According to a new study by psychologists, whites believe that they have replaced blacks as the primary victims of racial discrimination in contemporary America. These findings show that America has not achieved the "post-racial" society that some predicted in the wake of Barack Obama’s election.
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All the controversy about Barack Obama’s birth certificate, makes one wonder if racial prejudice among some white Americans–even if unintentional–influences their assessment of how well he is doing as President Researcher Eric Hehman investigated whether whites’ racial prejudices influenced "how American" they perceived Obama to be, which would in turn predict their evaluations of his presidential performance. One way to do this was to compare how these people evaluated Vice President Joseph R.read more
On Martin Luther King Day, we remember the hard task of integrating our society–starting with our schools. Now there’s another reason why this is important: it turns out that the good grades that high schoolers earn aren’t just good for making the honor roll–they also make them healthier as adults, too.
Studies have long shown that education is linked to better health, but new research shows that higher academic performance in high school plays a critical role in better health throughout life. The higher a study participant’s high school rank was, the lower the probability that participant experienced worsening health between 1992 and 2003, when the class members neared retirement age.
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You’ve heard of black people "passing for white," but times have changed: Now many mixed-race people with a choice of which way to go are identifying themselves as black. But before they do this, maybe they should think twice: Drug use is usually associated with blacks and latinos, but nearly one in five whites could carry a genetic variant that substantially increases their odds of being susceptible to severe cocaine abuse.
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