Chicago Tribune

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The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Thursday, Aug. 17: ___ President Donald Trump can read from a teleprompter about love and tolerance, but he can't speak from the heart on the subject of Charlottesville, Va., without sounding

NPR

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Leaders in the global group Girl Up went to their annual conference — virtually — last week. We interviewed some of the attendees to see what's changed during the coronavirus crisis.

Post South Africa

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THE lead story “Racist and Dangerous” (the POST, December 9-13) is an appropriate description of the Park by the Pozie campaign. Not only can it cause irreparable damage and harm to race relations, it is also dangerous. In 1994, South Africa emerged

Poets & Writers

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Dear White Readers, Gatekeepers, and Members of the Media, The conversations around racism and anti-Blackness in the media industry are finally rising to the surface. It feels like a long overdue reckoning. Because of the constant occurrence of polic

NPR

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Gov. Northam has made a call for racial dialogue after his yearbook photo controversy, but these conversations are hard to have productively.

TIME

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The idea that Colin Kaepernick’s refusal to stand during the national anthem is unpatriotic fails doubly: first, in a mistaken notion of what real patriotism is, and second in missing a larger point. For one, the idea that to not stand while the ant

The Christian Science Monitor

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The West’s new debate over past wrongs allows a humble receptivity to the universality of good.

The Atlantic

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How gammon, a traditional English meal, became a leftist insult—and why it's igniting a debate about racism

You South Africa

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The ex NBA star pledged $100 million (R1,7bn) over the next 10 years. The star has pledged to support anti-racism organisations. The singer has offered to bail out arrested protesters. The rapper contributed $100 000 (R1,7m) to arrested protest

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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Asked about race at last week’s presidential debate, one candidate gave a very disappointing answer. The other was Donald Trump. Which is not to suggest Trump had satisfactory answers. To the contrary, asked by moderator Chris Wallace why America sho

Los Angeles Times

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LOS ANGELES - Maybe in another time, the scene at an Orange County high school football game might have felt different: the home team fans dressed in red, white and blue chanting, "USA!" "USA!" after a touchdown. But this is an age of polarization fr

Los Angeles Times

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FRESNO, Calif. - It took two 15-year-old cheerleaders, two viral videos, a racial slur and a school board member on a tear to force this Central Valley city to confront its painful past - one of discrimination that some say has shaped the place for m

Chicago Tribune

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We don't know much about that white guy in the red T-shirt, except that he doesn't like sitting next to black people when he is eating his chicken wings. He was once a regular customer at the Buffalo Wild Wings in Naperville, but now that he has give

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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Racism is a white problem. I know that many white people will instinctively and emphatically resist that observation. They'll note the self-evident truth that prejudice is confined to no one culture or color. Having known more than a few African-Amer

The Guardian

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Whether it’s police violence, poor medical care, or simply trying to breathe, we suffer from an underlying condition: racism

Post South Africa

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DURBAN horse trainer Frank Robinson, pictured, has been issued with an interim suspension pending the outcome of an investigation into a social media comment on fireworks. Robinson, 51, was accused of racism and religious intolerance after he alleged

POPSUGAR

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A few weeks ago, I spent the afternoon with my friend's 8-month-old baby. I was so fascinated watching her use her own strength to pull herself up and attempt to stand. Over the course of three hours, she fell more than 10 times and was completely un

Manhattan Institute

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The #Karen meme has taken on new frenzy in recent weeks, with virtue enforcers roving the streets, real and virtual, intent on catching and publicly humiliating supposed race offenders. A concept that developed in part out of grievance with overbeari

ArtAsiaPacific

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See our website for the Chinese version of this article. On March 9, I published an open letter to Manchester’s Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA), withdrawing my participation from the exhibition “A New Constellation: Chinese Diaspora Now.”

Post South Africa

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IT’S difficult to say what the long-term repercussions of 2020 will be. My hope is that even though we are still struggling through the emotional, physical and economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and are likely to feel these effects for months,

Sunday Tribune

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AN ESSAY focusing on racism in school earned a teenager first place in a competition. Shameera Cassim, 19, of Johannesburg participated in the 4th youth essay writing competition against racism, hosted by the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation. Cassim, who is

Manhattan Institute

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New York’s public school system embraces social-justice education theories—even as the city’s successful charter schools show what really works.

Digital Photographer

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Living in London, Ron is a professional photographer, social media influencer and consultant, as well as a Sony Imaging ambassador. rontimehin.com Like most freelance photographers, we navigate an incredibly precarious road, which has its many chall

Post South Africa

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SEASONED Durban metro police officers who have given decades of service to the city feel let down. The officers, all of Indian origin, claim they have been racially abused and undermined by a cabal of Africans at metro police. Yet, despite their plea

Global Voices

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In the second part of our interview, journalist Lucía Asué Mbomío Rubio discusses her writings about racism in Spain.

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

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SINGLE ASIAN FEMALE THE SONG I LISTEN TO WHEN I NEED A PICK-ME-UP IS… anything by Taylor Swift. She has a song for literally anything and everything you’re going though. Yes, I’m a diehard Swiftie. IF I COULD PASS ANY LAW IT WOULD BE… a law to sto

Writing Magazine

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Racism has no place in a fair and inclusive society. Nor does the silence that perpetuates it. The Society of Authors stands with black writers, illustrators, journalists, poets and translators, and all members of the black community. We understand t

Literary Hub

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One evening last spring, my son packed his backpack for school the next day and sighed. “Mom, it’s weird walking around near my school,” he said. His somber tone made me afraid of what would come next—confessions of bullying, peer pressure, or, as ha

Futurity

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Working blacks who believe racism has a major impact on their lives are more likely to seek self-employment than those who feel less strongly about its effects, according to new research. Rice University researchers Asia Bento, a sociology graduate s

Union of Concerned Scientists

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I want to make sure that everyone realizes that what passed for Democracy before the January 6, 2021 events was already under fire. Because systemic, toxic racism runs through our nation like blood in the body. But yesterday was so much more. It touc