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Are academics more likely to answer emails from ‘Melissa’ or ‘Rahul’? The answer may not surprise you. (theconversation.com)

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I think there needs to be a solution to the racism shown by the research done here.

Note: I know that the article have "what we can do" section, but it does not propose any applicable solution.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Megan MacKenzie, the more junior author (at the time a senior lecturer), received calls threatening her with consequences for her career.

Why only mention the more junior author? Did the senior authors not get targeted? Did they receive different threats? There's definitely an implication here and I'd rather not assume... :/

And how "funny" - when "outed" (and were they?) for being biased, the reaction was to be an absolute turd? Ugh.