A Buckingham Palace staffer has been accused of racism towards a British-born Nigerian guest during her visit. The guest identified as Ngozi Fulani, was visiting the palace for an event on behalf of domestic abuse charity Sistah Space, to mark the UN’s 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. She was …
Read More »Carnegie Mellon Professor Claims Stacey Abrams Lost Due to Racism
While we didn’t witness the much anticipated ‘red wave’ this last Tuesday, there was one notable blue loser – Stacey Abrams. Between Abrams and Beto O’Rourke, I’m not sure which one has perfected the art of losing; Beto has Abrams beat since he’s run for just about everything under the …
Read More »AFL boss’ urgent plea amid Hawthorn racism saga
AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan has underlined the importance of the “right representation” of Indigenous Australians at clubs and expects those calls to “get louder”. McLachlan spoke at length with ABC News Breakfast amid the Hawthorn racism scandal. The AFL boss had met with a host of past and present …
Read More »United States: Concrete actions needed to ‘lay the scourge of racism to rest’ – UN expert
After the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) reviewed the US’ racial justice record, the UN human rights office issued a statement in which CERD Expert and Country Rapporteur Faith Dikeledi Pansy Tlakula recounted her observation that the country’s firearm homicide rate had increased, especially amongst black men …
Read More »White England players wouldn’t have received racist abuse if they missed penalty at Euro 2020 final – Marcus Rashford opens up on racism
Manchester United forward, Marcus Rashford is of the opinion that England stars would not have received abuse after the Euro 2020 final, if it were white players that missed penalties against Italy. Rashford was targeted by racist trolls with vile racist messages on social media after he missed his spot kick at Wembley …
Read More »Silverton Siege: Mandla Dube & Arnold Vosloo on how film’s characters depict classes of racism
The Mandla Dube directed thriller starring Thabo Rametsi, Noxolo Dlamini (Jiva!) and ‘The Mummy’ star Arnold Vosloo. Set in 1980, in Pretoria, the thriller follows three young freedom fighters who set out on an anti-apartheid sabotage mission but turn to taking a bank and its occupants hostage in exchange for …
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