Everyday Racial Discrimination, Everyday Non-Racial Discrimination, and Physical Health Among African-Americans

Racial Discrimination in Health Care Among African Americans in America

Perceived Discrimination 1 Racial Discrimination and Health Outcomes in African Americans

Neighborhood racial composition, racial discrimination, and depressive symptoms in African Americans.

While evidence indicates that experienced racial discrimination is associated with increased depressive symptoms for African Americans, there is little research investigating predictors of experienced racial discrimination. This paper examines neighborhood racial composition and sociodemographic factors as antecedents to experienced racial discrimination and resultant levels of depressive sympt...

Racial Discrimination Among NBA Referees

The NBA provides an intriguing place to assess discrimination: referees and players are involved in repeated interactions in a high-pressure setting with referees making the type of splitsecond decisions that might allow implicit racial biases to become evident. We find that more personal fouls are awarded against players when they are officiated by an opposite-race officiating crew than when o...

Discrimination, racial identity, and cytokine levels among African-American adolescents.

PURPOSE Low-grade inflammation, measured by circulating levels of cytokines, is a pathogenic mechanism for several chronic diseases of aging. Identifying factors related to inflammation among African-American youths may yield insights into mechanisms underlying racial disparities in health. The purpose of the study was to determine whether (1) reported racial discrimination from ages 17-19 year...