Black women are underrepresented in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), and they report facing unique challenges and belonging concerns in STEM majors and classrooms. Working to address these disparities while acknowledging intersectional identities, during my talk, I will examine who acts as role models for Black women and encourages their belonging and identity-safety in STEM classrooms.

At the center of the SFFA v. Harvard Supreme Court case, the plaintiffs argued that Asian Americans were discriminated against in favor of unqualified Black applicants. This echoes a pattern of historical tensions between the Asian and Black communities, such as the 1992 LA Riot that led to the destruction of Koreatown. Why do Black and Asian Americans seem to be at odds more than any other racial minority groups? This talk seeks to unravel the frayed relations between Asian and Black Americans.

Despite disproportionate risk, Hispanics/Latinx populations generally experience better health and live longer than non-Hispanics (NH) including NHWs: an epidemiological phenomenon known as the Hispanic or Latino health paradox. Over the past decade, our work has helped to raise the profile of comparative Hispanic health and contributed to a significant change its characterization from disparity to paradoxical advantage. The CDC now reports a longevity advantage for Hispanics v. NH Whites as 3.3 years and rising.

The Center for Responsible Machine Learning invites you to AI and Our
Future: A Conversation with Kai-Fu Lee <https://ml.ucsb.edu/kai-fu-lee>,
part of our Distinguished Lecture Series. Please register here
<https://ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h3djTe6PSPGPi2dfcAbcPg>.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2021

4:00 PM PT

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