Tag: Racial and ethnic discrimination
Slavia Prague defender Kúdela appeals 10-match ban
<p>PRAGUE — Slavia Prague defender Ondřej Kúdela is appealing his 10-match ban for racially abusing a Black opponent in a Europa League soccer match.</p>
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Indiana Legislature ends on high note after struggles
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — Republican lawmakers set up a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/legislature-health-eric-holcomb-legislation-coronavirus-pandemic-f3ebd3c2121bcb8ef0080a181a666a46">constitutional challenge</a> to Indiana GOP Gov. Eric Holcomb over his office’s emergency powers a week before...
Ku Klux Klan membership records made public in Denver
<p>DENVER — History Colorado has debuted an online archive this week of 1,300 pages of original Ku Klux Klan membership records from 1924 through...
Indiana Legislature ends on high note after struggles
INDIANAPOLIS — Republican lawmakers set up a constitutional challenge to Indiana GOP Gov. Eric Holcomb over his office’s emergency powers a week before wrapping...
Ku Klux Klan membership records made public in Denver
DENVER — History Colorado has debuted an online archive this week of 1,300 pages of original Ku Klux Klan membership records from 1924 through...
Daunte Wright to be eulogized at Minneapolis funeral
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — Just days after <a href="https://apnews.com/article/derek-chauvin-convicted-george-floyd-killing-d93d1f9fc61a5261e179240dc16924dc">guilty verdicts were handed down</a> for the former Minneapolis police officer whose killing of George Floyd set off...
Commonwealth panel acknowledges racism in honoring war dead
<p>LONDON — The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has apologized after an investigation found that at least 161,000 mostly Africans and Indians who died fighting...
Proposals aim to end Church of England inaction over racism
<p>LONDON — A report aiming to tackle racism in the Church of England has recommended dozens of proposals to end decades of inaction, including...
Daunte Wright to be eulogized at Minneapolis funeral
MINNEAPOLIS — Just days after guilty verdicts were handed down for the former Minneapolis police officer whose killing of George Floyd set off nationwide...
Comedian says he was racially profiled; police deny wrong
<p>ATLANTA — A comedian called it racial profiling, but a police department working at Atlanta's airport describes what happened as a “consensual encounter.”</p>
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