On April 4, 2018, Associate Professor of Sociology Dr. Cynthia Colen was mentioned in the Washington Post in an article titled, "Three Steps Parents can Take to Address the Racism that Holds Black Boys Behind Their White Peers." The article references previous research conducted by Dr. Colen that says middle-class and higher black Americans and Hispanic Americans often have worse health outcomes than white Americans, likely due a prolonged exposure to racism. Read the article here.