News tagged with racial diversity
Research links diversity with increased sales revenue and profits, more customers
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Mar 31, 2009 |
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Workplace diversity is among the most important predictors of a business' sales revenue, customer numbers and profitability, according to research to be published in the April issue of the American Sociological Review.
The liberating effects of losing control
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Self-control is one of our most cherished values. We applaud those with the discipline to regulate their appetites and actions, and we try hard to instill this virtue in our children. We celebrate the power of the mind to ...
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'Colorblindness' hurts minority employees, but multiculturalism inspires their commitment
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Mar 18, 2009 |
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A new study by psychologists at the University of Georgia shows for the first time that whites' beliefs about diversity can hurt or help their minority peers.
Campus diversity important predictor of interracial friendships
Aug 27, 2008 |
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One of the hopes of having diverse campus environments is that the daily interaction with students from different backgrounds will promote interracial understanding and friendship. A new study in the journal Social Science Qu ...
First U.S. survey on 'whiteness' conducted
Sep 07, 2006 |
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A first-of-its-kind U.S. survey shows there's more recognition of racial identity and of the social privileges that come with it than was thought.
Juries not as racially diverse as the communities from which they are drawn
Dec 03, 2008 |
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A new review of the literature in the journal Social Issues and Policy Review examines obstacles that prevent diversity on juries and the implications this has on jury performance. Results reveal that there are a wide range ...
Creation of new school districts in US may cause a new form of segregation
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Nov 18, 2009 |
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Although the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 overturned segregation within many U.S. metropolitan communities and districts, school districts were slow to change and have remained segregated between districts. ...
Research finds cross-race friendships can lower stress
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Oct 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Conventional wisdom holds that diversity pays off in higher education. Now researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found scientific evidence that multiculturalism improves students' experiences ...
Post-Racial? NC State Expert Weighs In On the Current State of Race Relations
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Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Many pundits professed the dawn of a “post-racial” era following the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president.
Children aware of white male monopoly on White House
Oct 05, 2008 |
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Challenging the idea that children live in a color or gender blind world, a new study from The University of Texas at Austin reveals most elementary-school-age children are aware there has been no female, African-American, ...
Study Examines Racial 'Blind Spots' in Chicago Area Communities
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Nov 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Racial residential segregation in the Chicago area may be perpetuated by a lack of knowledge of communities across racial lines, according to a new study led by a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher.
Physician bias might keep life-saving transplants from black and Hispanic patients
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Physician bias might be the reason why African Americans are not receiving kidney/pancreas transplants at the same rate as similar patients in other racial groups. Dr. Keith Melancon, director of kidney and pancreas transplantation ...
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