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News Articles: racism

President Trump participates in the first presidential debate, held on Tuesday evening in Cleveland at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic.

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  • National

From Debate Stage, Trump Declines To Denounce White Supremacy

Asked to disavow white supremacists, President Trump addressed the Proud Boys directly, telling them to "stand back and stand by." He did not expand on what he meant.

September 30, 2020
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
After it became clear that his neighborhood would be targeted as part of a sweeping plan to rid the country of immigrant-heavy areas officially designated as "ghettos," Asif Mehmood and 11 of his neighbors filed a lawsuit against the Danish government.

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  • World

Facing Eviction, Residents Of Denmark's 'Ghettos' Are Suing The Government

A sweeping plan to rid the country of immigrant-heavy areas officially designated as "ghettos" is being challenged by residents, as Denmark also begins to grapple with broader questions about racism.

August 15, 2020
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By:
  • Sidsel Overgaard
A makeshift memorial at the All Black Lives Matter Solidarity March on June 14, in Los Angeles.

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  • Race

Black Activist Burnout: 'You Can't Do This Work If You're Running On Empty'

National attention on the fight for racial justice may wane, but many protesters are still staging rallies and marches. How do they fight the system while combating their own burnout?

August 10, 2020
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By:
  • Christianna Silva

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  • Business

Are Conspiracy Theories Good For Facebook?

Viral conspiracy theories are dangerous, and maybe profitable.

August 04, 2020
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky
<em>White Fragility</em> on display in June at the Frugal Bookstore in Boston. John McWhorter says the book is condescending toward Black people.

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  • Race

Linguist John McWhorter Says 'White Fragility' Is Condescending Toward Black People

Columbia University professor John McWhorter says the bestselling book White Fragility supposes that "Black people's feelings must be stepped around to an exquisitely sensitive degree."

July 20, 2020
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By:
  • James Doubek
A dirt road cuts through a sprawling Doctors Without Borders camp in South Sudan. In a letter, 1,000 current and former employees are accusing the aid group of racism and white supremacy.

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  • Global Health

Doctors Without Borders Responds To Charges Of 'Racism' From Its Staff

The concerns range from condescending attitudes toward people of color to inequities of pay between international and local workers. The aid group's leaders have pledged to address the issues.

July 16, 2020
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By:
  • Nurith Aizenman
Jane Elliott, an educator and anti-racism activist, first conducted her blue eyes/brown eyes exercise in her third-grade classroom in Iowa in 1968.

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  • Race

We Are Repeating The Discrimination Experiment Every Day, Says Educator Jane Elliott

Elliott created the blue-eyes/brown-eyes classroom exercise in 1968 to teach students about racism. Today, she says, it's still playing out as the U.S. reckons with racial injustice.

July 09, 2020
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By:
  • Rachel Martin,
  • Simone Popperl,
  • and 2 more

Georgia Sub Shop Workers Fired For Making Bread Dough Noose

Four people no longer work for a sandwich shop in Woodstock after a viral video showed what customers described as “racist" – and what one expert called...

July 07, 2020
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor
Artist Melissa Alexander says she is inspired by photographer Kwame Brathwaite, who was a pioneer of the "Black is Beautiful" movement. Her work will be on display alongside 18 other artists as part of the "Juneteenth Takeover" art exhibition in Atlanta.

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  • Race

Amid Movement For Racial Justice, The Need For Rebellious Art — And Uncomfortable Conversations

Today, in celebration of Juneteenth, Power Haus Creative has organized what they’re calling the “ Juneteenth Takeover ” – in which 19 Atlanta artists...

June 20, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 2 more
Artists boxed in the base of the Confederate statue in Macon, Ga. to create a canvass for expressions of Black pride on #Juneteenth

In Macon, Boxing In A Confederate Statue For Free Expression

For years, there has been on again, off again conversation in Macon about moving the Confederate statue at the foot of Cotton Avenue. Now is a...

June 19, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
The words Black Lives Matter are painted on boarded up windows of the Hay Adams Hotel, a site of protests, near the White House in Washington.

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  • Race

Walking The Talk: What Does It Mean When Companies Say #BlackLivesMatter?

While the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Sandra Bland galvanized the #BlackLivesMatter movement, the killings of Rayshard...

June 19, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Pria Mahadevan
A box of Aunt Jemima pancake mix sits on a stovetop Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Harrison, N.Y. Pepsico is changing the name and marketing image of its Aunt Jemima pancake mix and syrup, according to media reports.

After 130 Years, Aunt Jemima Will Vanish From Packaging

Pepsico is changing the name and marketing image of its Aunt Jemima pancake mix and syrup. A spokeswoman for Pepsico-owned Quaker Oats Company said it...

June 17, 2020
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  • Associated Press
Media mogul Tyler Perry pens essay for "People Magazine."

Tyler Perry Pens Essay On Racism, Police Brutality In People

Tyler Perry says “we must never give up” in a heartfelt first-person essay in People Magazine detailing his thoughts on racial injustice and police...

June 17, 2020
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By:
  • Associated Press and
  • La'Raven Taylor
Rosa Parks Square was the site of an hour of prayer around racist violence, led by local leaders of many faiths, Sunday afternoon..

In Macon, An Hour Of Prayer Around Ending Racist Violence

As parts of Atlanta were still reeling from weekend protests of the killing of black men and women at the hands of police, other Georgia communities...

May 31, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Tyrone Brooks leads a tour through a cemetery of anonymous graves surrounded by an office park to a marker for 1946 lynching victim Mae Murray Dorsey.

Federal Court Will Not Unseal Documents In 1940s Lynching

A federal appeals court has ruled it will not allow the unsealing of over 70-year-old grand jury documents tied to a notorious Georgia lynching. The 8-4...

May 14, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
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