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Race and Justifiable Homicide by Law Enforcement

Dec 19, 2014

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in Christian Life, Public Policy, Sociology

Stanford psychologist Jennifer Eberhardt recently recounted this conversation between her and her son: I'm on an airplane with my son. And he looks up and he sees a black man, and he says, "Hey, that guy looks like daddy." And I look at the guy, he doesn't look anything like my husband, and I notice…

Demography Links

Apr 1, 2014

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in Culture, Demography, Economic Development, Education, Europe, Gender and Sex, Generations, Health and Medicine, History, Immigration, Links – Demography, Public Policy, Race, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. Washington Post: Robert Samuelson: America’s demographic denial … For proof, see Paul Taylor’s new book, “The Next America.” Taylor oversees many of the Pew Research Center’s opinion surveys. His masterful synthesis of polls shows that three familiar mega-trends lie at the core of America’s political and social stalemate. First, immigration. By 2050, immigrants and…

Saturday Links

Aug 24, 2013

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in Africa, Culture, Economic Development, Economics, Environment, Health and Medicine, Links – Saturday, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Race, Sociology, Technology (Energy), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Wealth and Income

1. Does Wealth Breed Narcissism: The New' Mirror, Mirror on the Wall' Study … I wanted to test the relationship between wealth, entitlement and narcissism, guided by our earlier work suggesting that people who are wealthier, or who feel richer, tend to be a little more self-focused and self-interested than others. We found that wealthier…

Saturday Links

Aug 3, 2013

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in Demography, Ecclesia, Generations, Health and Medicine, India, Links – Saturday, Race, Religion, Sociology, Technology (Energy), Trends: Social

1. Meaning Is Healthier Than Happiness People who are happy but have little-to-no sense of meaning in their lives have the same gene expression patterns as people who are enduring chronic adversity. 2. Blacks, Hispanics more optimistic than whites … After years of economic attitudes among whites, blacks and Hispanics following similar patterns, whites' confidence…

Wealth Gap: Wide And Getting Wider (between African American and White families)

Mar 4, 2013

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in Economics, Race, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

NPR: Wealth Gap: Wide And Getting Wider The wealth gap between white and black families is growing — and that's especially apparent in the housing market. Host Michel Martin talks to Washington Post correspondent Michael Fletcher about the financial disparities facing black families. … … MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We'd like to talk now about new…

Life Expectancy Shrinks for Less-Educated Whites in U.S.

Sep 21, 2012

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mwkruse

in Demography, Health and Medicine, Race

New York Times: Life Expectancy Shrinks for Less-Educated Whites in U.S. … Researchers have long documented that the most educated Americans were making the biggest gains in life expectancy, but now they say mortality data show that life spans for some of the least educated Americans are actually contracting. Four studies in recent years identified…

Grand Racist Party?

Aug 22, 2012

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mwkruse

in Politics, Race, Sociology

Economist: Grand Racist Party? W. W. Houston CHRIS HAYES, host of MSNBC's "Up with Chris Hayes", said on air this past weekend, "It is undeniably the case that racist Americans are almost entirely in one political coalition and not the other", by which he means most American racists lean right, not left. This has since…

In US, Hispanics outlive whites, blacks by years

Oct 14, 2010

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in Demography, Health and Medicine, Poverty, Race, Sociology

Projo.com: In US, Hispanics outlive whites, blacks by years ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Hispanics can expect to outlive whites by more than two years and blacks by more than seven, government researchers say in a startling report that is the first to calculate Hispanic life expectancy in this country. The report released Wednesday is the…

Tough Times Boost Wal-Mart’s Allure

Mar 30, 2010

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in Business, Economic News, Race

Wall Street Journal: Tough Times Boost Wal-Mart's Allure CHICAGO—Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has won the support of dozens of church ministers in its long-running battle to expand in Chicago, a sign of how the recession has softened skepticism of the retailer in a community desperate for jobs. The ministers, most of them African-Americans together representing thousands…

How to Reach Affluent African Americans

Feb 2, 2010

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in Business, Demography, Race

Adweek: How to Reach Affluent African Americans By not targeting this key segment, some marketers may be missing out. Of all the sins marketers commit, few evoke more scorn from peers than that of "leaving money on the table." If there's a population willing and able to buy what you're selling — if you'd only…

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