‘Beyond anything I could have imagined’: graduate students speak out about racism

Science is often portrayed as a meritocracy in which one’s ideas and abilities matter more than anything else. But Nature’s 2022 survey of PhD and master’s students points to an unpleasant reality: those who identify as members of minority ethnic groups face a greater share of discrimination and indignities than do students who aren’t in those groups.

Nature 612, 573-575 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-04237-8

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