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The film you need to watch before the upcoming James Baldwin biopic

A James Baldwin biopic has been announced - but who was the author / activist? Here's a film recommendation that is a must-watch to begin to appreciate the timeless resonance of one of the 20th century’s greatest minds.

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Culture Re-View: The first Black actor to win a Lead Oscar

Looking back at Sidney Poitier's career, the first Black winner of a Lead Actor Oscar on this day in 1964.

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Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history

On this day in 1968, the US preacher, Dr Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot. His life and legacy is remembered here in pictures.

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Are the edits to Agatha Christie's novels historical revisionism?

The British writer's classic work has been rewritten to avoid "offending" contemporary readers, with the adventures of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot to be rewritten and edited by Harper Collins to remove any language that might be seen as offensive.

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The British Film Institute admits to internal racism

The British Film Institute (BFI), one of the UK’s most powerful and influential movie funding bodies, is finally addressing claims of racism.

United Kingdom

'Appalling': UK police urged to stop strip-searching children

It comes after a "deeply concerning" report found children as young as eight are being strip-searched by officers.

United Kingdom

UK Met Police review: institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic

Baroness Casey’s review found that the department hasn’t treated violence against women and girls as seriously as other forms of violence.

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Paris Opera appoints Guillaume Diop first black star dancer

The 23-year-old has made history after being appointed Paris Opera's first black Étoile (star) dancer.

Finland

Outcry as Finland election campaign hit by 'racist' advertising

Politicians with immigrant backgrounds say the Finns Party adverts show contempt for minorities and are trying to stoke racial divisions.

Tunisia

Tunisia: Misleading claims go viral leading to attacks on migrants

The attacks on migrants started after President Kais Saied's remarks caused a wave of racist violence across the country.

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Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history

On this day, the boxer Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali. Why Ali changed his name is part of a long tradition of African Americans refusing the labels of slavery.

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'Gone with the Wind' could have depicted slavery very differently

A historian paid $15,000 for an early copy of the 'Gone with the Wild' shooting script. In it, he's discovered that the production very nearly went a different way with its controversial depiction of slavery.

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Dilbert creator Scott Adams in the dock over 'racist' rant

Twitter’s CEO Elon Musk has defended Scott Adams, who created the ‘Dilbert’ cartoon in 1989, after he made racist comments on a YouTube video and has been dropped from numerous publications

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Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history

On this day in 1915, the film that resurrected the KKK was released in America.

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Tom Jones hit song 'Delilah' banned amidst Welsh rugby sexism scandal

The 2023 Six Nations Championship will kick off this weekend and it has been announced that the popular song by Tom Jones, ‘Delilah’, will not be performed at the rugby tournament due to its problematic lyrics.

USA

Video shows Tyre Nichols brutally beaten by US police in Tennessee

A video of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols has been released, verifying he was beaten by police in Memphis, Tennessee before he was hospitalised in early January. Three days later the Black motorist died due to sustained injuries.

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Director Chinonye Chukwu calls out Oscars as misogynist and racist

“We live in a world and work in industries that are so aggressively committed to upholding whiteness and perpetuating an unabashed misogyny towards Black women,” Chukwu wrote on Instagram

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Hundreds march in Paris in tribute to Kurds shot dead

Hundreds of people marched in Paris on Monday to pay tribute to three Kurds shot dead in France's capital last week.

France

Suspect in Paris shooting says he wanted ‘to murder migrants’

The suspect in a shooting that killed three people outside a Kurdish cultural centre in Paris told investigators that he wanted “to murder migrants”.

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Zut ! 400 'offensive' words face chop from French version of Scrabble

US toy maker Mattel wants to sweep clean the French version of Scrabble, one of the world's most popular word games. Hundreds of terms deemed sexist, racist or homophobic could be removed.