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Racism in Football: New Research Shows Media Treats Black Men Differently to White Men

By Paul Ian Campbell — 2021

Ideas of black people as natural athletes contribute to wider social myths of black people as hyperphysical, uncontrollably strong and cognitively challenged. These ideas have very real consequences for black communities in Britain.

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Variation is the Stuff of Life. So Why Can it Make us Uncomfortable?

Embracing difference is vital for our success as a species, but it places extra demands on the brain. Here’s how to get better at it.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett
2021
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What Is Sports Psychology?

Sports psychologists investigate how participating in sports can improve health and well being. They also help athletes utilize psychology to improve their sports performance and mental well-being.

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Kendra Cherry
2021
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Psychology’s Urgent Need to Dismantle Racism

Psychology has an opportunity to continue evolving and meet the needs of a changing U.S. population—starting by countering the pervasive and damaging effects of racism.

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Efua Andoh
2021
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The Fight Against Racism Must Continue

In the midst of America’s racial reckoning, psychologists are playing a key role in rethinking bias, policing, and other issues. But psychologists say the field itself has its own systemic injustices to dismantle.

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Zara Abrams
2021
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