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Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | Science News | Scoop.it

When you make people feel like they’re not a productive part of society they’re more likely to become an unproductive part of society.

hennessy vargas's curator insight, March 24, 2015 12:21 AM

Automatically. immigrants already are put down by society and have to work twice as hard to prove themselves or to be successful. 

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W&L Women in Computer Science Continue to Buck National Trend :: News :: Washington and Lee University

W&L Women in Computer Science Continue to Buck National Trend :: News :: Washington and Lee University | Science News | Scoop.it
Washington and Lee University provides a liberal arts education that develops students' capacity to think freely, critically, and humanely and to conduct themselves with honor, integrity, and civility.
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Discrimination may harm your health

Discrimination may harm your health | Science News | Scoop.it
Racial discrimination may be harmful to your health, according to new research from Rice University sociologists Jenifer Bratter and Bridget Gorman.
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Men's honest overconfidence may lead to male domination in the C-suite

Men's honest overconfidence may lead to male domination in the C-suite | Science News | Scoop.it

The study discovers how the differences in the way men and women think of themselves and react to incentives may be creating gender differences that lead to leadership gaps, rather than the gap being caused solely by discrimination in the selection process. Specifically men's tendency to exhibit natural overconfidence in their past performances may attribute to the lack of greater female representation in upper management and executive positions.

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Timing Can Affect Whether Women and Minorities Face Discrimination

Timing Can Affect Whether Women and Minorities Face Discrimination | Science News | Scoop.it

Through a field experiment set in academia (with a sample of 6,548 professors), we found that decisions about distant-future events were more likely to generate discrimination against women and minorities (relative to Caucasian males) than were decisions about near-future events.

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Study shows racial differences in doctors' unspoken language

Study shows racial differences in doctors' unspoken language | Science News | Scoop.it
(Medical Xpress) -- When communicating with white patients, black physicians may face greater challenges than their white counterparts, according to a University of South Carolina study.
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Chinese Company Rejects Applicants Based on Astrological Sign | Scorpios Need Not Apply: Astrological Job Discrimination | Weird News | LiveScience

Chinese Company Rejects Applicants Based on Astrological Sign | Scorpios Need Not Apply: Astrological Job Discrimination | Weird News | LiveScience | Science News | Scoop.it
A company in China is rejecting candidates whose astrological signs are Scorpio or Virgo. How common is this practice, and is it legal?
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