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Vol. CXXVII, No. 117 | © 2018 The Michigan Daily 
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MICHIGAN IN COLOR
I miss the old 
Kanye
The rapper’s fall from 
grace a disappointment 
to many,

>> SEE PAGE 9

NEWS
Ford program

New public policy program 

funds student engagement 

with organizations.

>> SEE PAGE 2

OPINION
The pay gap in 
women’s sports

Marlee Burridge explores 

gender equality in FIFA. 

>> SEE PAGE 5

ARTS

Cannes Film 
Festival
“Sorry Angel” and “Leto” 
are highlights.

 >> SEE PAGE 7

SPORTS
Softball prevails 
over Ohio State

On Senior Day, the 

Michgan softball team 

defeated its biggest rival,

>> SEE PAGE 12

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Increased depression found in 
high-SES Black Communities

Researcher discovers 
 
 
 

high depression rates 

even in wealthy 
communities 

By MATT HARMON

Daily News Editor

In an effort to quantify the 

impact of racism in the United States 
through statistical analysis, the New 
York Times Upshot reportedlast 
March that Black men, even those 
raised in wealthy households similar 
to their white counterparts, tended 
to see their average salaries diminish 
at a higher rate than white men as 
they entered the workforce. Shervin 
Assari’s lab at the University of 
Michigan continues to study this lack 
of equal outcomes between white 
and Black Americans despite similar 
resources, with his recent paper 
finding a higher rate of depression 
among high-socioeconomic status 
Black citizens than white people 
from similar backgrounds.

The paper, which was published 

in “Brain Sciences” last month, 
used data from 810 Black children 
who participated in the National 
Survey of American Life Adolescent 
Supplement 
and 
tracked 
the 

children’s 
levels 
of 
perceived 

discrimination in relation to the rates 
of 30-day, 12-month and lifetime 
major depressive disorder, finding 
a 
positive 
association 
between 

discrimination and depression in 
these higher-SES populations.

Assari, the primary researcher 

on the paper, has been conducting 
research 
with 
this 
model 
of 

comparing the outcomes of Black 
and white American with the same 
resources. This recent paper dives 
into the health implications of such 
a relationship. Assari maintained 
this theory is not limited to this 
specific study but has been explored 
and continually confirmed in other 
papers he has worked on and by 
outside sources like the Upshot 
report.

“Across the board, when you look 

at the effects of economic resources 
like 
education, 
employment, 

income and you look at the health 

outcome, life-expectancy, number 
of years people live, chronic disease, 
how much they stay healthy or 
depression, you see a pattern with all 
white men, particularly boys, being 
… advantaged compared to Blacks,” 
Assari said.

When considering variables such 

as SES, with varying metrics such 
as income levels, position on the 
poverty index, and discrimination, 
Assari’s lab took care to consider 
the differences between subjective 
and objective wealth. According 
to Brianna Preiser, a research 
technician intermediate in Assari’s 
lab and the second author on the 
paper, subjective wealth considers 
how 
well 
off 
people 
believe 

themselves to be while more 
objective studies look strictly at how 
high they are above the poverty 
index. Preiser said the study treats 
subjective SES with high regard 
because the opinions and emotions 
around high-SES populations can 
have a very large impact on mental 
health and depression rates.

AAPD says
break-ins may 
be connected 
A single suspect has 
been identified in 
several home invasions

By ABBY TAKAS 

Daily Staff Reporter

The Ann Arbor Police Department 

has reported as many as five of the 
recent home invasions that began in 
April may be related. 

The suspect is a white male, 20 to 

30 years in age, and 5 feet 6 inches 
to 5 feet 9 inches in height. Victims 
of the invasions reported he was 
seen in dark clothing and in some 
instances had his face covered. A 
green mask was recovered at the 
home invaded on the 400 block of 
South Seventh St. 

A resident of the home on South 

Seventh Street reported she was 
asleep on her couch when the 
intruder attempted to rape her. The 
woman fought the man off, bit him 
and screamed. The suspect fled the 
scene as a family member ran into 
the room. The female victim was not 
injured. 

In two other incidents, female 

residents awoke to the intruder 
inside their bedrooms. A resident 
living on the 1000 block of Church 
St. reported she awoke to the 
intruder sexually assaulting her. 

Though the number of recent 

home invasions have incited local 
alarm, AAPD has stated the recent 
series of invasions doesn’t indicate 
an increase in overall break-ins for 
the city. As the number of recent 
home invasions have incited local 
alarm, many University of Michigan 
students are taking precautionary 
measures.

Nursing junior Stephanie Shea, 

who currently lives in Ann Arbor, is 
taking steps to ensure her and her 
housemates’ safety in the future.

DESIGN BY JACK SILBERMAN

ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY SEVEN YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM

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