race
The social construction of race: fuzzy boundaries
Racial categories are not fixed, innate, or rooted in biological categories. At best biology can find commonalities within population clusters … Read More
As a white person, what else can I do besides post my personal outrage about racism on social media? (NOT another reading list)
I’ll save you the immediate proclamations of my privilege. The rise of such performative proclamations have not made a significant … Read More
POLICE KILLING OF BLACKS: Do Black Lives Matter?
Updated June 19, 2020, with data from 2015-2019 Data collected by the Washington Post on the … Read More
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS: A paper assignment for your class
The current administration is reportedly going to take action targeting affirmative action programs in college admissions. What better … Read More
PEOPLE’S CLIMATE MARCH and the U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT: Still disproportionally white and wealthy?
Updated April 25th, 2017 In the fall of 2014, the largest climate protest to date occurred at the People’s Climate … Read More
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. TO SOCIAL SCIENTISTS: “Tell it like it is”
In 1967 (seven months before his assassination) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech to the American … Read More
WHY I AM PROTESTING: Trump will not become the new normal
Protests against the outcomes of the 2016 presidential election emerged as soon as the electoral map indicated Trump’s victory. Critics … Read More
TEACHING EXCEL BASICS WITH 2016 POLICE LETHAL FORCE DATA: A resource for methods
Teaching quantitative methods and data analysis can be tedious, but I have found that using sociological and “headline-relevant” data, such as … 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
The social construction of race: fuzzy boundaries
Racial categories are not fixed, innate, or rooted in biological categories. At best biology can find commonalities within population clusters … Read More
As a white person, what else can I do besides post my personal outrage about racism on social media? (NOT another reading list)
I’ll save you the immediate proclamations of my privilege. The rise of such performative proclamations have not made a significant … Read More
POLICE KILLING OF BLACKS: Do Black Lives Matter?
Updated June 19, 2020, with data from 2015-2019 Data collected by the Washington Post on the … Read More
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS: A paper assignment for your class
The current administration is reportedly going to take action targeting affirmative action programs in college admissions. What better … Read More
PEOPLE’S CLIMATE MARCH and the U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT: Still disproportionally white and wealthy?
Updated April 25th, 2017 In the fall of 2014, the largest climate protest to date occurred at the People’s Climate … Read More
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. TO SOCIAL SCIENTISTS: “Tell it like it is”
In 1967 (seven months before his assassination) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech to the American … Read More
WHY I AM PROTESTING: Trump will not become the new normal
Protests against the outcomes of the 2016 presidential election emerged as soon as the electoral map indicated Trump’s victory. Critics … Read More
TEACHING EXCEL BASICS WITH 2016 POLICE LETHAL FORCE DATA: A resource for methods
Teaching quantitative methods and data analysis can be tedious, but I have found that using sociological and “headline-relevant” data, such as … 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