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Public schools are increasingly divided by race and class. John Oliver discusses the troubling trend towards school resegregation. Connect with Last Week Ton...

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Thursday, November 3, 2016

THE RACIAL ECOLOGY OF LEAD

POISONING

Toxic Inequality in Chicago Neighborhoods,

1995-2013

Robert J. Sampson

Department of Sociology , Harvard University

Alix S. Winter

Department of Sociology , Harvard University

Abstract

This paper examines the racial ecology of lead exposure as a form of environmental inequity,

one with both historical and contemporary significance. Drawing on comprehensive data from

over one million blood tests administered to Chicago children from 1995-2013 and matched

to over 2300 geographic block groups, we address two major questions: (1) What is the

nature of the relationship between neighborhood-level racial composition and variability

in children’s elevated lead prevalence levels? And (2) what is the nature of the relationship

between neighborhood-level racial composition and rates of change in children’s prevalence

levels over time within neighborhoods? We further assess an array of structural explanations

for observed racial disparities, including socioeconomic status, type and age of housing,

proximity to freeways and smelting plants, and systematic observations of housing decay

and neighborhood disorder. Overall, our theoretical framework posits lead toxicity as a major

environmental pathway through which racial segregation has contributed to the legacy of

Black disadvantage in the United States. Our findings support this hypothesis and show

alarming racial disparities in toxic exposure, even after accounting for possible structural

explanations. At the same time, however, our longitudinal results show the power of public

health policies to reduce racial inequities.

Keywords: Lead Poisoning , Inequality , Segregation , Neighborhoods , Chicago ,

Public Health

Du Bois Review, 13:2 (2016) 261– 283 .

doi:10.1017/S1742058X16000151

Race and Access to Complete Plumbing Facilities

BASICS INEQUALITY

Race and Access to Complete Plumbing Facilities

in the United States

Stephen P. Gasteyer

Department of Sociology , Michigan State University

Jennifer Lai

Department of Sociology , Michigan State University

Brittany Tucker

Department of Sociology , Michigan State University

Jennifer Carrera

Department of Sociology , Michigan State University

Julius Moss

Department of Sociology , Michigan State University

Abstract

In light of 2014–2016 media coverage about the inadequate water and sanitation services

for households in places like Flint and Detroit, Michigan and the Central Valley of California,

this paper asks whether places with majority non-White residents in the United States

disproportionately lack access to these most basic of services. Investigating this issue

through the combined lenses of structural racism, environmental justice, and the human right

to water and sanitation, we analyze U.S. Census American Community Survey household

data at the county level. Our findings indicate strong White versus non-White racial effects

at the national and county levels (R 2 = 0.0462, P < 0.05). When the non-White population

is broken down into racial categories, places with higher percentages of American Indians

and Alaska Native households are significantly associated with lack of access to complete

plumbing facilities. Lacking access to complete plumbing does correlate with lower educational

attainment and higher percentages of unemployment, and less robustly, it also correlates

positively with median household income. The implication is the existence of a pattern of

structural environmental racism in terms of the practical accessibility of water and sanitation

infrastructure. We suspect, however, that the U.S. Census, while considered the most

comprehensive national data source on this issue right now, significantly undercounts those

lacking access to water and sanitation services. We argue that better data will be essential

in order to carry out a more in-depth analysis of water access conditions and to develop

strategies that address this issue of growing importance.

Keywords: Environmental Justice , Environmental Racism , Structural Racism ,

Human Right to Water and Sanitation , Water and Sanitation , American Indian/Alaska

Natives

Du Bois Review, 13:2 (2016) 305– 325 .

doi:10.1017/S1742058X16000242

Saturday, October 15, 2016

Police use more force in black communities. Yes, even when you control for crime.

http://www.vox.com/identities/2016/10/13/13252266/police-shootings-race

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Thursday, September 29, 2016

America, Racial Bias Does Exist | US News

https://www.google.com/amp/www.usnews.com/news/blogs/at-the-edge/2015/01/13/america-racial-bias-does-exist%3fcontext=amp?client=ms-android-verizon

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AP poll: U.S. majority have prejudice against blacks

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2012/10/27/poll-black-prejudice-america/1662067/

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The troubling reason why whites in some states may show more hidden racial bias

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/12/19/the-troubling-reason-why-whites-in-some-states-may-show-more-hidden-racial-bias/

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This study found race matters in police shootings, but the results may surprise you

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/true-crime/wp/2016/04/27/this-study-found-race-matters-in-police-shootings-but-the-results-may-surprise-you/?client=ms-android-verizon

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Exploring Racial Bias Among Biracial and Single-Race Adults: The IAT | Pew Research Center

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/08/19/exploring-racial-bias-among-biracial-and-single-race-adults-the-iat/

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Study Reveals Americans' Subconscious Racial Biases - NBC News

https://www.google.com/amp/www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/amp/new-study-exposes-racial-preferences-americans-n413371?client=ms-android-verizon

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The Science of Why Cops Shoot Young Black Men | Mother Jones

http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2014/11/science-of-racism-prejudice

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Across America, whites are biased and they don’t even know it

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/12/08/across-america-whites-are-biased-and-they-dont-even-know-it/

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Philando Castile Shooting: How to Reduce Racial Bias in Policing - The Atlantic

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/07/bias-reduction/491195/

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Can You Unlearn Racism By Re-Training Your Brain?

https://www.bustle.com/articles/184790-can-you-unlearn-racism-by-re-training-your-brain

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Eye-tracking technology shows that preschool teachers have implicit bias against black boys - LA Times

https://www.google.com/amp/www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-black-boys-preschool-20160928-snap-story,amp.html?client=ms-android-verizon

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Friday, September 23, 2016

Study Discovers the Downside of African-American Success Stories | Berkeley-Haas

African-Americans such as Brown University President Ruth Simmons, Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison, and of course President Barack Obama have reached the pinnacle of success in historically white domains. But a new study finds there is a downside to

http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/research-news/study-discovers-downside-african-american-success-stories

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Juan Williams: Whites think blacks are less intelligent, trustworthy, patriotic | PunditFact

Juan Williams: Whites think blacks are less intelligent, trustworthy, patriotic

Fox News' Juan Williams made an interesting claim about the continued existence of racism in the wake of the Charleston, S.C, shootings.

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/jun/29/juan-williams/juan-williams-whites-think-blacks-are-less-intelli/

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How Do Americans View One Another? The Persistence of Racial/Ethnic Stereotypes

http://www.diversityweb.org/digest/w98/research2.html

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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

The Myth of a White Minority - The New York Times

The Myth of a White Minority

We use outdated, illogical racial and ethnic categories. Social reality is much more complex.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/11/opinion/the-myth-of-a-white-minority.html?_r=2

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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

The Talk — Matter — Medium

How black parents prepare their young sons for life in America

https://medium.com/matter/the-talk-92371a1c0ae5#.uxaxcxmsn

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Monday, May 30, 2016

Shared Webpage from AOL: Trump Supporters Think Obama is A Muslim Born in Another Country - Public Policy Polling

http://aol.it/1RGtcDe

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Donald Trump and the Twilight of White America - The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/donald-trump-and-the-twilight-of-white-america/482655/?utm_source=atltw

Friday, May 6, 2016

Article: Airbnb: how US civil rights laws allow racial discrimination on the site

Airbnb: how US civil rights laws allow racial discrimination on the site

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Friday, April 22, 2016

Recognizing Dignity

http://srd.sagepub.com/content/2/2378023116633712.full#ref-65

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Monday, April 18, 2016

Demographics of California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_California#Asian_Americans

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UC Berkeley Fall Enrollment Data | Office of Planning and Analysis

http://opa.berkeley.edu/uc-berkeley-fall-enrollment-data

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How Minorities Have Fared in States With Affirmative Action Bans - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com

How Minorities Have Fared in States With Affirmative Action Bans

In states that have banned affirmative action in college admissions, prominent public universities have tended to enroll fewer black and Hispanic freshmen.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/06/24/us/affirmative-action-bans.html

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The Price of Admission

How an Attempt to Boost Diversity at Texas Colleges Could Kill Affirmative Action

The controversy over the Top 10 Percent Rule shows how fraught the debate over race and higher education has become.

http://apps.texastribune.org/price-of-admission/

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Despite diversity efforts, UC minority enrollment down since Prop. 209 | California Watch

Despite diversity efforts, UC minority enrollment down since Prop. 209

More than a decade after California law banned race-conscious admissions, outreach and financial aid at public universities, the state's most selective public university system has seen a significant impact on its ability to increase enrollments of African American, Latino and American...

http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/despite-diversity-efforts-uc-minority-enrollment-down-prop-209-15031

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Fisher v. UT Austin | NAACP LDF

http://www.naacpldf.org/case/fisher-v-texas

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Monday, April 11, 2016

Video: Student victim of vandal in PCV - Mustang News

Two Cal Poly students have been suspended from campus while a case of vandalism is being investigated by UPD.

http://mustangnews.net/two-students-suspended-after-racist-vandalism/

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Yale Lecturer Resigns After Email on Halloween Costumes - The New York Times

Yale Lecturer Resigns After Email on Halloween Costumes

Erika Christakis, who had suggested there could be negative consequences to the university's directive to be sensitive when choosing Halloween costumes, resigned from her position voluntarily, the school said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/08/us/yale-lecturer-resigns-after-email-on-halloween-costumes.html?_r=1

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U of Kansas professor cleared to teach after controversy over discussion of race

U of Kansas lifts suspension of faculty member whose comments angered black students and others, who demanded she be fired.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/03/21/u-kansas-professor-cleared-teach-after-controversy-over-discussion-race

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Friday, April 8, 2016

Apr16ASRFeature.pdf

http://www.asanet.org/journals/ASR/Apr16ASRFeature.pdf

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Sunday, March 27, 2016

The spread of US slavery, in one haunting map - Vox

http://www.vox.com/2016/3/26/11306912/slavery-map

Monday, March 21, 2016

bring them to heel ashley williams - Bing video

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=bring+them+to+heel+ashley+williams&&view=detail&mid=5DBCF693064DC50D4B915DBCF693064DC50D4B91&FORM=VRDGAR

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bring them to heel - Bing video

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California’s Three Strikes Sentencing Law - criminal_justice

California's Three Strikes Sentencing Law - criminal_justice

http://www.courts.ca.gov/20142.htm

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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Trump: ‘I think you’d have riots’ if contested convention results in a different nominee

Trump: 'I think you'd have riots' if contested convention results in a different nominee

The Republican front-runner won in Florida, North Carolina and Illinois on Tuesday, extending his delegate lead over Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/03/16/trump-youd-have-riots-if-contested-convention-results-in-a-different-nominee/

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Palin: Trump Protesters Engaging In 'Petty, Punk-Ass Little Thuggery'

She complained that the media is "on the thugs' side."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-protesters-petty-punk-ass-little-thuggery_us_56e75976e4b0860f99da291f

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Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

http://m.sre.sagepub.com/content/2/1/87

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

The Event: How Racist Are You? with Jane Elliott (Channel 4) (FULL)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MYHBrJIIFU

Monday, March 7, 2016

Voting

http://www.citylab.com/politics/2016/03/voter-id-felony-disenfranchisement-and-racial-gerrymandering-on-super-tuesday/471777/

Joseph Pryor, Marine hopeful, discharged for role in viral Donald Trump rally video

A man who was seen shouting at a black woman in a viral video from a Donald Trump rally this week was quietly discharged from the Marine Corps Delayed Entry Program on Wednesday.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/4/joseph-pryor-marine-hopeful-discharged-for-role-in/

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Donald Trump gives supporters permission to be violent at rallies: ‘I’ll defend you in court’

Donald Trump gives supporters permission to be violent at rallies: 'I'll defend you in court'

GOP front-runner Donald Trump has been criticized for not condemning his supporters who use physical violence against protesters at his rallies. On Friday, Mr. Trump insinuated that he enjoys the brawls, and said he would defend his supporters in cour…

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/5/donald-trump-gives-supporters-permissions-be-viole/

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Donald Trump endorsed ‘Operation Wetback’ �� but not by name

Donald Trump endorsed 'Operation Wetback' — but not by name

The language of mass deportation has changed. The politics haven't.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/11/donald-trump-endorsed-operation-wetback-but-not-by-name/

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Friday, March 4, 2016

Clash of Republican Con Artists - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/opinion/clash-of-republican-con-artists.html?ref=opinion&_r=0&referer=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Shared from Twitter: Blaming Democrats for the KKK: Van Jones fights back against Trump’s racist support, but he can’t win - Salon.com

Blaming Democrats for the KKK: Van Jones fights back against Trump's racist support, but he can't win - Salon.com from Salon.com's Tweet

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Party Identification Trends, 1992-2014

Pew Research Center has been tracking the party affiliation of the general public for over 20 years. Explore the party ID data for two dozen demographic subgroups, categorized by gender, race, education, generation, and religious affiliation.

http://www.people-press.org/2015/04/07/party-identification-trends-1992-2014/#race

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George Wallace - Segregation forever.mp4

Four days before Terry Sanford issued his call for a second emancipation, George Wallace offered a very different vision of the South's future. In his inaugu...

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