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Tag Archives: Discrimination

08Jun/20

Black Enterprise CEO: “I Am Tired … The Pandemic Of Racism Must End”

June 8, 2020MediaArticles, Black Enterprise, Business/Finance, Butch, CEO, Company: BLACK ENTERPRISE, Continent: America, Discrimination, Earl "Butch" Graves Jr., George Floyd, Graves, Hatred, Humans, Institutional abuse, Institutional racism, Person Career, Race and society, Racism, Social Issues, War/Conflictsmbale

Earl “Butch” Graves, Jr., CEO of Black Enterprise magazine, is speaking out due to civil unrest in the wake of the George Floyd killing, which is part of a trend of deaths of black men at the hands of police. Due to ongoing racial inequities, Graves believes that corporate America must take leadership in providing opportunities and stamping out institutional racism and discrimination. Read more

07Aug/17

Kenya election a dangerous game for female candidates

August 7, 2017PoliticsBehavior, Chauvinism, Countries, Country: Kenya, Discrimination, Gender equality, Geography of Africa, Hatred, Human behavior, International organizations, Intimidation, Kenya, Matthew Larotonda, Prejudices, Psychology, Rwanda, Sarah Korere, Saudi Arabia, Sexism, Skirt, Social Issues, Tanzania, Uganda, Violence, Women in governmentsmbale

Kenya is on edge ahead of national elections on Tuesday, but the risk is that much greater for women candidates facing violence, intimidation, and general sexism in the race. Matthew Larotonda reports. Continue reading →

26Apr/17

Fox News anchor, others hit network with race bias claims

April 26, 2017LegalAbuse, Adasa Blanco, Behavior, Broadcasting, Charlie Ergen, Conservatism in the United States, Discrimination, Fox Networks Group, Fox News, Human behavior, Kelly Wright, Labor, Law/Crime, New York City, Social inequality, Social Issues, Television, Television news in the United States, Tom Ganley, United Statessmbale

Former and current employees of Fox News sue the network for racial discrimination.
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16Feb/17

Trump says he is the ‘least racist person’

February 16, 2017PoliticsAlt-right, Antisemitism, Antisemitism in the United States, Business, Businesspeople, Canada, Climate change skepticism and denial, Country: United States, Discrimination, Donald Trump, Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump presidential campaign, Political positions of Donald Trump, Politics, Politics by country, Presidents of the United States, Racial views of Donald Trump, Racism, Religion/Belief, Right-wing populism in the United States, Social Issues, The Apprentice, United States, Washington D.C., WWE Hall of Famesmbale

“Number one, I am the least anti-Semitic person that you’ve ever seen in your entire life. Number two, racism, the least racist person,” says U.S. President Donald Trump when questioned by reporters at the White House. Continue reading →

10Feb/17

Keynote Zuma speech disrupted as lawmakers brawl, walk out

February 10, 2017PoliticsApartheid, Cape Town, Discrimination, Economic Freedom Fighters v Speaker of the National Assembly, Government, Identity politics, In South Africa, Jacob Zuma, Keynote, Nathan Frandino, Orderly, Parliament of Singapore, Politics, Politics of South Africa, Rape in South Africa, South Africa, South African people, Zulu people, Zumasmbale

A session of South Africa’s parliament, convened for a keynote address by the president, descended into chaos on Thursday as far-left lawmakers brawled with orderlies after interrupting the speech and the main opposition party walked out. Nathan Frandino reports. Continue reading →

08Feb/17

Spinning with control – South Africa’s car stunts underworld

February 8, 2017Human InterestApartheid, Car, car spinning, Commuting, Discrimination, Entertainment/Culture, Hashe, Identity politics, Johannesburg, McGregor, Monde Hashe, Politics, Rivaldo Schalk, South Africa, Spin, Spinning, Toyota, Vuyelwa Mabhena, Wayde Walkersmbale

A need to thrill and a love for cars drives youth from South Africa’s townships into the once illegal but now officially recognized sport of car spinning.

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06Feb/16

First anti-Islam PEGIDA march in UK

February 6, 2016ImmigrationAmsterdam, Anti-Americanism, Anti-Islam sentiment, Anti-Muslim sentiment, Birmingham, Company: PEGIDA, Counter-jihad, Direkte Demokratie für Europa, Discrimination, Dresden, Gavino Garay, Germany, Lutz Bachmann, Pegida, Pegida UK, Prague, Religion/Belief, Religious discrimination, Social Issues, Sweden, Tommy Robinson, United Kingdomsmbale

The German anti-immigration and anti-Islam group, PEGIDA, holds its first official march in the United Kingdom, as several thousand of its supporters also turn out in Germany’s Dresden. Gavino Garay reports.
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23Jan/16

British actress Charlotte Rampling

Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling calls awards boycott racist

January 23, 2016Films45 Years, Academy Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Actors, Awards, BBC Radio, Berlin, Charlotte Rampling, Discrimination, FACEBOOK INC., Germany, Hannah, Hannah and Her Sisters, Idris Elba, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michael Caine, Racism, Rampling, Southern California, Spike Leesmbale

Charlotte Rampling says the boycott of the Oscars protesting the absence of black actors and directors is racist toward whites.
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07Dec/15

Abigail Fisher at the Supreme Court

U.S. top court revisits affirmative action in university admissions

December 7, 2015WorldAffirmative action, Affirmative action in the United States, Antonin Scalia, Bakke, Case law, Color blindness (race) in the United States, Discrimination, ELENA KAGAN, Elizabeth Wydra, Fisher v. University of Texas, Grutter v. Bollinger, John Eastman, Lena, Orange, Policy debate, Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, Sydne, Texas, United States, United States federal courts, University and college admissions, University of Michigan, University of Texas at Austin, Washington D.C.smbale

Students and legal experts debate the merits of affirmative action as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to take up the highly charged question of race in university admissions.

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