A conservative councillor has apologized for a racist tweet she put up about football pundit Ian Wright for showing solidarity for Gary Lineker in the row with BBC.
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ISRAEL: Teachers Racist WhatsApp Group Chat Exposed
Israel’s education minister has apologized following the exposure of teachers from a school in Netivot after their racist WhatsApp group set up to mock their Ethiopian Israeli students on a field trip.
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UK: School Bans On Children With Afro Hair Ruled Illegal
A new guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) states that school or workplace rules banning certain hairstyles – such as braids, cornrows and plaits are likely unlawful if they don’t make exceptions on race.
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Comedian Fired After Allegedly Using N-Word Multiple Times on Cruise
A Caucasian stand-up comic has been fired after being caught using the N-word multiple times during a Carnival cruise ship performance.
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Jussie Smollett Jailed For 150 Days For Orchestrated Racial Attack
Empire actor Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 30 months of probation which include spending 150 days of jail time, and ordered to pay restitution for his conviction of lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that he orchestrated himself.
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Columbia’s Psychiatrist Removed Over Racist Tweet About Black Model
Following outcry over his “racist” tweet about a Black model, the chair of Columbia University’s Department of Psychiatry has been indefinitely suspended from his job.
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RUSSIA-UKRAINE: AU Condemns Racism Towards African Citizens At Ukraine Border
The African Union (AU) has condemned acts of racism towards African citizens in Ukraine following reports they are being refused the right to cross the border to safety.
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Unsung Civil Rights Pioneer Claudette Colvin Has Historical Arrest Records Expunged
A judge has approved a request to wipe clean the court record of a Black woman who was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a segregated Alabama bus in 1955, months before Rosa Parks gained international fame for doing the same.
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UK: Windrush Generation Sculptures Unveiled In Hackney To Kick Off Black History Month
This year’s Black History Month saw the unveiling of a marble and bronze sculptures of custard apple, breadfruit and soursop as a permanent public monument honouring the Windrush generation.
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NETHERLANDS: Fee Scrapped For Dutch Slaves Descendants To Change Their Names
Descendants of African slaves in the Dutch city of Utrecht can now drop their muddled surnames of their owners, plantations s change their surnames, after the city decided to make the name change procedure free of charge.
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