Race & Ethnicity

New research reveals that racial bias in pulse oximeters leads to significant disparities in follow-up care between Black and white patients.

In Churn, social psychologist Claude Steele examines why diverse settings can feel uncomfortable – and shares an antidote to transform these experiences.

The Ken and Caretha Coleman Archive of Black Histories in Silicon Valley will preserve vanishing records and inform scholarship on the often-overlooked role of the Black community in the region’s history.

The images showcase a side of Parks that many have forgotten or never knew about.

Launched by Stanford’s GSE Black Academic Development Lab, the journal connects traditionally siloed research areas to highlight the link between language practices and Black cultural identity.

An immersive course examined how perceptions of African Americans have contributed to disparities within the U.S. legal system and society.

A new study finds that after watching a docudrama about efforts to free a wrongly convicted prisoner on death row, people were more empathetic toward the formerly incarcerated and more supportive of criminal justice reform.

Lerone Martin, faculty director for Stanford’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, on the efforts that preceded the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

As the nation mourned the death of George Floyd, more Black Americans than white Americans felt angry or sad – a finding that reveals the racial disparities of grief.