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What I learned from studying my Black mother’s pedagogy of love
Editor’s Note: April is Black Women’s History Month. Throughout this month, Black Youth Project is celebrating Black women. This month is also National Minority Health Month, Autism Awareness Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Child Abuse Prevention Month. We are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them. by Donnie Moreland […]
Study: White students receive over $2k more in school funding nationwide than non-white students
According to NPR, schools that are predominantly white receive $23 billion more than schools that are predominantly nonwhite nationwide. This figure comes via a new report from non-profit organization EdBuild, which studies how schools are funded in America. The report states that “for every student enrolled, the average nonwhite school district receives $2,226 less than […]
Study: Body cam footage negatively influences viewers’ perceptions of police violence victims
According to Pacific Standard, a new study indicates that people who watch police body camera footage ascribe less blame to police than people who view the same police misconduct on a dashcam. Following the 2014 shooting of Micheal Brown Jr. in Ferguson, Missouri, a national conversation about police violence culminated in departments all over the […]
New study shows how student loan debt worsens economic inequality for Black people
According to a new study titled, “Racial Disparities in Student Debt and the Reproduction of the Fragile Black Middle Class,” student debt is widening the wealth gap between white and Black Americans.
Professor attacked for refusing to write a recommendation for student to study in Israel citing BDS
University of Michigan Professor John Cheney-Lippold refused to write a recommendation letter for a student after he initially agreed. After revisiting the student’s request and realizing the application was for a study abroad program in Israel, Cheney-Lippold apologized and rescinded his support, citing his academic boycott of Israel, an apartheid state that is oppressing Palestinians.
Study shows Black student activists are penalized by white college admissions counselors
In a new nationwide study titled “We Want Black Students, Just Not You: How White Admissions Counselors Screen Black Prospective Students”, author Ted Thornhill examines the racial penalties in college admissions at predominantly white institutions for anti-racist activist Black students in the post-Civil Rights era.
New study confirms that innocent people are pleading guilty because the system is rigged
While the Constitution supposedly ensures everyone is afforded a fair trial, a new paper by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) says that exercising the right to trial poses many high risks. Because of this, many federal criminal defendants are encouraged to plead guilty to crimes they did not commit in order to […]
New study shows denies popular myth, shows private schools are not better than public
It has been taken as common knowledge that private schools offer a better education than public schools. This is a popular argument many school choice advocates wave to divert into private schools. However, a new study by the University of Virginia denies this popular myth.
‘Sorry to Bother You’ is a study of the Black working class and the seductive appeal of capitalism
by Brittany Lee Frederick This essay contains spoilers for Sorry to Bother You Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You features a “dystopia” that is not at all foreign to working class Black America. Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield), who has just been hired by Regal View telemarketing, is encouraged by Langston (Danny Glover), an older and […]
New study shows childhood trauma’s wide intergenerational impact
Researchers at the University of California have just published a study in Pediatrics which found that the effects of childhood trauma have mental health implications for generations.
New study shows that focus on appearance creates big barriers for Black women in sports
The Undefeated recently commissioned a study from Morgan State University’s School of Global Journalism & Communication entitled “Beating Opponents, Battling Belittlement: How African-American Female Athletes Use Community to Navigate Negative Images.” The study examines Black women’s participation in basketball, track and field, tennis, golf, and swimming, looking at cultural factors that may get in the […]
Study: GOP judges give Black people longer sentences, women shorter. What about Black women?
Harvard Law professors Crystal Yang and Alma Cohen conducted a study which analyzed federal data on more than 500,000 defendants. One of the study’s conclusions revealed that Black defendants receive longer sentences under GOP appointed judges than Democrat-appointed judges. GOP appointed judges also give women defendants shorter sentences than Democrat-appointed judges.