racism
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Too Many Studies on Teen Social Media Use Only Look at White Kids
Most research on teen social media use has been conducted on white teens and college students. As a result, it is unclear to what extent overlooked populations such as racial and ethnic minorities, sexual and gender minorities and other vulnerable adolescent populations may be using social media in different ways.
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Tesla’s Racism From the Perspective of Its Black Employees
Tesla has a problem, and it’s one not too many people are talking about outside of Jalopnik: Its racism against Black employees. We’ve covered it extensively: the $US1 ($1) million settlement the company had to pay over racial slurs; the $US137 ($190) million discrimination settlement; Tesla’s acknowledgment of the racism; even Musk’s bullshit response to…
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Canada to Make Online Hate Speech a Crime Punishable by $20,000 Fine
Canada’s ruling Liberal government announced on Wednesday that it plans to make online hate speech a crime punishable by as much as $US20,000 ($25,652) (roughly $16,250 US ($20,842)) for the first offence and $US50,000 ($64,130) ($40,600 US ($52,074)) for the second. The proposal would punish social media users who broke the law but exempt social…
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Earth Scientists Are Fighting to Push Racist Place Names Off the Map
Four graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have called for scientists to help support efforts to remove racism from the hundreds of federal place names across the U.S.