Where Is This Post-Racial America?: Study Shows Millennials Exhibit Racial, Ethnic Biases When Selecting Roommates with 'Black Sounding Names'
Pew Research and other surveys have painted millennials as a more inclusive demographic than their parents’ and grandparents’ generations, suggesting a post-racial America is on the horizon. But actions speak louder than words. A new housing study by a white UCLA sociology professor S. Michael Gaddis suggests that notion may be a misconception. Gaddis used a research method known as a “correspondence audit” to examine millennials’ decision-making in a deeply personal real-world scenario: picking a new roommate. Gaddis and his co-author Raj Ghosal, a sociology professor at Elon Uni...
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