Asians make up more than half of the world's population and 6% of the US population, but only 3% of all Hollywood roles are played by Asians.
Full study (2018): https://socialsciences.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/UCLA-Hollywood-Diversity-Report-2018-2-27-18.pdf
Black-owned homes are consistently appraised for less than those of their neighbors.
Even in mixed-race and predominantly white neighborhoods, Black-owned homes are consistently appraised for less than those of their neighbors, stymying their path toward building equity and further perpetuating income equality in the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/25/realestate/blacks-minorities-appraisals-discrimination.html
In total, the researchers produced 24 studies with 30 estimates of employment discrimination for black and Latino Americans, collectively representing more than 54,000 applications submitted for more than 25,000 positions.
They concluded that, on average, “white applicants receive 36% more callbacks than equally qualified African Americans” while “white applicants receive on average 24% more callbacks than Latinos.”
Full study (2017): https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1706255114
Black men who commit the same crimes as white men receive federal prison sentences that are, on average, nearly 20 percent longer, according to a report on sentencing disparities from the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC). These disparities were observed “after controlling for a wide variety of sentencing factors,” including age, education, citizenship, weapon possession and prior criminal history.
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Study reveals that adults think:
- Black girls seem older than white girls of the same age
- Black girls need less nurturing than white girls
- Black girls need less protection than white girls
- Black girls need to be supported less than white girls
- Black girls need to be comforted less than white girls
- Black girls are more independent than white girls
- Black girls know more about adult topics than white girls.
- Black girls know more about sex than white girls.
Black Americans are systematically undertreated for pain relative to white Americans.
Half of white medical trainees believe such myths as black people have thicker skin or less sensitive nerve endings than white people. Following from this belief, Black patients are 22% less likely than white patients to receive any pain medication.
Full study (2016): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4843483/
Read more: https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/how-we-fail-black-patients-pain
The present work examines beliefs associated with racial bias in pain management, a critical health care domain with well-documented racial disparities. Specifically, this work reveals that a substantial number of white laypeople and medical students ...
News reports disproportionately show crimes committed by Black people.
New York City local news stations are representing 3 out of every 4 criminals as Black (75%), when the NYPD’s actual Black arrest rate is only 2 out of 4 people (51%).
Full study (2015): https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.colorofchange.org/images/ColorOfChangeNewsAccuracyReportCardNYC.pdf
We are raised to believe that white supremacy is limited to extremists. But white supremacy is all around us.
In case the words from the people who are affected by white supremacy are not enough (and they should be), "What Is White Supremacy?" lists some of the scientific evidence that shows that white supremacy is systemic, that it's everywhere, and that it keeps people of color, particularly black people, down in all aspects of life.
