Tag: Racism

Planned breeding

Discrimination, injustice and stigma perpetrated against human groups are rampant. Various descriptors are used: racism, apartheid, sectarianism, xenophobia, etc.

October 7, 2022

‘House of the Dragon’ actor Steve Toussaint got racially abused after casting announcement

When actor Steve Toussaint was cast in 'House of the Dragon, in which he plays Corlys Velaryon, he was met with racist attacks online. His casting marks the first major role for an actor of colour in the 'Games of Thrones' universe, said eonline.com.

August 16, 2022

Entire Cricket Scotland board resigns ahead of racism report release

In November last year, Haq, Scotland's all-time leading wicket-taker, told Sky Sports News that Cricket Scotland was "institutionally racist", while former team-mate Qasim Sheikh claimed he had also suffered racist abuse.

July 25, 2022

Malignity in New York

Suffice it to register that the man accused of shooting 10 people on the subway train has been arrested and charged with a federal terrorism offence after a daylong manhunt and a tipster’s call led police to him on a Manhattan street.

April 16, 2022

Ukraine war exposes European racism

Germany for one has told all foreign students who arrived from Ukraine to leave the country by 23 May 2022, or face possible deportation. It is probably a good idea to leave the EU for other reasons too. In Poland, black and brown students leaving the train stations in border towns where refugees were arriving were accosted and harassed by members of Polish neo-Nazi groups.

March 26, 2022

Confronting global racism

The conservative populists want to fight against any challenge to the erosion of white rights, whereas the progressives want more state intervention to address inequities.

January 16, 2022

Racism, climate and divisions top UN agenda as leaders meet

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, more than two dozen world leaders appeared in person at the U.N. General Assembly on the opening day of their annual high-level meeting.

September 22, 2021

Aussie women footballers make unique statement against racism

They also posed with the Aboriginal flag, consisting of red, black and yellow colours

July 23, 2021

US city declares racism public health crisis

"This is an important declaration for us to make as a City," Mendenhall said in a statement released on Wednesday.

July 22, 2021

Formula 1 world unites in condemning racism against Hamilton

Other teams rallied around to express their support as well

July 21, 2021

Race and Reparations

Much will of course hinge on the action taken by respective governments in the follow-through. The execution will also call for humane treatment of blacks by whites.

July 1, 2021

Probe reveals govt, media’s complicity in 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

"What followed was a rampage that historians think left as many as 300 dead and 10,000 homeless," the report said.

June 22, 2021

India to take up racism issues with Britain when required: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister was responding to concerns raised by a BJP MP over racism that forced Indian-origin Rashmi Samant to resign as president of the Oxford University Students Union

March 16, 2021

Google advised ‘mental health care’ over racism complaints

Each time, "human resource personnel recommended the employees seek therapy or take medical leave to address their mental health - despite their mental well-being having nothing to do with their complaints," the report mentioned.

March 8, 2021

Watershed Initiative

Civil rights groups have, however, made it clear they will press for more sweeping changes in the months ahead. America’s black, indigenous and Asian-American populations must keep their fingers crossed.

January 29, 2021

Ananya Birla alleges famed California restaurant ‘threw’ her family out

Addressing celebrity chef Antonia Lofaso in the tweet, Ananya Birla said that one of her waiters, whom she named, "was extremely rude to my mother, bordering racist. This isn't okay".

October 26, 2020

Thousands of protesters take to street in Washington against police brutality, racism

Public anger was reignited after Blake was shot seven times by a white police officer in Kenosha city, leading to consecutive days of protests and violence.

August 29, 2020