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Study: Striking inequalities in US infant and maternal health point to structural racism and access issues
Research by SIEPR’s Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater on health inequality finds wealthy Black mothers and infants fare worse than the poorest white mothers and infants.
November 28, 2022
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Police Facebook Posts Disproportionately Highlight Crimes Involving Black Suspects, Study Finds
New research by Stanford Law’s Julian Nyarko and coauthors reveals that Facebook users are exposed to crime posts that overrepresent Black suspects by 25% relative to arrest rates
November 02, 2022
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Stanford’s Ralph Richard Banks on Critical Race Theory
Stanford expert on race and the law Professor Ralph Richard Banks discusses why critical race theory is in the spotlight
October 05, 2022
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How an “Impact Mindset” Unites Activists of Different Races
A new study finds that people’s involvement with Black Lives Matter stems from an impulse that goes beyond identity.
September 08, 2022
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June 15, 2022
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Stanford’s Shirin Sinnar on the Buffalo Shooting, Hate Crimes, and Domestic Terrorism
Q&A with Sharon Driscoll
May 16, 2022
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Stanford announces second cohort of IDEAL Provostial Fellows
Five early-career scholars will join the university in fall 2022 as part of a program to strengthen Stanford’s research and teaching related to race and ethnicity.
April 06, 2022
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School closures intensify gentrification in Black neighborhoods nationwide, Stanford study finds
An analysis of census and school closure data finds that shuttering schools increases gentrification – but only in predominantly Black communities.
March 28, 2022
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How Race Influences and Amplifies Backlash Against Outspoken Women
When women break gender norms, the most negative reactions may come from people of the same race.
March 25, 2022
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Learning to address anti-Black racism in the clinic
A course designed by Stanford Medicine's Presence 5 helps medical instructors teach anti-Black racism in the clinic.
March 11, 2022
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The Closing of the American Mind? A Discussion About Critical Race Theory, Book Banning, and More with Rick Banks
Stanford Legal Podcast: A discussion about the politicization of critical race theory, book banning, and more.
February 26, 2022
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Campus Conversation: Stanford’s ongoing DEI work and what still needs to be done
To discuss the university’s IDEAL initiative, Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Provost Persis Drell joined Patrick Dunkley, Shirley Everett and C. Matthew Snipp
February 17, 2022
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The IDEAL Learning Journey launching for all staff: We are one community
The IDEAL Learning Journey for staff is one of the many IDEAL (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access in a Learning Environment) initiatives underway.
February 02, 2022
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Stanford scholars examine systemic racism, how to advance racial justice in America
Black History Month is an opportunity to reflect on the Black experience in America and examine continuing systemic racism and discrimination in the U.S.
February 01, 2022
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Stanford creates initiative to augment existing efforts to invest with diverse asset managers
The Stanford Board of Trustees has approved an allocation of university reserve funds for a new program to invest in diverse asset managers.
January 18, 2022
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Lerone A. Martin: the new faculty director of Stanford’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
Lerone A. Martin on what we know—and don’t know—about Martin Luther King, Jr. and why access to information about him is more important than ever
January 12, 2022
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Meet Our Faculty: ‘It is incredibly powerful when we see each other’
Elizabeth Anne Reese, Yunpoví, the first Native American faculty member at Stanford Law, is working to shatter invisibilities that she says have been “comfortably the status quo”
January 11, 2022
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Stanford community members participate in event decrying the racial profiling of scientists of Chinese descent
The recent online event presented results from a survey of scientists documenting the chilling effect of federal national security policies.
November 18, 2021
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Stanford's Campus-wide DEI Survey Results
Stanford released the findings from Stanford’s first-ever campus-wide Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) survey, conducted in May of this year.
November 17, 2021
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Anger and sadness soared following George Floyd’s death, particularly among Black Americans, Stanford psychologists find
As the nation mourned the death of George Floyd, more Black Americans than white Americans felt angry or sad – a finding that reveals the racial disparities of grief.
September 20, 2021
