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How Hospitality Industry Should Address Discrimination

June 30, 2020 sarah Jonas Best Practices, Business, Discrimination, Diversity, Ethnicity, Hospitality, Hospitality Industry, Minorities, Prejudice, Race, Race And Ethnicity, Racism, restaurant industry

After the worldwide protests that erupted over the killing of George Floyd, it is hard for me to imagine any person, company, or institution, continuing to discount the role that racism plays in our society. People all over are demanding an end to racial discrimination that is embedded in our social systems. In hospitality, emerging research has shined light on the perception of discrimination among industry workers, but personally, it comes as no surprise to me.

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Two-thirds of African Americans know someone mistreated by police, and 22% report mistreatment in past year

June 18, 2020 sarah Jonas Discrimination, Equity, Police, Police and African Americans, Race, Tisch College, Tufts University

Sixty-eight percent of African Americans say they know someone who has been unfairly stopped, searched, questioned, physically threatened or abused by the police, and 43 percent say they personally have had this experience—with 22 percent saying the mistreatment occurred within the past year alone, according to survey results from Tufts University’s Research Group on Equity in Health, Wealth and Civic Engagement.

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Supreme Court just the beginning for LGBTQ workplace equality

June 16, 2020 sarah Jonas Conflict Resolution, Discrimination, Human Resources, Lgbt, LGBTQ, Scotus, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Decisions, Workplace, Workplace Discrimination

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Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Impacts of Stigma on COVID-19 Pandemic

March 23, 2020 sarah Jonas COVID-19, Discrimination, Pandemic, Stigma and Health

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Rutgers expert available to discuss discrimination and elderly health risks due to Coronavirus

March 5, 2020 sarah Jonas Aging, Coronavirus, coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19, Discrimination, Epidemiologist

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How sleep helps teens deal with social stress

February 20, 2020 sarah Jonas Adolescence, Adolescent, Adolescents, Discrimination, Racial Bias, Racism, Sleep, Stress, Teens

A first-of-its-kind study from Michigan State found that a good night’s sleep does adolescents good – beyond helping them stay awake in class. Adequate sleep can help teens navigate challenging social situations.

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U.S. protections for constitutional rights falling behind global peers

January 14, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Affordable Care Act (ACA), Canada, Civil Right, Colombia, Discrimination, Equal Rights Amendment, Equality, Equality and human rights, European Union, Gender, Gender Equality, Gender Identity, Germany, Health, health access, Law, law and social policy, Mexico, Public Health, Race And Ethnicity, Religion, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, South Africa, Spain, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States

New research from the WORLD Policy Analysis Center at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (WORLD) shows that the United States is falling behind its global peers when it comes to guarantees for key constitutional rights. Researchers identified key gaps in the U.S. including guarantees of the right to health, gender equality, and rights for persons with disabilities.

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Black workers’ status in a company informs perceptions of workplace racial discrimination

January 13, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Discrimination, Healthcare, Workplace

“Research shows that black individuals encounter an enormous amount of racial discrimination in the workplace, including exclusion from critical social networks, wage disparities and hiring disadvantages,” said Harvey Wingfield, co-author of the study “Getting In, Getting Hired, Getting Sideways Looks: Organizational Hierarchy and Perceptions of Racial Discrimination,” published Jan.

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Study highlights how American universities may help bridge social divide between international, domestic students

January 8, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Discrimination, Identity, Self-esteem

Self-esteem is a valuable resource for undergraduate international students trying to socialize with their domestic counterparts at American universities, but new research by a University at Buffalo psychologist suggests that while self-esteem predicts better socialization with domestic students, it is curiously unrelated to how international students socialize with other internationals.

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Single discrimination events alter college students’ daily behavior

November 4, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Discrimination, Sleep

UW researchers aimed to understand both the prevalence of discrimination events and how these events affect college students in their daily lives. Over the course of two academic quarters, the team compared students’ self-reports of unfair treatment to passively tracked changes in daily activities, such as hours slept, steps taken or time spent on the phone.

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Central Valley workplaces can be hostile for minority doctors

October 23, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Discrimination, MEDICAL EDUCATION

Despite the dire need for primary health care providers in California’s Central Valley, workplace discrimination and harassment can cause some of them to change practices or leave the region entirely.

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