Research from East London shows that racism does play a role in COVID-19 outcomes.
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Our research shows that COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting Black and Asian people, and racism is part of the explanation why.
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The widely contested report has caused outrage across the UK. But is it inaccurate?
Proportionally, twice as many white people in eligible categories have received a dose of a COVID vaccine than people from BAME groups.
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Reluctance to take the vaccine may not be as unique to Black and Asian communities as it seems
A 1938 stamp honoring former President Woodrow Wilson, considered one of America’s most progressive presidents.
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President Wilson sanctioned segregation policies more than a century ago by targeting Black civil service workers.
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Decades of diversity training has been a double-edged sword. It’s offered a chance for people of colour to advocate for more inclusive workplaces. But it’s done nothing to tackle structural racism.
A congressional staffer opens the boxes containing the Electoral College ballots in January 2017.
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With a Supreme Court ruling rejecting one of the founders’ two reasons for creating the Electoral College, only one reason remains: racism.
Voters in Lexington, Kentucky, waited more than 90 minutes to vote on June 23.
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Overall, waiting times may be improving – but long waits are still common in Black communities.
The death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer has sparked widespread outrage.
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Half a century after the federal government voided Jim Crow laws, the criminal justice system still discriminates against African Americans.
Manchester United’s Old Trafford Stadium with an anti racism banner on match day, April 13 2019.
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Online abuse and institutional racism are ruining the beautiful game.
A new slogan for an old problem.
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Half a century after the federal government voided Jim Crow laws, the criminal justice system still discriminates against African Americans.
A program called Generation Chosen offers marginalized Black youth from Toronto’s Jane and Finch community mentorship, community and the tools of emotional intelligence.
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Black youth need programs that develop emotional intelligence – to combat institutional racism, social exclusion and white supremacy. The government’s promised $19 million is not enough.
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When were the seeds of racism sown in the US and why is it so hard to root out?
How does bad data affect predictive policing algorithms?
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Crime data reflect only what crimes are identified by the police – not all the crimes that occur. So decisions based on crime data are necessarily biased and incompletely informed.
Outside the courthouse in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Two major trials in the killings of black victims in South Carolina start this week. Learn about the state’s past and present struggle with racial violence in this roundup.
What do black Americans experience in the school system?
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What are the race-related struggles that African-American students experience throughout their school years? Here’s the story of Tyrone.
The decolonisation of South Africa’s university curriculum seems to have fallen off the agenda, overtaken by the push for free higher education.
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The decolonisation debate in South Africa’s universities raises critical issues about the relationship between power, knowledge and learning.
What is the best way to return ‘Africa’ to African Studies?
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African Studies remains a colonised space rife with misrepresentation, homogenisation and essentialising about Africa.
Nobody wants to talk about it.
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Research shows that patient care suffers when minority ethnic healthcare staff are unfairly treated.
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Forgiveness, as we have seen in the aftermath of the Charleston killings, is a hallmark of the Black Church. But what psychic toll do these acts of forgiveness exact?
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Justin Simien’s first feature is a strong contribution to black cinema, for all audiences.