Racial Inequity in Key Publication Metrics

Racial inequity of access to carotid imaging.

To the Editor: While we welcome research into stroke in patients of African and Caribbean origin, we have a number of concerns regarding the conclusions of Oddone et al on racial differences in the use of carotid imaging.1 Lacunar stroke may give a presentation identical to that of a transient ischemic attack (TIA). There is a high prevalence of lacunar stroke in people of Afro-Caribbean herita...

Racial Inequity of Access to Carotid Imaging

To the Editor: While we welcome research into stroke in patients of African and Caribbean origin, we have a number of concerns regarding the conclusions of Oddone et al on racial differences in the use of carotid imaging.1 Lacunar stroke may give a presentation identical to that of a transient ischemic attack (TIA). There is a high prevalence of lacunar stroke in people of Afro-Caribbean herita...

Multiple Facets of Inequity in Racial and Ethnic Achievement Gaps

This article provides a critical look into national trends of the achievement gaps between Whites and Blacks and between Whites and Hispanics over the last 3 decades based on the National Assessment of Educational Progress mathematics assessments. It examines multiple facets of inequity underlying the racial and ethnic achievement gaps from 3 perspectives: equality, adequacy, and reciprocity. A...

Framing inequity safely: Whites' motivated perceptions of racial privilege.

Racial inequity was theorized to threaten Whites' self-image when inequity is framed as White privilege but not when framed as anti-Black discrimination. Manipulations of Whites' need for self-regard were hypothesized to affect their perceptions of White privilege but not of anti-Black discrimination. In Experiment 1, White participants reported less privilege when given threatening (vs. affirm...

Meritocracy, Self-Concerns, and Whites' Denial of Racial Inequity