Category: Race and Ethnicity
The Politics of Black Hair
Twenty-five years ago when I was a young assistant professor, I decided to start growing locs. The process of growing locs (often referred to as […]
Supreme Court Rulings Are Inconsistent on Racial Justice
The U.S. Supreme Court Building Getty Images By Melissa Anderson, M.S. and Cynthia Najdowski, Ph.D. The U.S. Supreme Court’s early June ruling in Allen v. […]
Police Use of Force and Race: Realities and Solutions
Source: Bergadder / Pixabay One of my professional activities involves testifying as an expert witness about the psychology and neuroscience of emergency responding in cases […]
Eating Bitterness: The Notion of “Sucking it Up”
Photo by Cala on Unsplash Growing up in a Chinese household meant eating bitterness both literally and figuratively. We hated it when our parents would […]