Tag: Racial and ethnic discrimination
Nonprofit EmbraceRace helps parents explain race to children
News about the police killing of George Floyd was everywhere. Officials at the Berkeley, Calif., school, where Perfecta Oxholm’s son attended kindergarten last year,...
Felled UK slave trader statue displayed; city mulls its fate
LONDON — A statue of a 17th-century slave trader that was toppled during anti-racism protests in the English city of Bristol is being displayed...
Georgia school officials condemn some teaching about race
ATLANTA — Georgia’s education board on Thursday approved a resolution that says the U.S. and Georgia are not racist and students should not be...
For Black Voters Matter, the goal is greater community power
LaTosha Brown opened with a song.
Speaking about voting rights...
Charges after US Capitol insurrection roil far-right groups
Indictments. Infighting. Incarceration.
Former President Donald Trump’s lies about a...
Family: Black students in Washington upset by school project
SPOKANE, Wash. — A family in Spokane, Washington, is demanding that a school administrator be removed after he suggested he could segregate two Black...
‘Still on the farm’: NY State Police struggles to diversify
NEW YORK — An equal blend of black and white thread, the gray uniform worn by the New York State Police stands for the...
Top journal editor to resign in fallout over racism podcast
The embattled chief editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association is resigning amid a probe of his handling of a podcast on...
Irving dodges bottle in Boston in another ugly NBA incident
BOSTON — Kyrie Irving says banning fans who mistreat NBA players won’t solve the problem.
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Tulsa pastors honor ‘holy ground’ of Greenwood community
TULSA, Okla. — When white attackers destroyed the prosperous Black neighborhood of Greenwood 100 years ago this week, they bypassed the original sanctuary of...