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Data used to train AI systems often reflects the racism inherent in society.
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Racism in football is a reflection of prevailing societal attitudes. When a prominent footballer is racially abused, the impact reaches far beyond the individual.
Members of the feminist group Las Tesis participate in Chile’s national protest movement in Santiago, Chile, in December 2019.
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People across Latin America are demanding greater political participation. Some countries, including Colombia and Chile, have responded by involving citizens in the making of their constitutions.
An Orthodox Jewish man looks at photographs of Jews murdered during the Holocaust at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Israel.
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There isn’t one, clear-cut way to prevent genocide. But there are effective methods of prevention that governments can take.
Belgrave Road, aka the Golden Mile, is in a majority Hindu area of Leicester.
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Tensions between Hindus and Muslims have been growing in Leicester for months. The city’s leadership needs to take the time to understand why.
‘Latine’ is much more adaptable to the Spanish language.
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Some Spanish-speaking activists are already using a different gender-inclusive term, arguing it’s a better replacement for Latinx.
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There are many factors at play including outdated preselection processes at local levels and a lack of targeted efforts by major parties beyond tokenism.
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A vicious cycle of limited opportunity and poor health.
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Debates about Kashmir and party policy mask a deeper problem of complacency and disconnect.
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.
A child stands near a large screen showing photos of Chinese President Xi Jinping near a carpark in Kashgar in western China’s Xinjiang region.
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Rights-based pressure on China over its treatment of Uyghurs is necessary, but other nations could also present best practices for the ethical treatment of racialized minorities in their own countries.
‘You wanted to speak to me about the job …’
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The government has a legal duty not to exacerbate inequalities in its policies, but this is getting forgotten during the pandemic.
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It’s the simple, everyday encounters and experiences – a friendly wave, a helping hand – that refugees say makes them feel part of the Australian community.
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Improving health literacy and access to services could empower ethnic minorities to boost their immune systems.
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The absence of ethnic diversity in politics and business distorts and undermines the lived reality of a multicultural democracy.
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There’s no evidence COVID-19 death rates are related to the genetic differences used to racialise people.
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Our research will look for how differences in people’s innate immune systems may affect COVID-19 survival rates.
You’re great, just don’t get too big for your boots.
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Why shouting diversity just doesn’t cut it if the system is designed to keep people out.
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Black and minority ethnic staff in universities are paid less than their white colleagues.
Nigerian police patrol a after a bomb blast in Kaduna.
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Kaduna State in Nigeria has been the scene of ethnic and religious violence for years and there seems to be no end in sight.