A large study in California shows that more kids than ever get diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Is …
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Skin-Lightener for Women’s Private Parts Sparks Controversy
A new ad catering to Indian women and their “lady parts” invites backlash over the growing popularity of skin-lightening products.
Belonging Matters: How Researchers Can Halve the Race Gap in GPA
The racial gap in achievement between African American and white college students has been stubbornly persistent, but an hour-long intervention conducted during students’ freshman year can halve the GPA lag by graduation time …
Racial Stereotyping Persists, Even After Death
When coroners fill out a death certificate, they must make note of the race of the deceased, but that can sometimes be a subjective call.
Passing as Black: How Biracial Americans Choose Identity
The practice of passing — identifying with and presenting oneself as one race while denying ancestry of another — reached its peak during the Jim Crow era. Needless to say, the notion of having to “pass” as white is outdated …
Who’s White? Who’s Black? Who Knows?
Never mind what you’ve heard. Halle Berry was not the first black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress. She was actually the 74th white one. And never mind all this talk about America electing its first black President; …
They All Look the Same: How Racism Works Neurologically
You’ve heard the racial epithet: All you people look the same. It’s detestable, but a new study shows that the racist observation happens to be true.
How Kids Get Clobbered by Racial Discrimination
Lou Dobbs thinks I’m a silly fool. He said so last year, right on the radio. Dobbs was mad at me because of a story I wrote about how quickly ethnic names are disappearing in favor of Americanized ones among second- and …