Ending Affirmative Action Won’t Make Admissions Fair
By Isaac Butler As challenges to affirmative action in college admissions go, a case that’s brewing…
Perception Institute Releases The Science of Equality
The vast majority of Americans believe racism is wrong, yet the evidence showing that race often…
Learning From the Absurdity of #Pointergate
By Isaac Butler Pointergate may be the head-deskiest controversy involving negative stereotypes of Black men ever,…
A New Effort to Combat Stereotypes in Advertising
Interesting story out of India this week, as the Advertising Standards Council of India (a non-government,…
Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
One of the ways we often try to argue that racial discrimination persists is to cite…
Touré on Manufactured Perceptions of Darren Wilson and Mike Brown
Over at the WaPo, Touré has a great piece up about how the media reduces people…
The Limits of Respectability Politics Con’t
Over on the Toast, Ezekiel Kweku has an sharply incisive piece about Respectability Politics and its…
Perception of Police Varies By Race
In news that will surprise probably no one, recent polling by the Pew Research Center for…
The Past Week and the Work Ahead
The summer has been filled with news of tragic deaths of unarmed African American men and…
What It’s Like To Investigate Police Misconduct
On NPR’s Code Switch blog today, Monica Potts shares her experience as an investigator of police…
Questioning How The Media Portrays African Americans
There’s a large body of research which shows that media portrayals help to form, perpetuate and…
Implicit Bias in the Schools
Today over at HuffPo, Law Professor Leland Ware has an important post about the school to…