The Over-Indexing of Black Athletes in Sports
Black athletes might be overrepresented but deal with discrimination and stereotyping, unlike their white counterparts.
read moreBlack athletes might be overrepresented but deal with discrimination and stereotyping, unlike their white counterparts.
read moreThere’s a persistent narrative in U.S. history that pits the innocence of white women against a false notion of Black aggression.
read moreLast week’s Supreme Court’s decision re-ignites conversations about student-athletes and the role of race and equity in collegiate sports.
read moreOver 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.
read moreMany professional sports teams, such as the Kansas City Chiefs, have names or mascots that revere genocide and racial violence.
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