Think winning Olympic gold is tough? Try doing it while coping with racism
Athletes like Simone Biles must perform at the highest level while also carrying burdens specific to Black sportswomenThis week, Simone Biles unexpectedly withdrew from the team and individual all-around gymnastics events at the Tokyo Olympics. The 24-year-ol…
SE Cupp: Here's how Trump is losing white women voters
CNN's SE Cupp discusses how President Trump engaging in racism after he failed to denounce white supremacy is losing him suburban white women voters.
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Joyce Echaquan death: Canada PM Trudeau decries 'worst form of racism' - BBC News
<ol><li>Joyce Echaquan death: Canada PM Trudeau decries 'worst form of racism' BBC News </li><li>Joyce Echaquan's family calls for justice after her death in Quebec hospital Global News </li><li>Racism at Quebec hospital reported long before troubling dea…
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There's a social pandemic poisoning Europe: hatred of Muslims | Patrycja Sasnal and Yasemin El Menouar
If anti-Muslim prejudice is not targeted, steps to counter racism in Europe in the wake of BLM protests will be meaninglessRarely does the EU act so swiftly. Less than four months since the killing of George Floyd in police custody and the Black Lives Matter …
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Meet the designer that made a chatbot to flag workplace racism
I recently made a chatbot for recruiters to interact with my portfolio, which garnered some attention on Twitter: You can interact with it here. This was a simple experiment I did to manage recruitment emails and job applications, inspired by Big Kid Lab. My …
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Twitter and Zoom’s algorithmic bias issues
Both Zoom and Twitter found themselves under fire this weekend for their respective issues with algorithmic bias. On Zoom, it’s an issue with the video conferencing service’s virtual backgrounds and on Twitter, it’s an issue with the site’s photo cropping too…
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Columbia Marching Band Shuts Itself Down Over ‘Offensive Behavior’
The band admitted to “sexual misconduct, assault, theft, racism and injury to individuals and the Columbia community as a whole.”
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ITV defends Diversity's 'heartfelt' BGT dance as Ofcom reveals it has had 21,000 complaints - Sky News
<ol><li>ITV defends Diversity's 'heartfelt' BGT dance as Ofcom reveals it has had 21,000 complaints Sky News </li><li>BGT's Ashley Banjo laughs off BLM routine backlash with family snap as complaints soar to 23,308 Daily Mail </li><li>ITV back Diversity a…
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Gonzalez not a racist, says Villas-Boas after Neymar allegation
Marseille head coach Andre Villas-Boas defends Alvaro Gonzalez following Neymar's racism claim against the centre-back.
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Central Park Birder Turns Clash Into Graphic Novel About Racism
The impressionistic novel from Christian Cooper features a Black teenager who looks at birds through binoculars and instead sees the faces of Black people who have been killed by the police.
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Ubisoft facing backlash over new Tom Clancy game's gross use of Black Power imagery
Ubisoft's terrible summer continues with an unforced error which prompted swift backlash followed by an apology that many see as inadequate. The trouble started on Aug. 25 with the release of the Tom Clancy's Elite Squad mobile game. In an opening sequence th…
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Talking About Racism With The Times’s Youngest Readers
When editors of The New York Times for Kids put together a package about race, their driving priority was simple: Put kids’ experiences first.
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How to Block Racism, Profanity, and Spam in Steam Chats
Tired of getting told off in Steam chats? Sick of seeing words, phrases, or political statements that make you wonder why you even bother using chat rooms to begin with? With a new beta feature, you can now block various words and phrases from ever popping up…
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R.N.C. Rewrites Trump’s Racism — and America’s
The Black speakers have a job to do: erase history and cloud reality.
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The journey of a kids book startup that tackles topics like racism, cancer and divorce
Jelani Memory, an entrepreneur and father, had been wanting to write a kids book for years. While in the midst of raising a Series B round for his startup Circle Media, he started to feel burned out and wanted to start doing something more creatively fulfilli…
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