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“Hong Kong, Add Oil!”: The Lennon Walls in the 2019 Hong Kong Movement
A Lennon Wall in a metro station. (Photo by Yao-Tai Li) In June 2019, millions poured onto the … Read MoreWhite Allyship Means a Transfer of Power
A photo from a June 2, 2020 protest in Marin City, CA. (Photo by Peg Hunter via Flickr, CC) … Read MoreHow Privilege Shaped the COVID-19 Pandemic
Early in the Pandemic, Tom Hanks contracted coronavirus. His privilege allowed for quick diagnosis in care than many other … Read MorePandemics Prey on Fears, Both Legitimate and Illegitimate
Photo by Calvin Richi. (Source: Pixabay) In addition to causing thousands of deaths and economic chaos, the global COVID-19 … Read MoreHow Many Bad Apples? Investigating Implicit and Explicit Bias Among Police Officers and the General Public
Photo by Beautyiseverywhere (Source: Pixabay) Research shows that Blacks and Latinos are much more vulnerable to police … Read MoreBlack Artists and Elite Taste Culture
Patricia A. Banks on the uneven unfolding of racial and gender diversity in elite art markets. Read MoreUndocumented Asians, Left in the Shadows
Undocumented Asian immigrants remain in the shadows. Neither researchers nor policymakers pay much attention to their unique experiences, instead focusing on undocumented Latinx and the … Read MoreTaking a Knee
Colin Kaepernick started one of the most visible protests for social justice in modern sports history. He gathered the attention of fans and non-fans alike, … Read MoreMental Illness Affects Police Fatal Shootings
Police fatally shot almost 2,000 people in the U.S. from the beginning of 2015 to the end of 2016. Much of the news coverage about … Read MoreYoung Women of Color and Shifting Sexual Identities
Last spring, one of us was talking with a heterosexual, African-American male friend who said he’d been surprised to learn that his niece, Amani, whom … Read More