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Now, another research group has examined the possible role of racial bias at NIH by comparing head - to - head the productivity and funding of black and white medical researchers at the same institutions.

Not exact matches

I was surprised when I learned that Kevin Johnson, CEO of America's most popular coffee brand Starbucks, decided to close more than half of the company's U.S. stores on May 29 to conduct racial bias training for staff, following the uproar over two black men — Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson — being arrested at a Philadelphia location.

Eight days after the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, the arrests of two African - American men at a Philadelphia Starbucks for trespassing when they opted not to order anything has catapulted the issue of racial bias into the national spotlight.

As protests broke out at that Philadelphia Starbucks, Johnson and Schultz appeared in television interviews to pledge that the company would work to combat unconscious bias and racial profiling among its employees.

(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...

Starbucks, feeling the heat after the arrests of two black men in one of its shops last week, plans to hold racial - bias education at all of its company - owned U.S. stores next month.

Quotes Paul Argenti in an article about Starbucks» decision to close all company - owned stores for «racial bias» training following the arrest of two black men at a Starbucks in Philadelphia.

Facing furor over racial profiling in the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks, the company announced it will be closing its stores on May 29 to offer unconscious bias training.

Two African - American men whose arrest at a Philadelphia Starbucks sparked protests over racial bias have reached agreements with the coffee store chain and the city, and have pledged to support a $ 200,000 effort to encourage young entrepreneurs.

Starbucks Corp. is temporarily closing more than half of its domestic stores next month so employees can undergo racial - bias training, a response to the arrest of two black men at one of its cafes in Philadelphia.

Also at 11 a.m., members of Release Aging People in Prison, state Sen. Kevin Parker, Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry and others demand an end to racial bias in state prisons, Legislative Office Building, LCA Press Room 130, Albany.

Blackman has been accused of stirring up racial tensions as a result of racial bias for hosting Tapan Gosh, an anti-Islam campaigner from India at a House of Commons event in October 2017.

Those who disagree with what she has fought for — namely equal marriage, the campaign against FGM and work to reduce gender and racial bias — are merely taking an easy shot at a political opponent.

There were outbursts from the audience as well who, at times, accused the board's majority and interim schools superintendent of racial bias.

Since Ferguson, 24 states have passed at least 40 new measures addressing such things as officer - worn cameras, training about racial bias, independent investigations when police use force and new limits on the flow of surplus military equipment to local law enforcement agencies.

Nelson's report corroborates a recently released study by the U.S. Department of Education that emphasizes the disproportionately high number of male S&E professors.10 The report also cites the salary advantage men of all racial groups enjoy over women.10 While the unadjusted salaries of African - American faculty members were lower than those of whites, when variables were controlled, the wage gap disappeared.10 However, the study cautions that the markedly lower numbers of tenured and working African - American faculty at doctoral institutions could obscure racially biased salary discrepancies.10

Richeson, who is now at Northwestern University, thus concluded that color - blind policies might backfire, generating more racial tension by stoking rather than lessening implicit bias.

«There were only a handful of studies for each of the 19 instruments, and very few looked at anything that could give us insight into potential bias against racial or minority groups.»

Jennifer Eberhardt, a social psychologist at Stanford University in California, studies the effects of racial bias on the criminal - justice system in the United States.

If their intervention to reduce implicit racial bias is effective in that setting as well, they hope to develop a more consumer - friendly version of their training sessions: a fun, gamified app that could be used in schools and at home.

«There is kind of a systemic racial bias pretty much in every dating site I've ever looked at,» Rudder said in his interview.

A year after #OscarsSoWhite highlighted racial biases in Hollywood, #OscarsSoMale takes aim at the lack of female representation in the film industry.

According to Professor John A. Powell of the University of California at Berkeley, only two percent of our emotional cognition is conscious; the remainder lives in our unconscious networks, where implicit racial and other biases reside.

According to Dr. Stephen Russell at the University of Arizona, fully 75 % of all incidents that we call «bullying» employ hate speech and bias — racial bias, sexual orientation bias, gender bias, body - type bias and religious bias.

We further examine whether such disagreements are related to the racial match between students and teachers, which would suggest that at least a subset of teachers have systematically biased beliefs about students» educational potential.

The report also looks at racial, ethnic and cultural biases at these schools as well as income discrimination.

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.

The New York Times article by Linda Villarosa reveals a crisis situation: «Black mothers and infants are dying at a higher rate than white mothers and infants, in large part because of societal racism and racial bias in the healthcare system.»

«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.

The TPS chief at the time, in reviewing these figures, acknowledged that racial bias played a big part in these disparities.

Legal and social science scholars have grappled with the challenge of accurately assessing remorse, but no one has analyzed whether implicit racial bias skews remorse assessments at criminal sentencing in predictable and systematically discriminatory ways.

Researcher Safiya Noble looks at how to prevent racial bias from seeping into code.