The twin prods of a U.S. president trying to rebrand the coronavirus as the ‘China virus’ and a bloody attack in Atlanta that left six Asian women dead have brought to the fore a spate of questions about Asian Americans in the United States.
Columbia University sociologist Jennifer Lee has been answering many of those questions her entire academic career, and across four books, dozens of journal articles and untold media appearances. One of the first questions she answers in this Social Science Bites podcast is who are ‘Asian Americans’? As she tells interviewer David Edmonds,…
For many, especially in the southern United States and particularly in Texas, Juneteenth has been an emancipation celebration observed for generations. It commemorates the announcement of General Order No. 3, proclaiming freedom from slavery in Texas on June 19, 1865. That day was when every enslaved person in the U.S. finally knew that they were free and the institution came to an end.
Racial Attention Deficit
Sheen S. Levine1,2 *, Charlotte Reypens1
, and David Stark2,3
1 The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
2 Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
3 University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
* To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: [email protected]
Teaser
Americans make poor decisions because they ignore their Black peers — a large
experimental study shows and suggests a remedy.
Abstract
Despite concerted efforts towards equity in organizations and elsewhere, minority members
report that they are often ignored and…
Racial Attention Deficit
Sheen S. Levine1,2 *, Charlotte Reypens1
, and David Stark2,3
1 The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
2 Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
3 University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
* To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: [email protected]
Teaser
Americans make poor decisions because they ignore their Black peers — a large
experimental study shows and suggests a remedy.
Abstract
Despite concerted efforts towards equity in organizations and elsewhere, minority members
report that they are often ignored and…
Racial Attention Deficit
Sheen S. Levine1,2 *, Charlotte Reypens1
, and David Stark2,3
1 The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
2 Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
3 University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
* To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: [email protected]
Teaser
Americans make poor decisions because they ignore their Black peers — a large
experimental study shows and suggests a remedy.
Abstract
Despite concerted efforts towards equity in organizations and elsewhere, minority members
report that they are often ignored and…
Recent violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders sadly has deep roots in the history of the United States.