More about this topic

United Kingdom

Yorkshire Cricket Club charged by ECB after probe into racism claims

Azeem Rafiq, a former England under-19 captain of Pakistani descent, last year alleged that he had been a victim of institutional racism.

15/06/2022

USA

Ten killed in 'racially motivated' gun attack at New York state store

Three others were wounded in the attack in which 11 of the 13 victims were black. A white teenager was arrested and has been charged with murder.

15/05/2022

Tech News

Google unveils new 10-shade skin tone scale to test its AI for bias

Google has been in hot water in the past over racial biases found in its AI skincare tools. It's hoped its new 10-shade palette will help.

12/05/2022

No Comment

Rio's carnival fights against racism

Rio de Janeiro's carnival, a glittering, sequin-studded festival of the flesh, exploded back to life Friday with the first famed samba school parades since Covid-19 hit Brazil.

23/04/2022

Germany

Germany charges alleged neo-Nazi who tried to start 'race war'

Police have also arrested four people for trying to cause a national blackout and kidnap the German health minister.

14/04/2022

Culture news

Why are book bans and librarian threats skyrocketing in US schools?

Backed by lawmakers, parents are complaining at a higher rate than ever about the racial and sexual themes in school library books.

04/04/2022

Ukraine

Euroviews. 'If you are Black you can walk': Africans are facing racism in Ukraine

Africans have faced racial discrimination while trying to flee Ukraine, but this is not an isolated issue. Systematic racism has set Africans up to receive maltreatment, even in times of crisis.

01/04/2022

No Comment

Cholita wrestlers fight racism in Bolivia

Young women dressed in billowing skirts and long braided hair take to the wrestling ring to fight anti-Indigenous racism in Bolivia.

14/03/2022

Ukraine

Ukraine’s refugee crisis reveals Europe’s growing racial divide

In Ukraine, the growing distinction between our treatment of white refugees and refugees of colour speaks volumes about what some Europeans believe an asylum seeker should really look like.

02/03/2022

Work

Tesla is being sued by an ex-worker over alleged racism - again

The former factory worker said nearly every bathroom in the EV maker's California factory was covered in racist graffiti.

23/02/2022

Travel News

How 'white saviourism' gets you famous on TikTok

What is the 'white saviour complex' and why is it so damaging?

21/02/2022

Tech News

Tech this week: California sues Tesla over claims of racism at factory

Tesla faces allegations of horrific racism at its factory in California and why is Binance investing $200 million in Forbes?

13/02/2022

Culture news

Whoopi Goldberg suspended after controversial Holocaust remarks

The presenter claimed that the Holocaust was "not about race" during a conversation on the banning of a book about Nazi death camps on her show, The View.

02/02/2022

France

French presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour guilty of inciting hatred

The French presidential hopeful described unaccompanied migrant children as "thieves", "murderers" and "rapists".

17/01/2022

Netherlands

Dutch king to stop using royal carriage over colonial criticism

The carriage features images of black and Asian people offering gifts to a seated young white woman.

13/01/2022

USA

Arbery killers get life in prison with no parole for father and son

Three white men convicted of murder for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced to life in prison.

08/01/2022

USA

Chauvin pleads guilty to federal charge in Floyd’s death

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty to a federal charge of violating George Floyd’s civil rights.

15/12/2021

Culture news

Critically acclaimed author and academic bell hooks dies aged 69

Known for her books Teaching to Transgress and Feminism is for Everybody, the Kentucky native has died at home after an illness.

15/12/2021

Culture news

Golden Globes announces nominees after year plagued by controversy

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association are pressing on with their 2022 awards, despite criticisms on a lack of diversity and unethical selection practices that they claim to have addressed.

14/12/2021

Football Now

Lilian Thuram: It’s time to speak out and denounce every act of racism

In partnership with Media City

Lilian Thuram is releasing a new book called 'White Thinking'

09/12/2021