by lindaoppenheim | Nov 29, 2018 | News
In New Jersey, a black person was more than three times more likely to face police force than someone who is white. This is one of the findings from a database of police use of force in New Jersey. “The Force Report, a 16-month investigation by NJ Advance...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 22, 2018 | Events
On Thursday, March 29 at 6 pm at Labyrinth Books, Nassau Street, Princeton, the Housing Initiative of Princeton (HIP) is hosting a conversation between Virginia Eubanks, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, SUNY and author of...
by lindaoppenheim | Jan 9, 2018 | Broadcast, Podcast
“Looking at 2014 data, dating website OkCupid co-founder Christian Rudder wrote that user data showed most men on the site rated black women as less attractive than women of other races and ethnicities. Similarly, Asian men fell at the bottom of the preference...
by lindaoppenheim | Oct 14, 2016 | Documents, News
Following the 2015 report from The President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, “Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced several steps by the Department of Justice to enable the nationwide collection of data on law enforcement interactions with...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 5, 2016 | Website
Max Roser, an economist at the University of Oxford, has produced charts illustrating a number of measurements of human well being. Included under the heading Treatment of Minorities, are graphs of: Lynchings in the United States, 1882-1969; Segregationist attitudes...
