race and ethnicity
“BUT BLACKS COMMIT MORE CRIMES”: Scholars discuss conservative logic
Since 2014 there has been renewed interest, concern, and protest regarding the police use of deadly force against … Read More
RACIAL BIAS IN LETHAL POLICE SHOOTINGS: The Need for Interdisciplinary Research
GUEST POST by Abigail A. Sewell Recently, The New York Times published a write-up of a study documenting a … Read More
PATTERNS OF POLICE SHOOTINGS: One year after Ferguson
It has been a year since white, male, then-police-officer Darren Wilson fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed eighteen-year-old black male … Read More
IMPLICIT RACIAL BIAS: where do we learn whom we should perceive negatively?
Updated January 9th, 2017 The problem with overt racism (other than its bigoted, undemocratic, violent and discriminatory nature) is that … Read More
RACE OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS: Should they be similar to the community?
Since a police force is designed to protect and serve a community, should the race of the police departments align … Read More
AN OPEN MEMO TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS: Police kill unarmed black male
A couple of months ago I wrote about the police killing of Walter Scott, an unarmed black male … Read More
TALKING ABOUT RACE: Don’t avoid it.
Talking about race is not white America’s strong suit. I taught a course on racism and ethnic relations for the … Read More
UNARMED BLACK MAN KILLED BY POLICE…IS THIS TIME DIFFERENT?
*For a look at the patterns that have emerged in the police shootings of unarmed black … Read More
TOOLS FOR TEACHING SOCIOLOGY: Teach well. It matters.
Updated February 2018 Looking for resources for teaching sociology? Below are snippets of some of the … Read More
RACE AND GUNS: Racial profiling and carrying a weapon
White men go shopping with their guns and express their rights; black men get assaulted carrying a permitted … Read More
“BUT BLACKS COMMIT MORE CRIMES”: Scholars discuss conservative logic
Since 2014 there has been renewed interest, concern, and protest regarding the police use of deadly force against … Read More
RACIAL BIAS IN LETHAL POLICE SHOOTINGS: The Need for Interdisciplinary Research
GUEST POST by Abigail A. Sewell Recently, The New York Times published a write-up of a study documenting a … Read More
PATTERNS OF POLICE SHOOTINGS: One year after Ferguson
It has been a year since white, male, then-police-officer Darren Wilson fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed eighteen-year-old black male … Read More
IMPLICIT RACIAL BIAS: where do we learn whom we should perceive negatively?
Updated January 9th, 2017 The problem with overt racism (other than its bigoted, undemocratic, violent and discriminatory nature) is that … Read More
RACE OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS: Should they be similar to the community?
Since a police force is designed to protect and serve a community, should the race of the police departments align … Read More
AN OPEN MEMO TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS: Police kill unarmed black male
A couple of months ago I wrote about the police killing of Walter Scott, an unarmed black male … Read More
TALKING ABOUT RACE: Don’t avoid it.
Talking about race is not white America’s strong suit. I taught a course on racism and ethnic relations for the … Read More
UNARMED BLACK MAN KILLED BY POLICE…IS THIS TIME DIFFERENT?
*For a look at the patterns that have emerged in the police shootings of unarmed black … Read More
TOOLS FOR TEACHING SOCIOLOGY: Teach well. It matters.
Updated February 2018 Looking for resources for teaching sociology? Below are snippets of some of the … Read More
RACE AND GUNS: Racial profiling and carrying a weapon
White men go shopping with their guns and express their rights; black men get assaulted carrying a permitted … Read More