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The Black Population: 2000 [PDF]

, 2001
Census 2000 showed that the United States population on April 1, 2000 was 281.4 million. Of the total, 36.4 million, or 12.9 percent, reported Black or African American.
McKinnon, Jesse
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Structural Racism in the Federal Workplace: An Intersectional Approach to Examining Race-Based Discrimination in Law Enforcement

Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration, 2023
Law enforcement has historically been an institution resistant to both women and racial minorities, evident by decades of research on workplace discrimination in local policing.
Helen H. Yu
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Islam in the African-American Experience

American Journal of Islam and Society, 1999
African-American Islam, especially as practiced by the Nation oflslam, continues to engage the attention of many scholars. The racial separatist tendency, contrasted against the color blindness of global Islam, has been the focal point of most of these ...
Dawud Abdul-Aziz Agbere
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A Mixed Methods Study of Health and Social Disparities among Substance-Using African American/Black Men who have Sex with Men [PDF]

, 2014
African American/Black men who have sex with men (MSM) in the USA experience health and social disparities at greater rates than MSM of other races/ethnicities, including HIV infection and substance use.
Buttram, Mance E., Kurtz, Steven P.
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Are Black and Latino adolescents being asked if they use electronic cigarettes and advised not to use them? Results from a community-based survey

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
ObjectiveThis study aimed to explore whether African American/Black and Hispanic/Latino adolescents are being asked about electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use (vaping) and advised not to use them.MethodsIn 2021, adolescents (N = 362) with no vaping ...
Margaret Connolly, Daniel Croft, Paula Ramírez-Palacios, Xueya Cai, Beverly Hill, Rafael H. Orfin, M. Patricia Rivera, Karen M. Wilson, Karen M. Wilson, Dongmei Li, Dongmei Li, Scott McIntosh, Deborah J. Ossip, Ana Paula Cupertino, Ana Paula Cupertino, Francisco Cartujano-Barrera   +15 more
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Neighborhood Safety and Major Depressive Disorder in a National Sample of Black Youth; Gender by Ethnic Differences

Children, 2017
Adolescence is a developmental period marked by increased stress, especially among Black youth. In addition to stress related to their developmental transition, social factors such as a perceived unsafe neighborhood impose additional risks.
Shervin Assari, Cleopatra Howard Caldwell   +1 more
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Does School Racial Composition Explain Why High Income Black Youth Perceive More Discrimination? A Gender Analysis

Brain Sciences, 2018
Recent research has documented poor mental health among high socioeconomic status (SES) Blacks, particularly African American males. The literature has also shown a positive link between SES and perceived discrimination, suggesting that perceived ...
Shervin Assari
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Habiter le monde avec des sons

Géographie et Cultures, 2010
In the history of Afro-American culture, music has always occupied a special place. Black writers, artists, philosophers and sociologists etc. have all felt obliged to pay their debt to or set their aesthetic goals based on music’s achievements.
Emmanuel Parent
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Racial differences in the associations between adiposity, placental growth hormone and inflammatory cytokines in pregnant women

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023
BackgroundThe prevalence of obesity among women of child-bearing age has contributed to an increased risk of pregnancy complications with a disproportional impact on women of lower socioeconomic status and among certain racial groups.
Camille Y. Williams, Camille Y. Williams, Amanda Wylie, Amanda Wylie, Verina Ghobrial, Christopher L. Coe, Sarah J. Short, Sarah J. Short   +7 more
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Healthcare experiences of patients with Down syndrome who are Black, African American, of African descent, or of mixed race

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 2022
AbstractScant research has explored the healthcare experiences of people with Down syndrome (DS) in the United States who are Black, African American, of African descent, or of mixed race. The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the barriers and facilitators that such patients and their caregivers face when accessing healthcare.
Kavita Krell, Albert Pless, Carie Michael, Amy Torres, Jeanhee Chung, Sandra Baker, Jasmine M. Blake, Kelli Caughman, Sarah Cullen, Maureen Gallagher, Roxanne Hoke‐Chandler, Julius Maina, Diana McLuckie, Kate O'Neill, Angeles Peña, Dina Royal, Michelle Slape, Noemi Alice Spinazzi, Carlos G. Torres, Brian G. Skotko   +19 more
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