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- - The Samuel DuBois Cook Center is a scholarly collaborative that studies the causes and consequences of inequality and develops remedies for these disparities and their adverse effects.
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- - William Darity Jr. Co-Authors New BMJ Article Outlining a Viable Plan for Reparations
    
    By Rachel Ruff | March 24, 2026
    
    Founding Director William Darity Jr. co-authored a new literature review in The BMJ that directly addresses one of the most persistent critiques of reparations: the claim that no feasible plan exists. The proposal outlines direct monetary payments as the clearest economic measure of the cumulative and intergenerational effects of white supremacy. The article argues that…
    
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    William Darity Jr. to Speak at NYS Reparations Commission Hearing on Economic Development
    
    By Rachel Ruff | March 17, 2026
    
    Cook Center Director William A. Darity Jr. will be among the featured speakers at an upcoming public hearing hosted by the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies (NYSCCRR) on Saturday, March 21st, 2026, in Staten Island, New York. The hearing, titled “Economic Development: Quantifying Harms,” is part of the Commission’s statewide effort to…
    
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    Sarah Gaither Co-Authors Research Examining How Demographic Forms Shape Identity
    
    By Rachel Ruff | March 10, 2026
    
    New research co-authored by Faculty Affiliate Sarah Gaither, Associate Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University, explores how something as routine as demographic forms can influence feelings of inclusion and identity among marginalized communities. Published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, the study—“Enumeration or Exclusion? Demographic Forms and Latine Identity”—investigates how demographic questions may…
    
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About
- - The Samuel DuBois Cook Center is a scholarly collaborative that studies the causes and consequences of inequality and develops remedies for these disparities and their adverse effects.
Research
Education
Media
News & Events
- - William Darity Jr. Co-Authors New BMJ Article Outlining a Viable Plan for Reparations
    
    By Rachel Ruff | March 24, 2026
    
    Founding Director William Darity Jr. co-authored a new literature review in The BMJ that directly addresses one of the most persistent critiques of reparations: the claim that no feasible plan exists. The proposal outlines direct monetary payments as the clearest economic measure of the cumulative and intergenerational effects of white supremacy. The article argues that…
    
    Read More...
    
    William Darity Jr. to Speak at NYS Reparations Commission Hearing on Economic Development
    
    By Rachel Ruff | March 17, 2026
    
    Cook Center Director William A. Darity Jr. will be among the featured speakers at an upcoming public hearing hosted by the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies (NYSCCRR) on Saturday, March 21st, 2026, in Staten Island, New York. The hearing, titled “Economic Development: Quantifying Harms,” is part of the Commission’s statewide effort to…
    
    Read More...
    
    Sarah Gaither Co-Authors Research Examining How Demographic Forms Shape Identity
    
    By Rachel Ruff | March 10, 2026
    
    New research co-authored by Faculty Affiliate Sarah Gaither, Associate Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University, explores how something as routine as demographic forms can influence feelings of inclusion and identity among marginalized communities. Published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, the study—“Enumeration or Exclusion? Demographic Forms and Latine Identity”—investigates how demographic questions may…
    
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Salimah El-Amin

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Senior Research Associate and Program Coordinator for the Global Inequality Research Institute

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Cook Center, Duke University

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