Adine Usher was diagnosed with breast cancer. She felt upset and worried. Following her surgery, when she had to find a cancer specialist, she learned about a doctor who was conducting a study using the newest cancer medicines. The doctor she found enrolled her in a clinical trial. Now healthy and doing well, she credits the trial with having saved her life.
Ethnic concentration is not inherently harmful, but segregation can affect individual outcomes by constraining residential options and shaping the resources and services available in the neighborhoods in which different groups live.
A growing base of Chinese voters creates a chance for an ethnic first in the contest for a Lower Manhattan Assembly seat. But with three Chinese candidates in the race, the community’s strength could be split.
His hateful rhetoric hasn’t turned off these voters, who are profoundly worried about undocumented immigrants, national security and Hillary Clinton.
Nearly 15 percent of public-school students are Asian yet fewer than 6 percent of teachers are. With growing evidence that students benefit from seeing teachers who share their background, there are calls for more effort to address barriers both cultural and practical.
An opinion blogger’s take: “For many minorities, especially new immigrant parents, understanding and respect sometimes are more likely to come from a segregated school than a diverse school.”
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A look at the ethnic mix in the U.S. workplace over the past 50 years sees a steady increase in the presence of blacks, Latinos, Asians and women in most job types. But there have been exceptions.