Race, Research, and Policy Portal
A free collection of summaries of the latest antiracist research
About RRAPP
The Race, Research & Policy Portal (RRAPP) is a free online collection of easy-to-read research summaries. It features the latest articles on diversity, racial equity, and organizational change across sectors. Each summary focuses on antiracist solutions, listing clear takeaways in a short format.
The Challenge
Most research explains the problem of systemic racism—but very little identifies what works to fix it. RRAPP closes this gap by making evidence-based strategies for antiracist change easy to find and use.
What RRAPP Offers
- Actionable Summaries: Key takeaways from the latest antiracist research
- Sector-specific Insights: Education, healthcare, philanthropy, private sector, and more
- Free and Accessible Design: Built for advocates, leaders, and practitioners
Our Impact
RRAPP delivers timely, relevant research to support institutional change in a variety of sectors, from education to healthcare, philanthropy, and the private sector. RRAPP equips its users with tested strategies and evidence to advance racial equity.
Recent articles
Advancing the Scientific Study of Structural Racism, Concepts, Measures, and Methods
6.12.25
Tyson Brown, Patricia Homan, Victor Ray
What exactly does the term “structural racism” mean, and how can we measure it? The authors of this article argue that although the term is sometimes misused as a rhetorical device to reference policies and institutions upholding racism abstractly, structural racism can, in fact, be rigorously and accurately measured.
Toward a Theory of Racialized Institutional Logics in Education
6.9.25
Sarah Woulfin, Maxwell Yurkofsky
In this article, Professors Woulfin and Yurkofsky argue that frameworks guiding schools are not neutral; rather, they are influenced by dominant racial structures that uphold whiteness and ignore systemic racism. Therefore, the concept of racialized institutional logic is introduced to explain how racism shapes educational organizations.
Anti-racist interventions to transform ecology, evolution and conservation biology departments
6.9.25
Multiple authors
This article outlines evidence-based interventions for addressing systemic racism in ecology, evolution, and conservation biology departments through changes to teaching, research, and institutional structures.