Culture & Life
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Seat at the Table: When A Workplace Conference Room Symbolizes Workplace Hierarchy
About the observed workplace and communication dynamics at an American pharmaceutical research company.
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Take the Knowledge Road Less Traveled For Black History Month 24/7/365
Black History Month has become pretty rote, topic-wise. Here’s a list of articles, interviews, books, documentaries, and movies that are off the beaten Black History knowledge path.
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Fighting Gender Inequality In the Tech Industry, Underwear-Style
Was it a good idea to have women technology CEOs and coders pose in their underwear as a form of empowerment?
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Stereotypes and Learning About Black Women From Watching Television
Overview of stereotypes and imagery that still rear their ugly head in portrayals of Black women on the small screen.
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LOTTERY DREAMS: Sometimes You’re Better Off Not Knowing
Would you want to know that your expired lottery ticket was worth $16 million?
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Dear ‘Old White People’ – No, I don’t “work” here
Black retails shoppers being mistaken for store employees by older white people. Honest mistakes or stereotypical assumptions?
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Missing the Big Picture: What Yahoo’s Work-At-Home Ban Really Means
Yahoo decided to switch from a work flexibility schedule for its employees to one that requires them to work in-person at a Yahoo office.
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Media Coverage of Gun Violence in A Post-Newtown Era
News media coverage of gun violence has been less extensive since the since the 2013 Sandy Hook Elementary (Newtown, CT) school shooting.
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Hollywood’s ‘Asian Stereotypes’ Shuffle And The Overlooked Jason Scott Lee
For a brief moment, there was an Asian-American actor, Jason Scott Lee, who should have become a major star. But Hollywood’s racial blindspot got in the way.












