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News Articles: racism

An office within the University of Southern California's School of Social Work announced it is removing the term "field" from its curriculum.

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  • Education

A USC office removes 'field' from its curriculum, citing possible racist connotations

An office within the University of Southern California's School of Social Work said phrases such as "field work" may have meanings linked to slavery.

January 14, 2023
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
This undated portrait shows Emmett Till, who was killed in Mississippi in 1955.

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  • Race

Emmett Till and his mother honored with the Congressional Gold Medal

The 14-year-old was killed by two white men in 1955 after a white woman accused him of flirting with her. The medal will be on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

December 24, 2022
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas L. Keon mocked Asian languages in a commencement speech Saturday.

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  • Education

A university chancellor apologized after mocking Asian languages in his speech

Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas L. Keon apologized for "offensive and insensitive" remarks he made onstage during a commencement ceremony.

December 16, 2022
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
Missouri and American flags fly outside Planned Parenthood in June in St. Louis.

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  • Law

A former employee sues Planned Parenthood, claiming she faced months of racism

Lawyers for Nicole Moore, a Black woman, say she was often given unfair workloads, demeaned in front of coworkers and retaliated against for speaking up about racism within the company.

October 20, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Protesters outside City Hall call for the resignations of LA City Council members Kevin de Leon and Gil Cedillo on Wednesday.

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  • National

What the city council scandal reveals about LA's racial divides — and solidarity

The leaked LA City Council recording underscores long-simmering racial tensions. But the city also has a history of Black-Latino partnership, which activists hope to build on in the wake of scandal.

October 14, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Student with mask sits at desk

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Back-to-school with the divisive concepts bill; How are our teachers doing?

Thursday on Political Rewind: A special panel unpacks S.B. 377, which bans the teaching of "divisive concepts". The bill was created to curb what conservatives called "Critical Race Theory" in classrooms. Opponents say it harms their ability to teach Georgia's painful racial history.

September 01, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Mary Znidarsic-Nicosia and her husband Nicholas Nicosia, pictured at their press conference in Rochester, NY, on Tuesday. The two deny allegations of racism and now blame "cancel culture" for the backlash they have faced after throwing an allegedly bigoted party.

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  • Race

A Rochester couple denied allegations of racism. Then came a confession

At a press conference, Mary Znidarsic-Nicosia and Nicholas Nicosia defended themselves against "false claims of racism." Then, she confessed she runs a "blatantly racist" Twitter account.

August 27, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Oakland City Hall is bathed in red light in a memorial to the people who have died from COVID-19 throughout the country in Oakland, Calif. in January 2021.

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  • Race

Oakland, Calif. declares racism a public health crisis

Oakland City Council votes without opposition to declare the public health crisis and sets aside up to $350,000 for consulting and a data analyst.

June 13, 2022
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Oakland City Hall is bathed in red light in a memorial to the people who have died from COVID-19 throughout the country in Oakland, Calif. in January 2021.

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  • Race

Oakland, Calif. declares racism a public health crisis

Oakland City Council votes without opposition to declare the public health crisis and sets aside up to $350,000 for consulting and a data analyst.

June 13, 2022
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Aunt Fanny's Cabin in Smyrna, Ga.

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  • News

A former Georgia restaurant with a complicated, racist past gets a future home

Aunt Fanny's Cabin, a Smyrna restaurant with a racist past, is moving.

April 25, 2022
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya
Josephine Baker poses in Paris in the 1930s.

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  • World

Josephine Baker is the first Black woman to be inducted into France's Pantheon

The trailblazing U.S.-born star and civil rights activist was given France's highest honor on Tuesday when she was inducted into the Pantheon. She first achieved fame in Paris in the 1920s.

November 30, 2021
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley
A memorial to missing and murdered Indigenous women is set up in St. Paul, Minn.

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  • National

Media Fascination With The Petito Mystery Looks Like Racism To Some Native Americans

Media coverage around the death of 22-year-old Gabrielle Petito looks racist to those who note that murders and disappearances of Native Americans are mostly ignored.

September 21, 2021
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By:
  • Kamila Kudelska
Marcellus Cadd signing his name in Round Rock, Texas, after finding a cache in all 254 counties in the state.

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  • National

Geocaching While Black: Outdoor Pastime Reveals Racism And Bias

One Black geocacher writes about harrowing encounters, such as being called "boy" and finding a cache hidden inside a flagpole flying the Confederate flag.

July 11, 2021
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By:
  • Sarah Kate Kramer
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  • Economy

USDA Debt Aid For Some Black Farmers Leaves Others Waiting

Next month, some Black farmers will be able to access part of $4 billion set aside for debt cancellation. It’s a historic amount of money, courtesy of the American Rescue Plan, aimed at redressing generations of inequity in farm lending by the federal government. But for some, this aid does not go far enough. 

May 24, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Generally, more education leads to longer and healthier lives — unless you are a Black man in America. Among the contributing factors is the isolation Black men often feel as they rise economically, says Thomas LaVeist, a sociologist and dean of the school of public health at Tulane University.

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  • Health

Education Usually Improves Health. But Racism Sabotages Benefits For Black Men

For most people, more education leads to healthier and longer lives. Not so for Black men. Racism's power in harming their health may be more persistent than previously understood, researchers say.

May 18, 2021
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By:
  • Virginia Anderson
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