Research shows that the concept and practise of ‘other-mothering’ can help Black students navigate the complex and often secretive world of academia.
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Black students need support within an academy that marginalizes them. Other–othering – a philosophy of care that recognizes the holistic impact of racism is one solution.
Starbucks workers in Seattle.
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Three studies found that customers and managers rate black employee performance lower than white employees because they’re perceived as unfriendly or rude.
Workers affiliated to the The South African Federation of Trade Unions protest against the proposed minimum wage.
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Since the Brexit vote in 2016, rebellious movements have repeatedly shown their ability to shape political outcomes across the globe, often in unexpected ways: So what lies next?
National Memorial for Peace and Justice.
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Although fewer black women were lynched in the US than men, their stories have been marginalized. Will a new memorial in Alabama help make their sacrifices known?
Teachers from different backgrounds and cultures are important for pupils’ learning.
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Starbucks is giving this training to its employees, but it’s still so new that there’s no standard format and little research yet on whether it’s effective.
Despite its reputation as a “friendly” province, a recent report says visible minorities experience racism in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Newfoundland and Labrador’s economic development plan includes attracting more immigrants. But the province needs to acknowledge the difficulties of systemic racism if it wants the plan to succeed.
Protesters in Rio de Janeiro walk with a sign reading ‘Marielle lives’.
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The ‘paranoid style’ of the Australian far-right limits its possibilities for growth, but online organisation has allowed it to infiltrate mainstream politics.
In life, Marielle Franco fought against racism in Brazil. Her death put this often-overlooked subject on the front page.
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Race has long been a taboo subject in Brazil. With the March 14 killing of the black Rio politician Marielle Franco, any myth of the country as a ‘racial democracy’ has been broken wide open.
When activists have sought to rename main thoroughfares that don’t serve just primarily black neighborhoods, they have faced many challenges.
Debbie Baptiste, the mother of Colten Boushie, enters the Court of Queen’s Bench as the jury is in deliberation in the trial of Gerald Stanley, the farmer accused of killing her 22-year-old son, in Battleford, Sask., Friday, February 9, 2018.
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Racial bias likely played a role in the Gerald Stanley case. This article explains how racial dynamics and process failures enabled systemic racism to play a part in Stanley’s acquittal.
A diagram of where police shooting victim Stephon Clark was struck by bullets.
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Paul Harvey, University of Colorado Colorado Springs
King Jr., remembered today mainly for his non violent resistance, was a radical reformer who called for a fundamental redistribution of economic power and resources .
Research Fellow, Institute for Health & Sport, member of the Community, Identity and Displacement Research Network, and Co-convenor of the Olympic Research Network, Victoria University