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Perils and Perks of Privilege - Race
- Cultural Appropriation and Race user8242693555624 on TikTok - 2020
- 'Comic Con bans cosplay champion's 'blackface' entry - The EuroCosplay Championships, to be held at MCM Comic Con in London later this month, pit together the winners of individual competitions in 25 European countries. - BBC, 10/2019
- 'Traditional' theatre lighting and stage design discriminates against black and Asian actors, warns Shakespeare's Globe - The increasing use of black and Asian actors has led some in British theatre to congratulate themselves on the growing diversity of the British stage. - Telegraph, 08/2018
- The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards - Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not privilege the values of white and Western employees and leave behind people of color. - Stanford Social Innovation, 06/2019
- Huggies uses black father and daughter in its packaging for the first time - The move is said to be the ‘first in history’ as the company has exclusively shown white babies and parents in its advertising in the past - Metro , 06/2019
- Connecticut will be first state to collect prosecutor data to study racial bias - It's very difficult for me to be able to trust other individuals at this school,' Madison Boyd, a freshman and cheerleader who is among the 4% of students who are African American - wusa9.com , 04/2019
- BASIS teacher had class shame a black student for lesson on school segregation, mom says - A Phoenix mother says her 9-year-old son was forced to walk through his class as his teacher and fellow students yelled at, humiliated and berated him during a lesson on school segregation. - the azcentral.com, 05/2019
- Sagging Pants Law: Black men make up 96% of town’s arrests for the offense - Black men in Shreveport, Louisiana have made up the majority of the arrests since 2017 for wearing sagging pants—an astonishing 96 percent. - thegro.com, 06/2019
- Some students feel alienated and angry after Whitman HS racist social media incident - Two Whitman High School students posted a photo of themselves with blackface and wrote the n-word on it on social media over the weekend. - wusa9.com, 04/2018
- Supporting Students Experiencing Homelessness - WisconsinDPI 04/2017
- 3 Ways to Speak English - Poet and scholar Jamila Lyiscott performs her spoken word piece in response to a "compliment" that she is articulate. - Jamila Lyiscott, TED, 02/2014
- Cultural Appropriation and Stereotyping in Mummer's Parade - In this year's Mummer's Parade, the costumes presented portrayed different races and cultures in a stereotypical fashion. - Nickie Michaud Wild, 1/1/2013
- Despicable Ad - An advertisement created by the Portuguese Commission to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights gives the message to "put racism in the right place". - Marcelo Lourenço
- The Way Home: Women Talk About Race in America - A trailer for a film that focuses on sixty four women representing various ethnicities; coming together an share their experiences of racism in America. - WorldTrustTV, 4/30/2010
- Racist Commercials - A compilation of racist commercials - LighterSideVideos, 8/11/2011
- Dad Photo Goes Viral of Los Angeles Dad Caring for His Biracial Children - A Los Angeles father posts photos of himself taking care of his interracial children on Facebook. - Doyln Richards, 1/19/2014
- America's New It Girl, Mindy Kaling Graces Cover of Elle - The magazine "Elle" is accused of being racist after a photograph of Mindy Kaling appears on the cover. - ABC News, 1/10/2014
- New rules could expand limits on profiling - "The Justice Department is considering new rules that would bar federal agents from launching investigations based on a person’s religion or country of origin." - Pete Williams,1/16/2014
- Apparently, There Is A Question That A Large Majority Of Adults Are Incredibly Afraid To Ask - An experiment using the game 'Guess Who?' shows how society views race. - Rafael Casal, 7/27/2013
- Kids React to Controversial Cheerios Commercial - A controversial Cheerios commercial was shown to kids between the ages of 7 & 13. - TheFineBros, 07/14/2013
- Doll Test - A compilation of racial tests done on children with a black and white doll. They were asked to differentiate between which doll they felt like was the nicest, the meanest,etc. - BSC4, 2/7/2012
- What Would You Do? Racism In An Upscale Store - WWYD stages racism against black shopper to see how other shoppers will respond. - amir97531, 10/19/2009
- What Would You Do? A White Male Haircutter Faces Racism At A Black Barbershop! - WWYD stages racism against white barber to see how people will respond. - ABCNews, 12/03/2013
- A friend of New Mom Disapproves of Adopted Daughter's Race - WWYD stages disagreement about adopting a child of a different race to see how passersby react. - ABCNews, 02/25/2011
- Muslim woman called a "Terrorist" AMAZING father of a Soldier stands up for Muslims - Would you stop discrimination? An actor portraying a veiled Muslim woman is refused service and racially abused in front on onlookers. - ComeToTruth, 11/23/2013
- Last Chance - Eden American - Discussion about what it means to be American. - ASU Project Humanities, 05/05/2014
- Last Chance - Welcome to the Pain - Discussion about understanding and experience. - ASU Project Humanities, 05/05/2014
- How to Overcome our Biases? Walk Body Toward Them -Ted Talk, 11/2014
- Local group asks you to "tip your mask" to help prevent racial biases - The Village of a Thousand Elders is creating a safety initiative called "Tip Your Mask" to help prevent confusion and racial biases.
- Native Americans being left out of US coronavirus data and labelled as 'other' - Native Americans are being left out of demographic data on the impact of the coronavirus across the US, raising fears of hidden health emergencies in one of the country’s most vulnerable populations.
- The Hidden Bigotry of Crosswords - Last month, Sally Hoelscher published her first crossword puzzle in The New York Times. It was Presidents’ Day; the theme was memoirs by first ladies. Like lots of nerdy subcultures, the crossword puzzle has a buzzing ecosystem, and it whirred into action.
- The Race Gap in Speech Recognition Technology - The leading speech recognition tools misunderstand black speakers twice as often as white speakers.
- “Coded Bias”: New Film Looks at Fight Against Racial Bias in Facial Recognition & AI Technology - A new documentary looks at the dangers of artificial intelligence and its increasing omnipresence in daily life, as new research shows that it often reflects racist biases.
- Study: Math teachers show most bias against girls of color - New research into how teachers evaluate the mathematical ability of students suggests that White teachers and teachers of color alike have biases that favor White and male students.
- A KIDS' YouTube channel has been accused of racism after a cartoon angel who “loses her beauty” becomes black. - In the story, a Prince falls in love with a beautiful character called Dina who isn’t allowed to speak to him because she’s an angel. Seeing that’s he’s sad, she then speaks to him but that means she has to give up her beauty. But when she goes to see the Prince again, her character’s appearance has changed and she has black skin and brown hair. - The Sun , 07/2019
- Women of color call out Dictionary.com's 'offensive' definition of 'black': 'This needs to change' - According to Dictionary.com, the synonyms associated with the word range from “gloomy,” to “threatening,” to “evil,” and even “soiled.” - Yahoo.com , 06/2019
- Kyrene School District investigating how blackface photo was published in Centennial yearbook - An investigation is underway in the Kyrene School District to find out how a picture of a student in blackface found its way into a middle school yearbook. - abc15.com , 06/2019
- How Digital Virtual Assistants Like Alexa Amplify Sexism ,OneZero, 05/10/2019
- Connecticut will be first state to collect prosecutor data to study racial bias - It's very difficult for me to be able to trust other individuals at this school,' Madison Boyd, a freshman and cheerleader who is among the 4% of students who are African American - wusa9.com , 04/2019
- BASIS teacher had class shame a black student for lesson on school segregation, mom says - A Phoenix mother says her 9-year-old son was forced to walk through his class as his teacher and fellow students yelled at, humiliated and berated him during a lesson on school segregation. - the azcentral.com, 05/2019
- Sagging Pants Law: Black men make up 96% of town’s arrests for the offense - Black men in Shreveport, Louisiana have made up the majority of the arrests since 2017 for wearing sagging pants—an astonishing 96 percent. - thegro.com, 06/2019
- STUDY REVEALS THAT BLACK GIRLS ARE PERCEIVED AS MORE ADULT-LIKE THAN PEERS - Literally coming as no surprise to anyone, Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality’s Initiative on Gender Justice and Opportunity released Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood, a collection of data proving that Black girls aged 5 to 14 are perceived to be more “adult-like” and less innocent than their white peers. By Erin White, 05/20/2019
- Huge Racial Disparities Found in Deaths Linked to Pregnancy - African-American, Native American and Alaska Native women are about three times more likely to die from causes related to pregnancy, compared to white women in the United States. By Roni Caryn Rabin, 05/07/2019
- Opioid Addiction Drug Going Mostly To Whites, Even As Black Death Rate Rises - White drug users addicted to heroin, fentanyl and other opioids have had near exclusive access to buprenorphine, a drug that curbs the craving for opioids and reduces the chance of a fatal overdose. That's according to a study out Wednesday from the University of Michigan. It appears in JAMA Psychiatry. -By WBUR, NPR and Kaiser Health News, 05/08/2019
- 9 ways racism impacts maternal health - As we celebrate our moms and mommies this Mother’s Day, let us not forget that for some, motherhood is not an enjoyed privilege. For many Black, Indigenous and racialized women in Turtle Island (North America) and globally — motherhood is a fight for life. -By Roberta K. Timothy, PBS, 05/12/2019
- Caucasity Broadcasting System: Former Exec Calls Out CBS for Its 'White Problem - Is there any network that loves straight white men as much as CBS? A damning—but not altogether shocking—letter published by a former exec makes the beige bar pretty damn hard to clear. -By Anne, The Root, 04/25/2019
- Black students are suspended at the highest rate from Arizona schools, data shows - Black and Native American students are suspended from Arizona schools at higher rates than white students, according to an analysis by The Arizona Republic of the most recent federal discipline data. -By Lily Altavena, Arizona Republic, 04/15/2019
- When School Dress Codes Discriminate - While a dress code is supposed to make the school environment more conducive to learning, it frequently does the opposite. In the past year, schools all over the country made national news for the ways they enforce their dress code -By Kira Barrett, neaToday, 07/24/2018
- How Demographics, Automation, And Inequality Will Shape The Next Decade, FASTCOMPANY 02/21/2018
- 'Automating Inequality': Algorithms In Public Services Often Fail The Most Vulnerable, KJZZ 02/19/2018
- How Implicit Bias Impacts Our Children in Education, ABA, 2017
- Snapchat Removes Filter Over Complaints Of Anti-Asian Bias, CBS SFBayArea 08/11/2016
- Snapchat under fire for 'racist' Bob Marley filter, Mashable 04/20/2016
- WHEN IT COMES TO GORILLAS, GOOGLE PHOTOS REMAINS BLIND ,Wired, 2015
- TSA Body Scanners Appear To Be Discriminating Against Black Women’s Hairstyles - According to a detailed ProPublica report, full-body scanners frequently give “false alarms” on Black women’s hair, an action some women say is discriminatory. -By Victoria M. Walker
- Wage Gap Growing Most for Hispanics - Study shows that median weekly salaries dropped 9.4 percent for low-income Hispanic workers, more than black, white, or Asian workers of the same income bracket. - NBC News
- Miami Sues JPMorgan for Racial Discrimination in Mortgage Lending - Miami files lawsuit against JPMorgan, accusing the lender of targeting minorities with high-cost loans and violating the Fair Housing Act. - Reuters, 06/16/2014
- Light And Dark: The Racial Biases That Remain In Photography ,npr 04/14/2014
- 63 Black Harvard Students Share Their Experiences In A Powerful Photo Project - The “I, Too, Am Harvard” photo campaign explores the diverse experience that black students at Harvard have to face. Here are 21 of the images. - Alison Vingiano, 03/03/2014
- Americans Call First Indian American Miss America Winner a Terrorist - On September 15, 2013 Nina Davuluri was crowned as Miss America 2014, and is the first Miss America of Indian Decent. Individuals on Twitter are quick to label Nina as a terrorist, un-American, and a foreigner despite being born in Syracuse, New York. - Matt Binder, 9/16/2013
- Dunkin Chocolate Donut Ad-- Is It Racist? - The head of Dunkin Donut's Thai franchise released an advertisement for a charcoal donut with a women painted completely black, but with hot pink lips. Human right groups lashed out at the company demanding for the ad to be pulled. The U.S.. Dunkin Donuts apologized and is working on removing the ad, despite the fact that the CEO of Dunkin Donuts in Thailand belies this is all American paranoia - Jocelyn Gecker, 8/30/2013
- Where Are All The Black Models? - Beverly Johnson was the first black model to be on the cover of Vogue Magazine and Elle Magazine. Throughout her modeling career, she has continued to break racial barriers in the fashion and modeling industry. She is also one of few to realize the new trend, which is the decline of black models being used. - Beverly Johnson, 9/12/2013
- Telling the Story of Privilege - Teacher describes her students' response to Richard Wright's Black Boy, and the conversation it sparked on different types of privilege. - Ashley Lauren Samsa, 02/10/2014
- School Sends Girl, 7, Home Over Her 'Distracting Dreadlocks - 7-year-old Tulsa was sent home from her elementary school because her dreads were too distracting. Deborah Brown Community Schools has a very strict policy on hair banning dreads, Mohawks, Afros, and other select hair styles for being too distracting. Tiana transferred to a new school where the dress code permits dreads. - NewsOne Staff, 09/04/2013
- Confessions of a Minority Darling - "CBS anchor Julie Chen got slammed for her decision to have plastic surgery to look less ‘Asian,’ but many minorities have felt pressure to succeed by making sure to fit in." - Helen Wan, 09/17/2013
- No Kinky Hair During Ballet Class? - Controversy arises when a Dutch girl could not wear her hair in a braided bun rather than a smooth knot. - Afro-Europe,09/14/2009
- Is Your Costume Racist? - Looking at Halloween costumes and racism. - Kat Lazo, 10/29/2013
- 'I Wish I Were Black' and Other Tales of Privilege - An article that talks about how privileged people don't have to think about their race. - Angela Onwuachi Willig, 10/28/2013
- 'Redskins', Names and Being Named - This article takes a look at the controversy on the Washington NFL team mascot's nickname, "Redskins". - Dr. Neal A. Lester, 10/28/2013
- Ohio Univ. Students to Classmates: ‘We’re a Culture, Not a Costume’ - An Ohio student attended a Halloween party and was in shock when she discovered fellow students "black facing" She then started a campaign within the STARS (Students Teaching About Racism in Society) organization within her school. It is titled "We're a Culture Not a Costume." This has grown to become widely popular, and other campuses have shown interest in spreading the campaign within their community. - Jorge Rivas, 10/25/2011
- Judge Rules White Girl Will Be Tried as Black Adult - A teenage girl on trial for murder is to be tried as a black male adult "due to the extreme and violent nature of this crime". - The Onion
- Why We Still Need to Talk About Privilege - White people or people who have privilege avoid the topic of how powerful and entitled they really are, but this sense of underlying superiority had existed in our history before. They take the perspectives of individuals who have given their life to talking about social structure and racial inequality their life. - Jamilah King, 9/30/2013
- Here's Why You Should Be Upset Over Mindy Kaling's Elle Cover, Even If She Isn't - A series of magazine covers have sparked controversy over the way the only woman of color featured was not shown in the same manner as her respective white counterparts. - Lauren Duca, 1/8/2014
- Why Didn't the Store Just Let Oprah Buy The $38,000 Handbag? - After a store incident in which Oprah Winfrey was not allowed to look at a handbag because of its price, critics wonder if racial profiling was the cause. - Tanya Ballard Brown, 8/10/2013
- 'Tis the Season: Christianity and Jesus in Black and White - This article examines the way Jesus and other Christian figures are frequently depicted as white. - Dr. Neal A. Lester, 12/19/2013
- 12 Racist Statements That Should Never Go Unchallenged - Collection of racist phrases. - Jay M., 12/17/2013
- Colorism in the Black Community: Pespectives on Light-Skinned Privilege- 02/09/2015
- Do White-Passing People of Color Have Privilege?- Mariana Watanabe, 09/07/2015
- The Hero Of ‘Charlie And The Chocolate Factory’ Was Originally Black - Huffpost, 09/13/2017
- Female Genital Mutilation - Radio segment looks into cases of female circumcision within immigrant communities in the United States. - NPR Radio, 3/12/2004
- Implicit Association Test - An online test that can either be used to test associations within Race and Gender. These tests require the user to quickly choose between two associations with the press of the keys E or I. The results are taken into account and are then presented as percentages. The data is then compared to those of the millions that have taken the tests before. It helps gauge your hidden biases. - Social Psychology Network
- Compare Arrest Rates - online tool for comparing the disparity between black and non-black arrest rates across the country