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News Articles: Race

A person walks down a street in Philadelphia, Pa.

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  • National

A quarter of U.S. adults fear being attacked in their neighborhood, a poll finds

Americans of color were more likely than their white counterparts to say they feared being physically attacked, the NPR/Harvard study shows.

September 08, 2022
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By:
  • Alana Wise
After a hospital stay, many patients are surveyed to weigh in on how good their experience was. Survey results can affect how much hospitals get paid. But instances of racial or other discrimination are not covered in the surveys.

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  • Health

Patient satisfaction surveys fail to track how well hospitals treat people of color

The health care industry is obsessed with consumer satisfaction. But national patient surveys still don't get at an important question: Are hospitals delivering culturally competent care?

September 08, 2022
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By:
  • Rae Ellen Bichell
A municipal police officer holds a no-touch forehead thermometer at a checkpoint amid increased restrictions on residents' movements in an effort to curb the spread of the new coronavirus in Niteroi, Brazil, Monday, May 11, 2020.

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  • Health

Forehead thermometer readings may not be as accurate for Black patients, study finds

Forehead thermometers were significantly less likely to have accurate readings for Black patients compared to oral thermometers. There could be two reasons for this.

September 08, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie

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  • Race

What questions do you have about race and Chicago? Code Switch wants to answer them

Code Switch wants to answer your questions about race that pertain to the city of Chicago. But before we can answer them, we need you to send us your questions to us!

September 07, 2022
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By:
  • Kumari Devarajan
Archie Panjabi at the Emmy Awards in 2010. Panjabi, a non-Muslim actress, played a Muslim character in the 2018 British limited series <em>Next of Kin</em>, a show discussed in a new study from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.

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  • Arts & Life

There are barely any Muslims on popular TV series, a new study says

When Muslims do appear, they tend to be violent Middle Eastern men, a new study has found after surveying 200 popular series from the U.S, U.K. and elsewhere.

September 07, 2022
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
"This Old House" host Kevin O'Connor records the home improvement show in Atlanta on Aug. 10, 2022. An Atlanta couple is restoring the Victorian home of civil rights activist Luther Judson Price.

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  • News

This Old House: Restoration honors Black Atlanta postmaster

A five-bedroom Victorian house south of Georgia's capitol was in severe disrepair until an Atlanta couple saw its potential. Then they learned it was built around 1900 by South Atlanta postmaster and civil rights activist Luther Judson Price.

September 07, 2022
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By:
  • Associated Press
U.S. deputy marshals escort six-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in November 1960.

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  • Race

Ruby was the first Black child to desegregate her school. This is what she learned

In 1960, at the age of six, Ruby Bridges was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Now she shares the lessons she learned with future generations.

September 07, 2022
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Elena Burnett,
  • and 2 more
Ismael Cruz Córdova as Elven warrior Arondir in <em>The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power</em>.

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  • Arts & Life

Despite racist vitriol, 'Rings of Power' star Ismael Cruz Córdova is not backing down

As the The Rings of Power deals with a racist review-bombing campaign, Córdova reflects on the impact his inclusion in the series has for other marginalized people.

September 06, 2022
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By:
  • Pablo Valdivia
In <em>Vesper,</em> Raffiella Chapman plays a 13-year-old girl living in a future where biological experiments have wiped out all the earth's edible plants.

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  • Movies

You'll want these five films on your list for fall

After a two-year dry spell, Hollywood's summer blockbusters finally busted some blocks this year. Now, the question is how to keep that momentum going.

September 06, 2022
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
President Joe Biden argued that Donald Trump's supporters pose a threat to U.S. democracy during an address billed as the "battle for the soul of the nation" at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia on Thursday.

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  • History

Historians advise the president. The problem? The scholars were all white.

In early August the White House invited an all-white group of historians to talk about threats to American democracy.

September 04, 2022
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By:
  • Sandhya Dirks
Jarvis Jones and John Knight help distribute free bottled water at the Sykes Park Community Center in Jackson, Mississippi.

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  • National

Avoiding the tap water in Jackson, Miss., has been a way of life for decades

Residents accuse the largely white state government of neglecting the needs of a city that's 82% Black. White flight in the 1970s devastated the tax base, posing a major challenge to any solution.

September 04, 2022
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By:
  • Jennifer Ludden and
  • Walter Ray Watson
Alice Dearing, Great Britian's first Black swimmer at the Olympics, called the news of Soul Cap's approval "exciting."

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  • Sports

A swimming cap made for Black hair gets official approval after previous Olympic ban

FINA, the governing body for international swim competitions, had rejected the design of Soul Cap's head covering ahead of last year's Olympics.

September 02, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Brigham Young University officials say they have no evidence that a man whom the university had banned from entering its athletic facilities had used a racist slur during a recent women's basketball game against Duke University.

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  • Race

BYU says it has no proof that the fan banned over racist slurs said them

The slurs marred a high-profile volleyball match between BYU and Duke last Friday. Duke sophomore Rachel Richardson says players were "targeted and racially heckled."

September 02, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
A special commission is reviewing military assets with names tied to the Confederacy at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point as well as other properties across the country.

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  • National

A plaque with the words 'Ku Klux Klan' still hangs on a building at West Point

The marker, depicting a hooded figure, was highlighted in a recent report by a special commission looking into U.S. military assets with names tied to the Confederacy.

September 01, 2022
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
<strong>February 18, 2021:</strong> Serena Williams serves against Naomi Osaka during their women's singles semi-final match on day eleven of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia.

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  • Perspective

Serena Williams is a tennis great, and so much greater than that

Serena Williams says she is close to retirement. We take a look at her life and career from Compton to Wimbledon, and the impact she has had on athletes, particularly African American women.

September 01, 2022
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  • Kelly E. Carter
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