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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain According to new research from Rice University and the University of Nebraska at Omaha, conservative-leaning job applicants indicate being less likely to pursue positions that require personal statements on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and those negative reactions are not independent of anti-Black racism. …

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Anti-Black racism continues to be a major determinant of poor health and social outcomes for Black Canadians. Addressing this racism within Canadian institutions—like the health care system, justice system, the child welfare system and education—has far-reaching implications. The COVID-19 pandemic is a good example.…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In an effort to avoid stereotypes about Black male athletes, such as being labeled a "dumb jock," Spike, a college football player, says he wore athletic clothes to class as little as possible. "I mean, granted, I'm a 6-foot-4, 240-pound Black kid on campus, so it's kind of hard to get away from that," he said. "But…

Data shows that Black people continue to be incarcerated at a disproportionately high rate across Canada. Credit: Statistics Canada Black people continue to be overrepresented at all levels of the Canadian justice system. According to the Correctional Service of Canada, 9% of offenders in custody were Black in 2020–2021, despite only representing about 4% of Canada's population. …

For a few precious hours last week, I almost believed that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — fresh off a glitchy presidential campaign announcement that made him the laughingstock of the Twittersphere — might have to slither away from the national political stage and head back to some swamp in his home state.But alas, that was never going to happen. As odious as DeSantis is, it has become increasingly clear that his culture-war antics, especially his anti-trans, anti-Black crusade to ban books, which recently ensnared Amanda…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Children as young as five can display more positive associations with white children over Black children on measures of unconscious bias, and new research from York University finds this can be true even when taking into consideration kids' tendencies to favor same-gender peers. Taking an own-gender lens does, however, increase positive associations toward Black children, pointing to both the…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Racially resentful white Americans are less likely to support some gun rights if they believe Black people are exercising those rights more than white people, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. …

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People who deny the existence of structural racism are more likely to exhibit anti-Black prejudice and less likely to show racial empathy or openness to diversity, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. …