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Male and female actors gave physics lectures to college students. All students thought the males were more knowledgeable. And whereas female students gave a a slight nod to women teachers, male students thought male teachers were vastly better. Why a

VOA常速英语2007-Private Investigators, Once All Males, Now Chang

By Ernest Leong Washington 09 October 2007 Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean. That is how U.S. mystery writer Raymond Chandler once described the American detective. He took it for granted the investigator was a man. But m

African-American Surgeon Calls for Equality in US Medical Sy

When Augustus White was growing up in the American south in the 1940s, racial segregation was an accepted part of life. African Americans got second best - in education, employment, and health care. But White overcame those barriers, becoming an orth

VOA标准英语2009年-US Senate Panel Approves Obama Supreme Cou

The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States. The largely party line 13 to 6 vote sends the nomination of Sotomayor, who would be the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Co

VOA标准英语2013--Conservatives See Victory in Budget Cuts

Conservatives See Victory in Budget Cuts Earlier this week, Obama was back in campaign mode at a shipyard in Virginia, warning about the dangers of the mandatory budget cuts. So these cuts are wrong. They are not smart. They are not fair. They are a

VOA标准英语2014--社区警务旨在创建更安全的社区

Community Policing Aims to Create Safer Neighborhoods 社区警务旨在创建更安全的社区 LONG BEACH, CALIF. The shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer during a street confrontation in Ferguson, Missouri has sparked de

VOA标准英语2015--研究探讨在体育报道的种族偏见

Study Examines Racial Bias in Sports Reporting 研究探讨在体育报道的种族偏见 New research says African-American athletes are more likely to be portrayed negatively in the media than white athletes. The findings appear in a new book, enti

美国国家公共电台 NPR America's 'Complacent Class': How Self-Segregation Is Leading To Stagnation

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: As Americans, we are bound by a collective identity. We see ourselves as independent change makers. We invent things. And we can reinvent ourselves. But that innovation, that desire to keep changing has gone away. That's the cent

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Lesson In How To Overcome Implicit Bias

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Starbucks' plan to close all of its U.S. stores for an afternoon to give their employees racial bias training has a lot of people asking, will this even work? We know little about what the training will include. Starbucks has said

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Interlaced Fingers' Traces Roots Of Racial Disparity In Kidney Transplants

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now for an improbable love story. Now, here you might be thinking, aren't the bookshelves groaning with those? But here's a love story that did not just change two people's lives. It shed light on inequalities that our next guest

美国国家公共电台 NPR Southern Baptist Convention Votes To Condemn White Supremacy

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: After showing some reluctance, the nation's largest Protestant denomination is taking a stand against white nationalism after all. NPR's Nathan Rott reports on the Southern Baptist Convention. NATHAN ROTT, BYLINE: The controversy

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Says Iraqis Will Decide Their Own Future

By Scott Stearns White House 21 August 2007 U.S. President George Bush says, despite Washington's frustration with the slow pace of political progress in Iraq, it is up to Iraqis to decide the future of their government. VOA White House Correspondent

VOA常速英语2008年-US Presidential Candidates Seek Endorsements to

By Jeffrey Young Washington 07 March 2008 U.S. political candidates make great effort to get endorsements - - statements of support - - from other politicians, from issue groups, and others whose backing could bolster their campaigns for office. In t