's governor on Wednesday halted a Republican effort to dismantle a law that gives death row inmates a new way to a...

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Will Guzzardi

New Data Shows Racial Bias Continues At State Police

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Guzzardi | Posted 09.12.2011

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A new set of data from the University of Illinois at Chicago confirms a pattern of racial bias in traffic stops that has focused scrutiny on the Illin...

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Has the Movement Opposing America's Drug War Broken Through to the Mainstream?

Jesse Levine | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Collateral Consequences, Ron Daniels, Racial Bias, Global Commission on Drug Policy, Drug War, Jimmy Carter, One-Trillion, Jesse Jackson, Marijuana Arrests, War on Drugs, Collateral Damage, 40th Anniversary, New York City, Drug Crimes, Drug Policy, Politics News
Jesse Levine

The 40th anniversary of the war on drugs became an opportunity for leaders from diverse backgrounds to emerge with the unified message that the drug war failed.

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Will Guzzardi

State Police Accused Of 'Striking' Racial Bias In Traffic Stops

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Guzzardi | Posted 08.07.2011

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The Illinois branch of the American Civil Liberties Union petitioned the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday, asking the department to investigate t...

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Lucia Graves

Virgil Goode, Former GOP Congressman, Backs Rep. Steve King's Comments On Obama's 'Racial Preferences'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Steve King did not apologize for saying earlier this month that President Barack Obama "favors the black person," and now another GOP Congressman...

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Felons In Prison Should Be Able To Vote In Washington State, Federal Judges Rule

AP | RACHEL LA CORTE | Posted 05.25.2011

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OLYMPIA, Wash. — Incarcerated felons should be allowed to vote in Washington to ensure that racial minorities are protected under the Voting Rig...

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Racism, John McCain and Other Republicans

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Birthers, John McCain, Teabaggers, Racial Bias, N-Word, Police, Police Brutality, Immigration, Attitude Arrests, Racist, Ethnic Slurs, Arab, Joe Wilson, Jimmy Carter, Discrimination, Republicans, Political Correctness, Adolf Hitler, Health Care, Bigotry, Politics News
Norm Stamper

In 1976, 30 of my 31 police officers confessed to on-the-job use of the most vile, invective, racist language you can imagine. How do we confront the barefaced bigotry we see today?

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