Racial Bias
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‘Go back to where you came from’: US lawmaker Pramila Jayapal says she received threat messages
‘We cannot accept violence as our new norm,’ the Congresswoman of Indian origin wrote in a Twitter post sharing five abusive voicemails from a male caller.
Scroll Staff
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It wasn’t only Asians who suffered in Idi Amin’s ‘economic war’ – Uganda’s Africans did too
It was Africans, not Asians, who were the targets of the dictator’s larger economic campaign.
Derek R Peterson, The Conversation
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French football legend Lilian Thuram tackles the scourge of white thinking with a book of his own
The book is an attempt to trace and examine the origins of white supremacy.
David Murphy, The Conversation
Trending
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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Evolution doesn’t need millions of years. Tiger snakes on an island have evolved over just a century
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What can we learn about Bengali women’s complex relationship with food from bratas?
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Ten students suspended in Ajmer university for watching BBC documentary on Gujarat riots
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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Facial recognition technology is biased with higher error rates against people of colour
The technology reflects and further entrenches long-standing social divisions.
Jane Bailey, The Conversation, Valerie Steeves, The Conversation & Jacquelyn Burkell, The Conversation
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US: Yale University discriminates against whites and Asian-Americans, alleges justice department
The department threatened to file a lawsuit against the university if it refused to take ‘remedial measures’.
Scroll Staff
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UK: Sikh couple who were told they cannot adopt a white child win case against racial discrimination
The court awarded them nearly £120,000 (approximately Rs 1.12 crore) in damages.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: American black vulture spotted in Delhi-NCR region in rare sighting
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Eco India: How this green school in Jaisalmer is also championing girls education
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Eco India, Ep 212: More than a third of all carbon emissions are caused by construction. How to fix?
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‘Be like a man’: Journalist Anuradha Sharma on how women journalists in India are expected to work
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Watch: Model Kristen McMenamy falls, takes off heels to walk barefoot on Paris Fashion Week runway
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Canada: Justin Trudeau apologises for wearing brownface makeup in Aladdin photo from 2001
The prime minister, who is running for re-election, said he did not consider the photo racist at that time, but ‘now we know better’.
Scroll Staff
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The celebration of Canada’s multiculturalism after Raptors’ NBA win masks the racism in the country
Black Canadians are still more likely to be incarcerated and face bias in the criminal justice system.
Corrie Scott, The Conversation
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Jay-Z’s $200-million clothing battle could be a game changer for black lawyers the world over
If Mr Beyonce wins his argument that an arbitration clause should be struck down for lack of diversity, the barn door will be blown off the whole profession.
Gbenga Oduntan, The Conversation
The Reel
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Start the week with a film: ‘Force Majeure’ is a chilly satire about modern marriage
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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Oscar-nominated film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ is cuteness unlimited
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Netflix sacks communications chief for using racial slur
The video-streaming firm’s Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings apologised for not acting sooner.
Scroll Staff
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Harvard rated Asian-American applicants lower on personality traits, claims lawsuit
The university refuted the findings, and said the percentage of such students actually grew 29% over the last decade.
Scroll Staff
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‘Broken system’: How US officials are using racial profiling to detect undocumented immigrants
And why they are getting away with it.
Kavitha Surana, Propublica
The Field
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ISL: ATK Mohun Bagan climb to third after win over Odisha FC; Bengaluru FC move to sixth place
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La Liga: Pedri Gonzalez scores on 100th appearance as Barcelona beat Girona in Catalan Derby
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FA Cup: Casemiro’s brace helps Manchester United beat Reading; Heung-min Son powers Tottenham to win
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Australian Open: Novak Djokovic aims for 10th Melbourne crown against confident Stefanos Tsitsipas
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Australian Open: Aryna Sabalenka proves to us – and herself – she’s good enough to be a Major winner