The recently shuttered immigrant detention facility continued a long tradition of using alligators in ways that have reinforced demeaning racial stereotypes.
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When satire targets marginalized groups, it risks reinforcing harmful stereotypes rather than challenging them.
American writer Ralph Ellison provided a sharp analysis of the subversive power of Black laughter in 1930s America.
The study analysed the content of six news outlets from 1994 to 2014, looking at how core socio-economic issues were reported.
Pointing out the benefits of white privilege has become a racial justice rallying cry, but associating ‘white’ with ‘privilege’ in the classroom can harm academic performance among students of color.
With 3% of science Nobels going to women and zero going to Black people, these awards are an extreme example of how certain demographics are underrepresented in STEM fields.
If you’re American – regardless of the color of your skin – racism structures how you think. Changing the system should change these implicit biases.
As the recent wave of Black Lives Matter protests have shown many people, racial bias, prejudice and discrimination very much still exist, but have become increasingly subtle and complex.
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