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In 2019 a district court judge upheld Harvard's limited use of race as a factor in admissions, stating that SFFA had provided no evidence that Asian Americans, or any other racial groups, had been harmed by it. In 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the district court's ruling. In 2021, SFFA petitioned the Supreme ...
The implicit-association test ( IAT) is an assessment intended to detect subconscious associations between mental representations of objects ( concepts) in memory. [ 1] Its best-known application is the assessment of implicit stereotypes held by test subjects, such as associations between particular racial categories and stereotypes about those ...
The history of the race and intelligence controversy concerns the historical development of a debate about possible explanations of group differences encountered in the study of race and intelligence. Since the beginning of IQ testing around the time of World War I, there have been observed differences between the average scores of different ...
Online racism was linked to PTSD symptoms in Black teens, and PTSD symptoms are linked to suicidal thoughts. Mental health experts want to fight rising suicide rates in Black youth.
January 3, 2024 at 11:39 AM. Billionaire Bill Ackman has blasted Harvard ’s policy on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in a new online essay, which argues that it is “the root cause of ...
Brown paper bag test. An individual darker than a brown paper bag was denied privileges. "The brown paper bag test " is a term in African-American oral history used to describe a colorist discriminatory practice within the African-American community in the 20th century, in which an individual's skin tone is compared to the color of a brown ...
When Dr. Claudine Gay was under attack, Black Harvard alumni rallied to save her job. Natasha S. Alford. December 12, 2023 at 4:41 PM. OPINION: Racism and sexism also played a role in the campaign ...
Alvin Francis Poussaint. Alvin Francis Poussaint (born May 15, 1934) is an American psychiatrist known for his research on the effects of racism in the black community. [ 1] He is a noted author, public speaker, and television consultant, and dean of students at Harvard Medical School. His work in psychiatry is influenced greatly by the civil ...