Hacker News with Generative AI: Race

The Race That Turned to Ruin (longreads.com)
“Fifteen teams lifted off from Switzerland in gas ballooning’s most audacious race. Three days later, two of them drifted into Belarusian airspace—but only one would survive.”

Adventure, History, Race, Tragedy, Aviation

19 points by mooreds 3 days ago | 1 comments

Fake skull science is back – and it's still racist (npr.org)
Can the shape of your skull or the look of your face say something deeper about you? Like – if you're a good parent? Or if you're smart? Or if you're more likely to be a criminal? Well – the answer is no, absolutely not.

Science, Race, Social Science, History

20 points by rolph 10 days ago | 7 comments

Pentagon restores webpages of Black veterans, Navajo Code Talkers after outcry (npr.org)
The Pentagon has restored some of its webpages that highlighted Black veterans such as Jackie Robinson, the Tuskegee Airmen and Vietnam-era Medal of Honor recipient Major Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers as well as the Navajo Code Talkers from World War II and the Japanese-American 442nd Combat Regiment.

Military, History, Race, Technology, Government

22 points by geox 37 days ago | 1 comments

Google to pay $28M to settle claims it favoured white and Asian employees (theguardian.com)
Google has agreed to pay $28m (£22m) to settle a class action lawsuit claiming that it favoured white and Asian employees by paying them more and putting them on higher career tracks than other workers.

Google, Lawsuits, Discrimination, Employment, Race

104 points by rouma7 38 days ago | 136 comments

Arlington Cemetery strips content on black and female veterans from website (bbc.com)
Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed from its website information and educational materials about the history of black and female service members.

History, Military, Race, Gender, Censorship

77 points by duxup 40 days ago | 22 comments

Rage, race and good looks: the forces behind the lionization of a murder suspect (theguardian.com)
Just over a week ago no one knew who Luigi Mangione was. After he was revealed as the alleged assassin of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, on 4 December, he quickly became one of the most polarizing figures in American pop culture.

Crime, Social Media, Race, United States

4 points by n1b0m 132 days ago | 1 comments

The data hinted at racism among white doctors. Then scholars looked again (economist.com)
BLACK BABIES in America are more than twice as likely to die before their first birthday than white babies. This shocking statistic has barely changed for many decades, and even after controlling for socioeconomic differences a wide mortality gap persists. Yet in 2020 researchers discovered a factor that appeared to reduce substantially a black baby’s risks.

Healthcare, Race, Inequality, Statistics

15 points by like_any_other 165 days ago | 2 comments

Brewington Hardaway Becomes First U.S. Born Black Grandmaster (chess.com)
Two and a half decades after GM Maurice Ashley became the first African American grandmaster, GM-elect Brewington Hardaway has climbed to the top of the mountain.

Chess, Race, Achievement, Sports

16 points by dargscisyhp 167 days ago | 3 comments

A near impossible literacy test Louisiana used to suppress the black vote (openculture.com)

Voting Rights, History, Race, Louisiana

319 points by rcarmo 187 days ago | 429 comments

Did Yale, Princeton, and Duke Violate SFFA in Last Year's Admissions Cycle? (reason.com)
Following the Supreme Court's decision in SFFA in 2023, barring the use of racial preferences in admissions, admissions patterns at most elite universities followed the pattern one would expect: enrollment of black and Hispanic students declined, and enrollment of Asian-American students increased. Three major exceptions to this pattern are Yale, Princeton, and Duke. At each of these universities, enrollment of black students was basically flat, and enrollment of Asian-American students was actually down.

Higher Education, Law, Race, Affirmative Action

5 points by rahimnathwani 191 days ago | 2 comments

Kids using lotions have higher levels of hormone-disrupting toxins – study (theguardian.com)
Children who use more personal care products like sunscreen, lotion, soaps and haircare items have higher levels of toxic phthalates in their bodies, new research finds, and the highest levels were found in Black and Latino children.

Health, Children, Environment, Science, Race

6 points by isomorph 224 days ago | 1 comments

Affirmative Action Was Banned. What Happened Next Was Confusing (nytimes.com)
When the Supreme Court ruled against race-conscious admissions, the expectation — based on statistical modeling presented in court — was that the proportion of Black students at highly selective schools would go down and the proportion of Asian American students would rise.

Affirmative Action, Education, Law, Supreme Court, Race

13 points by Tomte 225 days ago | 9 comments

Some Black startup founders feel betrayed by Ben Horowitz's support for Trump (techcrunch.com)