Tag: Prejudice
Heteronormativity in health care is harmful for LGBTQ+ patients – and...
William Robertson, University of Memphis
Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community have long experienced prejudice...
‘The Whale’ is a horror film that taps into our fear...
Beth Younger, Drake University
Editor’s note: This article contains plot spoilers for “The Whale.”
I knew...
TikTok, #BamaRush and the irresistible allure of mocking Southern accents
Kathryn Cunningham, University of Tennessee
As college students across the country return to campuses grappling with the COVID-19 delta...
Racial stereotypes drive students of color away from STEM, but many...
Ebony O. McGee, Vanderbilt University
Dominique, a Black electrical engineering doctoral student, found herself in an awkward situation in the lounge of a hotel where...
New teachers mistakenly assume Black students are angry
Alison Cooke, North Carolina State University; Amy Halberstadt, North Carolina State University, and Pamela Watkins Garner, George Mason University
The Research Brief is a short...
Why our brains see the world as ‘us’ versus ‘them’
Leslie Henderson, Dartmouth College
Anti-immigrant policies, race-related demonstrations, Title IX disputes, affirmative action court cases, same-sex marriage litigation.
These issues are continually in the headlines....
How to combat racial bias: Start in childhood
Gail Heyman, University of California, San Diego
Racial bias can seem like an intractable problem. Psychologists and other social scientists have had difficulty finding effective...
Google memo completely misses how implicit biases harm women
E. Anne York, Meredith College
Workplace biases are back in the national conversation, thanks to the recent memo by a Google employee. The memo’s author...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
