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Because names are among the first things you learn about someone, they can influence first impressions. That this is particularly true for names associated with Black people came to light in 2004 with the release of a study that found employers seeing identical resumes were 50% more likely to call back an applicant with
Because names are among the first things you learn about someone, they can influence first impressions. That this is particularly true for names associated with Black people came to light in 2004 with the release of a study that found employers seeing identical resumes were 50% more likely to call back an applicant with stereotypical […]
A Black pediatric surgeon terminated from the Cook Children’s Medical Center lost his suit over conditions put on the renewal of his credentials, after allegedly receiving unfairly late notice of complaints against him. Cook took reasonable action against Patrick Thomas given the volume of complaints, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled […]
The University of Idaho will pay a former law professor $750,000 to end her lawsuit alleging she was discriminated against because she’s a Black woman. Shaakirrah Sanders, the university, and three individual defendants filed a stipulated settlement with the US District Court for the District of Idaho on Monday. They said the pact they entered […]
Takeaway: A Black applicant for a promotion who showed that she was arguably more qualified for the position than the white applicant who was selected raised an inference of racial discrimination and could therefore take her racial bias claim to trial. A Black employee of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) showed that she was arguably […]
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July 27, 2023 – Roughly six million Black people moved away from the American South during the Great Migration between 1910 and 1970, hoping to escape racial violence and discrimination while pursuing economic and educational opportunities. Now, research has uncovered a link between this historic event with present-day inequalities and implicit biases. In a new Social Psychological […]
Contents Summary Previous Brookings research found that homes are undervalued in majority-Black neighborhoods, yet could not identify why. Recently, the Federal Housing Finance Agency released new neighborhood-level data on home appraisals. Using this data in combination with other sources, this report draws the following conclusions on home appraisal bias’s effect on housing markets in majority-Black […]
June 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether workers can bring discrimination lawsuits based on unwanted workplace transfers that were allegedly motivated by bias, an issue that can make or break many cases. The justices took up a case involving St. Louis police officer Jatonya Muldrow, who is seeking […]
A Black female former employee of Lyondell Chemical Co. lost her lawsuit alleging she was fired because of her race, sex, or in retaliation for complaining about job discrimination. The ruling Thursday by the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas shows that a worker terminated for alleged misconduct needs evidence that employees […]