Dr. Marty Makary, a medical doctor and researcher at Johns Hopkins, said the NIH funded “257 grants on social disparities” related to COVID-19 “but only four” on the coronavirus’s spread. Makary joined Drs. Peter Attia and Zubin Damania on the former’s podcast, The Drive, published on Monday, in which he said: We just did this […]
Posts Tagged ‘disparities’
California’s Attempt To Hobble Gifted Students Over ‘Racial Disparities’ Starting To Backfire
November 7th, 2021 Awake Goy
The draft proposal rejects the notion that some students are naturally gifted, and recommends against shifting certain students into gifted programs in middle school. It also proposes that math should not be ‘colorblind’ – and that teachers should use math lessons to explore social justice, “for example, by looking out for gender stereotypes in word […]
New report shows persistent racial and ethnic disparities in youth incarcerations
February 5th, 2021 Awake Goy
A new report from The Sentencing Project reveals persistent racism in the juvenile justice system. While youth incarceration has dropped by almost half over the last decade, Black and American Indian youth are more likely to be incarcerated than white youth. Black youth are fives times more likely to be incarcerated, while American Indian youth […]