racial bias

What Is Adultification Bias?

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What Is Adultification Bias?

Instead of fun-filled memories of playing hide-and-seek and roasting marshmallows, Lauren Nicks’ summer camp recollections are less playful and carefree. Rather, they’re overshadowed by instances of something that experts call adultification bias. “I can remember when I was around 5 years old attending a summer day camp in Brooklyn and being repeatedly targeted by one … Read more

Report Shows How to Reach Health Care Equity, Why It Matters

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Report Shows How to Reach Health Care Equity, Why It Matters

Feb. 2, 2022 — Dejuan Patterson was returning home from work one night when he was robbed at gunpoint and shot in the head. Seventeen years old, he was left to die. Although doctors saved his life, the Baltimore native, who’s now 33, questions the treatment he received from the hospital. He had surgery and … Read more