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The Over-Indexing of Black Athletes in Sports
A basketball coming out of a hoop.

The Over-Indexing of Black Athletes in Sports

Black athletes might be overrepresented but deal with discrimination and stereotyping, unlike their white counterparts.

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2400 1565 Nicole Cardoza
The Double Standard Against Angel Reese
Basketball player Angel Reese making hand gesture to opposing player.

The Double Standard Against Angel Reese

There’s a persistent narrative in U.S. history that pits the innocence of white women against a false notion of Black aggression.

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1900 1346 Nicole Cardoza
In Defense of Compensating Student-Athletes
College football players in a line on the field during a game.

In Defense of Compensating Student-Athletes

Last week’s Supreme Court’s decision re-ignites conversations about student-athletes and the role of race and equity in collegiate sports.

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2400 1600 Nia Norris

End “race norming” in healthcare.

Over the past year, the global pandemic has highlighted the vast racial disparities in medical treatment in the U.S. Many of its elements are more subtle; difficult to see if you don’t experience it first-hand. But some are more blatant – like racial correction factors. In medicine, equations and algorithms can often be used to diagnose or screen patients. Racial correction factors are when physicians adjust the measurements or risk calculations for patients based on their race. Despite the fact that race is a social construct, many medical providers hold on to the idea of race as a biological variable. This has a severe, sometimes fatal impact on people of color.

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The Push to Change Racist Sports Team Names
A crowd of people standing around a neon sign that reads "Atlanta Braves," at night.

The Push to Change Racist Sports Team Names

Many professional sports teams, such as the Kansas City Chiefs, have names or mascots that revere genocide and racial violence.

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