Sarah Gensburger, Université Paris Nanterre – Université Paris Lumières
As the Black Lives Matter movement has , statues of figures linked to slavery have been removed. Such actions are just symbolic, however. What is at stake is the systemic transformation of the present.
Gravediggers in Brazil’s Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, exhume old graves to make way for more victims of COVID-19.
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Prejudice toward older Americans can impact their physical and emotional health.
Mary-Lou McCullagh, 83, inside her Ventura, California home, in isolation because of COVID-19. She and her husband Bob, 84, greet the little boy who lives across the street.
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Caroline Cicero, University of Southern California and Paul Nash, University of Southern California
What’s in a word? Plenty, when it comes to the choices we use to describe people over 60. Stigma against older people that has been evident during the COVID-19 pandemic shows why it’s time to change.
A Rhode Island National Guardsman and a police officer speak with a man whose car has a New York license plate as part of coronavirus lockdown efforts.
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Fear of strangers extends beyond racism and discrimination against people who look like they might come from another place – it includes people who sound different, too.
Donald Trump at a press briefing with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force on April 18, 2020 in Washington, DC.
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An analysis of the expressions used by Donald Trump to designate Covid-19 sheds light on his political calculations and on the evolution of his relationship with China in recent weeks.
You wouldn’t think Bob Marley ‘shot the sheriff,’ but rappers are held to a double standard.
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When prosecutors introduce lyrics, they’re asking juries to suspend the distinction between author and narrator, reality and fiction, and to read them as literal confessions of guilt.
Making diverse friends at school may counter stereotypes.
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Becoming friends with classmates from different backgrounds can help people reject negative stereotypes. And teachers are able to help make that happen.
Woman walks past the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market.
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For migrants, prejudice can be a life and death matter. Research in India and South Africa shows life is considerably harder if migrants have a darker skin and come from a poorer country.
President Donald Trump talks with reporters during a visit with U.S. Army dog Conan.
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Trump’s recent comments echo a troubled history of the use of dogs against people of color, as well as pejorative depictions of people of color as animals.
The Gypsy by Thomas George Webster.
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Examining current attitudes to accents in Britain, do the same biases hold true as they did 50 years ago and what does that mean when it comes to the interview process?
While most research participants believe in the power of contact, dialogue and exchange to transform negative attitudes.
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In the face of growing anti-Muslim sentiment, young Muslim Australians believe the power of contact and exchange can transform prejudice.
L'appel des camps, Street Art, bâtiment de la “Tour Paris 13”, avant destruction dans le cadre d’une opération de rénovation urbaine.
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Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID) and Davide Rodogno, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
We have entered a resurgent age of racism wherein discrimination is globalised, normalised and weaponised.
Mario Balotelli was targeted by racist supporters in Verona in November 2019.
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EastEnders is planning to introduce a new bisexual character – let’s hope they don’t portray many of the classic stereotypes about bi people often seen on TV.