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Alabama chooses candidates for new Black congressional district
After a contentious redrawing of Alabama’s congressional map, two candidates will compete in November for a...
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Billy Dee Williams says actors ‘should’ be allowed to wear blackface
Star Wars actor says he believes actors should be free to ‘do anything you want to...
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‘The purpose is getting lost’: debate obscuring point of Scottish hate law, say campaigners
Many fear a focus on social media is drawing attention from those the hate crime law...
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Former AFL player Eddie Betts shares video of racist abuse hurled at children playing in yard
Victoria police launch investigation after Indigenous star posts CCTV footage on Instagram and states ‘Aboriginal kids...
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Campaigners in Spain call for more to be done about racism in football
Real Madrid star Vinícius Júnior’s tearful comments prompt questions over why racist fans can still act...
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‘A talented, goofy kid’: family of Ryan Gainer, autistic teen killed by police, speak out
Shooting of 15-year-old ‘beautiful soul’ in California revives scrutiny on law enforcement abuse of youth with...
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Liverpool museum appeals for information on subject of The Black Boy
Sitter for William Lindsay Windus’s painting is rumoured to have stowed away on ship, possibly to...
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Alabama bans DEI in schools and says bathrooms must be designated by ‘biological sex’
Bill signed by governor Kay Ivey and lambasted by civil rights advocates affects public schools, universities...
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Black inmates at Wormwood Scrubs ‘disproportionately subjected to use of force’
Little action has been taken on issue at one of UK’s most notorious jails, Independent Monitoring...
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Revealed: disputed medical terms used to explain dozens of deaths after police restraint in UK
Campaigners says ‘excited delirium’ and ‘acute behavioural disturbance’ play into racist stereotypesA controversial unproven medical condition...
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GPs call for health tech boss Frank Hester to resign after Abbott remarks
BMA committee votes in emergency motion after Tory donor’s comments about MP condemned as racist and...
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Artist defends Tate Britain’s display of ‘undeniably racist’ Whistler mural
Keith Piper says engaging with offensive and traumatic imagery can be important in keeping a clear...
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Craig Foster apologises to Sam Kerr after arguing her alleged remark to UK police officer was racist
Former Socceroo says he made a mistake and is ‘very pleased to be able to learn’...
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Less than 3% of artists named in GCSE art exams are Black or south Asian, study finds
Analysis across four exam boards in England reveals white artists comprise 91.6% of all mentionsLess than...
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US attorney general tells Bloody Sunday service ‘the right to vote is under attack’
Merrick Garland warns of efforts to disenfranchise Black voters and says court decisions have weakened the...
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PM says Lee Anderson’s comments ‘not acceptable’ but denies Tory party has Islamophobic tendencies – UK politics live
Rishi Sunak gave interviews to local stations in Yorkshire where he is chairing his cabinet meeting...
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Environment charities lag behind other UK sectors in racial diversity, study finds
‘Huge disconnect’ between employers’ public ambitions on diversity and their actions, say workersWorkers at environmental charities...
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Majority verdicts in England and Wales brought in ‘partly for racial and class reasons’
Study by Appeal finds there was a desire to dilute influence of minority ethnic and working-class...
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More than 100,000 protest across Germany over far-right AfD’s mass deportation meetings
Protests held at about 100 locations over party’s meeting with neo-Nazis to discuss deporting those it...
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Gravesites from former Black cemetery discovered at Florida air force base
Officials say search will continue after as many as 121 unmarked graves were located at MacDill...
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Madrid investigates ‘racist’ Epiphany videos featuring blackface sent to children
City council hired firm to produce personalised messages as part of traditional 6 January festivitiesMadrid city...
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Al Sharpton says ousted Harvard chief was ‘scapegoat’ in fight against diversity
Civil rights leader hosts protest outside office of alumnus who spearheaded campaign to remove Claudine Gay...
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‘A bully’: the billionaire who led calls for Claudine Gay’s Harvard exit
US hedge fund manager Bill Ackman posts 4,000-word screed decrying ‘racism against white people’ after Gay’s...
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Police killed Niani Finlayson seconds after responding to her 911 call, video shows
Body camera reveals Los Angeles deputy fired at woman who sought help for domestic violence as...