Browsing by Subject "discrimination"
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(Indiana Law Journal, 2011)Sexual harassment law and family leave policy originated as feminist reform projects designed to protect women in the workplace. But many academics now ask whether harassment and leave policies have outgrown their gendered ...
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(Saint Louis University Public Law Review, 2010)This essay explores how the past Civil Rights Movement and discrimination against persons of color, mainly Latinos and African Americans, can help to address current forms of discrimination in our country. In particular, ...
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(University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review, 2009)Latino immigrants are moving to areas of the country that have not seen a major influx of immigrants. As a result of this influx, citizens of these formerly homogenous communities have become increasingly critical of federal ...
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(2014-10-07)Department: SociologyThis thesis examines the relationships among day-to-day discrimination, family social support, and depressive symptoms in a sample of African Americans, Latinos, and whites. Utilizing micro-aggression theory supplemented ...
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(Stanford Law Review, 2018)In 2015, the city council of Birmingham, Alabama enacted an ordinance establishing a local minimum wage of $10.10 an hour-a significant raise for the city's low-income workers from the federal floor of $7.25. The ordinance ...
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(2019-06-26)Department: SociologyImmigration to Europe grew substantially in the twenty-first century. While research regarding discrimination in the U.S. largely explores the role of race/ethnicity, research in Europe focuses on discrimination against ...
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(MDPI: Religions, 2017-07-27)Although numerous studies have shown that discrimination contributes to poorer mental health, the precise mechanisms underlying this association are not well understood. In this paper, we consider the possibility that ...
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(2022-07-21)Department: Medicine, Health & SocietyRace based stress, also known as racial trauma, is defined as significant distress due to real or perceived racial discrimination. These can include threats to harm and/or injure, shaming and humiliation, and being witness ...
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(Northwestern University Law Review, 2018)In recent decades, legal scholars have advanced sophisticated models for understanding prejudice and discrimination, drawing on disciplines such as psychology, sociology, and economics. These models explain how inequality ...
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(Texas Law Review Online, 2018)Gender and the Tournament: Reinventing Antidiscrimination Law in the Age of Inequality, by Naomi Cahn, June Carbone, and Nancy Levit, offers a new account of the glass ceiling, connecting the phenomenon with shoddy corporate ...
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(Michigan Law Review, 2017)A short time ago, the argument that sex discrimination includes discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was considered a risky litigation tactic with little hope of success. One reason was the fear that extending ...
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(Alabama Law Review, 2016)Eradicating discrimination is a lofty goal, ard since the second half of the twentieth century, the United States has largely relied upon the legal system to achieve this goal. Yet a great deal of scholarship suggests ...
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(2015-04-02)Department: SociologyDespite a large literature outlining the significance of racial discrimination for risk of poor health and well-being among black Americans, there is a growing recognition that current measures fail to reliably and ...
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(Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, 2018)Risk assessment — measuring an individual’s potential for offending — has long been an important aspect of criminal justice, especially in connection with sentencing, pretrial detention and police decision-making. To aid ...
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(2019-07-15)Department: SociologyThis dissertation examines racial disparities and racial bias in discretionary vehicle searches by police officers and how proactive police practices affect community mental health in Nashville, Tennessee. The first two ...
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(2013-12-04)Department: SociologyUsing data from the National Survey of American Life (NSAL), this study examines the relationships among self-rated health, discrimination and racial group identity. Two types of discrimination are assessed: major ...
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(Harvard Journal on Racial & Ethnic Justice, 2010)Latino immigrants are moving to areas of the country that have not seen a major influx of immigrants. As a result of this influx, citizens of these formerly homogenous communities have become increasingly critical of federal ...
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(DePaul Law Review, 2016)The passage of the ACA is a source of great pride for President Barack Obama's Administration, and the President undoubtedly hopes that the ACA will be his greatest legacy. 285 As a result, it is difficult to understand ...
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(2023-05)City Year Inc. is the partner organization for this project. City Year has overseen a significant increase in its recruitment of Black women leaders into Senior Vice President roles throughout the organization. However, ...
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(2017-04-05)Department: Medicine, Health, and SocietySince the attacks on September 11, 2001, Muslims in the United States and United Kingdom have been the targets of Islamophobia: unwavering scrutiny, discrimination, and being made to feel like “others.” I use mixed methods ...