MetaFilter posts tagged with gender and race

Dagger of the Mind

Artw — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:01:13 -0800

Rothko — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 04:52:01 -0800

The New England Journal of Medicine published several articles this week on remaining, statistically significant gender and racial disparities in the quantity and quality of various medical procedures and care management resources made available to black and white Americans. These disparities may possibly help our understanding of the cause of some of the unexplained differences in mortality rates between populations. "Although the reasons for these differences are unknown, their persistence emphasizes the need for a continued search for explanations so that inequities in clinical care may be eliminated..." (registration req'd)

PeterMcDermott — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 22:36:32 -0800

What happened to the black power movement? Has it turned it's attention to such pressing matters as teaching the black man how to claim, tame and train the blackwoman, rescue her from lesbian feminist witchcraft and mocking her for dying her hair piss yellow?

Let the gender war begin! (via Memepool.)

tss — Fri, 03 Jan 2003 22:29:50 -0800

Test your Hidden Bias. Tolerance.org has a set of Java-based tests designed to shed light on personal hidden biases w.r.t. race, gender, sexuality, and body image. Your results may surprise you. See also this New York Times article mentioning these tests and more rigorous studies.

muckster — Tue, 28 Aug 2001 09:37:30 -0800

Implicit Attitude Tests are a way to find out how biased you are regarding race, age, and gender. The results can be spooky.