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
Tag Archives: Discrimination
Kenya election a dangerous game for female candidates
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
Fox News anchor, others hit network with race bias claims
Former and current employees of Fox News sue the network for racial discrimination.
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Trump says he is the ‘least racist person’
“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
Keynote Zuma speech disrupted as lawmakers brawl, walk out
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
Spinning with control – South Africa’s car stunts underworld
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.
First anti-Islam PEGIDA march in UK
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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Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling calls awards boycott racist
Charlotte Rampling says the boycott of the Oscars protesting the absence of black actors and directors is racist toward whites.
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U.S. top court revisits affirmative action in university admissions
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.