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Racial stereotypes drive students of color away from STEM, but many still persist

Writer's picture: Ebony McGee, PhDEbony McGee, PhD

Updated: Dec 16, 2020



Dominique, a Black electrical engineering doctoral student, found herself in an awkward situation in the lounge of a hotel where she had been attending a conference on science.

A white man at her table assumed a nearby Black woman was on the hotel cleaning staff, so he asked her to clean their table. The woman did as she was asked, but in the process she informed him that not only was she a scientist attending the same conference as he, but she was also the keynote speaker. READ MORE

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