Race Research Online Directory

The website was created by the Center on Race and Social Problems of the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Social Work.  Topics include criminal justice, economic disparities, educational disparities, families, youth, and the elderly, health, interracial...

Teacher perceptions and race

Dick Startz reports on”New research by Adam Wright, “Teachers’ Perceptions of Students’ Disruptive Behavior: The Effect of Racial Congruence and Consequences for School Suspension,” documents that black teachers have much less negative views of black student...

Research suggests that racism is not hard wired

On the heels of our most recent gathering for Continuing Conversations on Race and White Privilege, Not In Our Town members and supporters might be interested to read this piece in the latest issue of Scientific American, in which researchers Dr. Mina Cikara (Harvard)...