(CNN)-- Two black men whose arrest last month at a Starbucks spurred allegations
of racial bias say they're happy with the settlements they've reached with the city of Philadelphia and the company — and that they hope the incident is remembered for positive outcomes such as an anticipated program...
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«Many
of us will be watching to see whether the May 29
racial bias training is successful — and what Starbucks commits to beyond this single day,» he
says.
Starbucks on April 17
said it would close all
of its more than 8,000 company - owned stores on the afternoon
of May 29 to conduct
racial -
bias training with nearly 175,000 employees.
cards» used to get around the inconvenience
of reality by
saying: the legisation was written with gender or
racial bias as its «true agenda» — or, argue that homebirth is protected and not subject to legislation or government oversight because it is the religious belief
of the mother that «God hath so commanded me.»
A city spokesperson
said there was no indication
of any
racial bias and that all aspects
of the hiring process for both the police and fire departments would be reviewed.
The Senate is being hypocritical, he
said, particularly as Democrats accuse Trump's attorney general pick Sen. Jeff Sessions
of having
racial bias.
If students are placed in special education and gifted programs differentially because
of racial bias among teachers, then students are likely receiving inappropriate educational services,»
said Fish.
Dr O'Brien
said: «According to a Pew Research Center report the majority
of white Americans support stricter gun control, but the results
of our study suggest that those who oppose gun reform tend to have a stronger
racial bias, tend to be politically and ideologically conservative and from southern states, and have higher anti-government sentiment.»
Cox
says previous studies have used fake names to measure
racial and / or gender
bias in hiring and promotion practices and in the review
of journal articles.
«A doctor with high
racial bias may understand the pain
of other - race patients in a more detached or disembodied manner and, in principle, this may contribute to the causes
of racial disparities in healthcare,» Avenanti
says.
«There is kind
of a systemic
racial bias pretty much in every dating site I've ever looked at,» Rudder
said in his interview.
However, he
said, «This is a very difficult time to talk about race,» adding that racism and
racial bias sometimes do not «explain the entirety»
of an issue.
Starting in prekindergarten, black boys and girls were disciplined at school far more than their white peers in 2013 - 2014, according to a government analysis
of data that
said implicit
racial bias was the likely cause
of these continuing disparities.
«Success in law firms is one part intellect and four parts stamina,»
said another respondent, warning that the challenges
of isolation and
racial and gender
bias could take a physical and mental toll.
«The plaintiffs lawyers at the Washington office
of Sanford, Wittels & Heisler
say that this is the first example they can find where whites and African - Americans have been joined in a lawsuit alleging
racial bias.
They
said that the trial judge erred in not asking the Crown to address the relevance
of referring to her as a prostitute, did not provide instructions to the jury to address the «widespread
racial bias» invoked by referring to her as they did and «wrongly
said a factor important to consent was that Gladue was a prostitute,» wrote the Court
of Appeal judges in their decision.
«A constitutional rule that
racial bias in the justice system must be addressed — including, in some instances, after the verdict has been entered — is necessary to prevent a systemic loss
of confidence in jury verdicts, a confidence that is a central premise
of the Sixth Amendment trial right,» Kennedy
said.
«We found that the African American men who experienced greater
racial discrimination and who displayed a stronger
bias against their own
racial group had the shortest telomeres
of those studied,» he
said.