by lindaoppenheim | Dec 20, 2017 | Broadcast
An NPR segment (December 20, 2017) cited scientists who have spent decades researching the high death rate of African American infants. “Black babies in the United States die at just over two times the rate of white babies in the first year of their...
by lindaoppenheim | Nov 15, 2017 | Podcast
“The nation’s economy was built largely on black farm labor: in bondage for hundreds of years, followed by a century of sharecropping and tenant farming. A 1997 report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture said discrimination by the agency was a factor in the...
by lindaoppenheim | Oct 26, 2017 | Poll
“A majority of whites say discrimination against them exists in America today, according to a poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. More than half of whites — 55 percent — surveyed say that,...
by lindaoppenheim | Dec 21, 2016 | Broadcast
An NPR segment reported on a “study, which involved 150 African-Americans living in Tallahassee, Fla., found that knowing someone who had experienced racial discrimination was associated with genetic markers that may affect risk for high blood pressure. The...
by lindaoppenheim | Sep 27, 2016 | Opinion
In addition to listing why colleges aren’t hiring more faculty of color, Marybeth Gasman explains why having a diverse faculty is important for institutions of higher learning.
