Today, almost a century after gaining access to the country's most prestigious secondary schools, determining the academic achievement of African Trinidadian students remains a challenge as neither Trinidad and Tobago's Ministry of Education nor the Caribbean Examination Council, the regional agency responsible for administering standardized…

Racial disparities in child development in the United States are significant, with a particularly pronounced disadvantage among Black children. This report focuses on the development of children of Black immigrants, comparing against the outcomes for their peers in native-born and other immigrant families. The report also compares children in the…

This paper contributes to research on affirmative action by examining issues of equity in the context of racial quotas in Brazil. We study the experience of the University of Brasilia, which established racial quotas in 2004 reserving 20% of available admissions slots for students who self-identified as black. Based on university admissions data…

The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of a series of brief interventions (BIs) on anti-natal alcohol consumption of women from a disadvantaged and high-risk background attending state health clinics in a rural district, Western Cape Province, South Africa. A pragmatic cluster randomised trial design was followed. All pregnant women,…

This study analyses the educational progress of an entire national cohort of over 530,000 pupils in England between age 7 in 2000 and age 11 in 2004. The results show that Black Caribbean boys not entitled to free school meals, and particularly the more able pupils, made significantly less progress than their White British peers. There is no…

Comparing Native American and black slaves in the pre-Civil War era, this article identifies differences in the treatment and reaction of both American Indian and Negro slaves. (JC)

Compared extent and patterns of financial planning among 234 Black professionals with those of White professionals. Data revealed similar expectations of continued income, supplementing finances by working in another occupation, pension income, and dependency on spouses for income. Although Blacks invested less in stocks and bonds and bank…

A survey of 160 Black and White fathers was conducted to investigate differences and similarities in their family characteristics and attitudes toward the father role. Analysis of data indicates that Black and White fathers are more similar than dissimilar. Implications of the findings for parent education programs are presented. (Author)

Racial identity was examined in 200 Black and White older Americans with structured personal interviews. Black respondents reported higher racial identity than did Whites. Also, higher racial identity was associated with a greater sense of subjective well-being among Blacks, and a reduced sense of well-being among Whites. (Author)

This study pinpoints a set of urban problem areas which were important to citizens in St. Louis, Missouri. There was widespread agreement that education, public safety, and employment are top priorities. (Author/AM)

Data obtained from 79 Black and 222 White mental health employees' responses to a battery of job satisfaction questionnaires supported the hypothesis that differing dimensions underlie job satisfaction for Black and White employees. (MP)

That sexual differentiation and racial differentiation in the occupational structure does not vary substantially across U.S. metropolitan areas is a conclusion of this study. (Author/AM)

Two analyses of New York City crime data--one for the entire city, and one for the Bronx--compare the crime rates of Hispanics, Whites, and Blacks. Analysis of crime rates for the city as a whole indicates that Hispanic crime patterns are different from those of Blacks and Whites. Hispanics have lower than expected crime rates, given their…

Black men and women get lower status jobs than their white counterparts. Analysis of data from the 1967 National Longitudinal Survey of Work Experience of Women 30-44 Years of Age and the 1962 Occupational Changes in a Generation Survey demonstrates that lower social origins and educational attainments are insufficient explanations of blacks'…