NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Black employees in the service industry pay an emotional tax at work

  • Written by Alicia Grandey, Professor of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University
Starbucks workers in Seattle.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File

The arrests of two black men who were waiting for a friend at a Starbucks in Philadelphia have raised questions about how race determines how customers are treated.

But does race also affect how the employees are treated within the service industry?

Prior research shows that black workers in...

Read more: Black employees in the service industry pay an emotional tax at work

More Articles ...

  1. The goal in Korea should be peace and trade – not unification
  2. Nitrogen from rock could fuel more plant growth around the world – but not enough to prevent climate change
  3. Local governments' cybersecurity crisis in 8 charts
  4. Your genome may have already been hacked
  5. I did research at Rajneeshpuram, and here is what I learned
  6. The deadliest drug in America at center of VA nominee withdrawal: Alcohol
  7. Tariffs are the wrong weapon in fight against China's 'pirates' – here's the right one
  8. With the Supreme Court's pending sports gambling decision, states are already prepping for legalization
  9. George H. W. Bush has sepsis - why is it so dangerous?
  10. Internet openness pits collaborative history against competitive future
  11. The internet is designed for corporations, not people
  12. Want to understand gun owners? Watch their videos
  13. As the Royal Wedding approaches, what can one of the world’s greatest novels teach us about marriage?
  14. We calculated how much money trees save for your city
  15. Pompeo confirmation makes Mideast war more likely
  16. 3 reasons why teachers are striking right now
  17. Armenia rejects the 'politics of eternity'
  18. Senate confirmation: The grilling can be grueling
  19. VA nominee debacle may distract from the agency's 3 major problems
  20. Why cities are becoming reluctant to host the World Cup and other big events
  21. An addiction researcher shares 6 strategies to address the opioid epidemic
  22. How transshipment may undercut Trump's tariffs
  23. Melting Arctic sends a message: Climate change is here in a big way
  24. Mother's milk holds the key to unlocking an evolutionary mystery from the last ice age
  25. When college tuition goes up, campus diversity goes down
  26. Female firefighters defy old ideas of who can be an American hero
  27. Invoking noble coal miners is a mainstay of American politics
  28. Beaches are becoming safer for baby sea turtles, but threats await them in the ocean
  29. Immigration policies can make the difference between life and death for newborn US children
  30. Defending hospitals against life-threatening cyberattacks
  31. How the pretzel went from soft to hard – and other little-known facts about one of the world's favorite snacks
  32. How live liver transplants could save thousands of lives
  33. Why this conservative bastion chose a liberal evangelical icon for its commencement speech
  34. Kids of color get kicked out of school at higher rates – here's how to stop it
  35. Why it's so hard for doctors to understand your pain
  36. Fake drugs are one reason malaria still kills so many
  37. What Comey learned from theologian Reinhold Niebuhr about ethical leadership
  38. Self-driving cars and humans face inevitable collisions
  39. Why are some _E. coli_ deadly while others live peacefully within our bodies?
  40. States are favoring school choice at a steep cost to public education
  41. Lynching memorial shows women were victims, too
  42. Lynching memorial will show that women were victims, too
  43. Argentina's abortion legalization debate ignites soul searching on women's rights
  44. Argentinos empiezan a contemplar los derechos de la mujer, comenzando con el aborto
  45. Women in tech suffer because of American myth of meritocracy
  46. Why genetics makes some people more vulnerable to opioid addiction – and protects others
  47. Rap music's path from pariah to Pulitzer
  48. Global timber trafficking harms forests and costs billions of dollars – here's how to curb it
  49. Why does a president demand loyalty from people who work for him?
  50. Aneurysm strikes baseball pitcher, but why? A neurosurgeon explains the mysterious condition