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Online racial harassment leads to lower academic confidence for Black and Hispanic students

  • Written by Alvin Thomas, Assistant Professor, Phyllis Northway Faculty Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Online racial harassment leads to lower academic confidence for Black and Hispanic studentsStudents of color become less confident in their academic abilities when they encounter racially demeaning content online.ljubaphoto / Getty Images

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