Black Lives Matter

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Farrukh Dhondy | The politics of erasing Gunga Din

The Black Lives Matter upheaval has resulted in this reappraisal of history

19 Sep 2020 4:41 PM

Protesters prepare to march against the Sunday police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha. (AP)

Calm prevails for second night in Kenosha, latest Black Lives Matter flashpoint

Police kept a low profile, and the Wisconsin National Guard troops activated to help restore order remained largely out of sight

28 Aug 2020 1:05 PM

Protestors face off with police outside the County Courthouse during demonstrations against the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (AFP)

Gunfire kills one as Wisconsin protests turn to chaos

Crowds chased a man running down the street with a rifle after they believed he had shot another man

26 Aug 2020 3:34 PM

Before masks became ubiquitous as the coronavirus spread, Hong Kong had banned the use of masks among protestors, and privacy activists in London stepped out camouflaging their faces with makeup in geometric patterns to confuse facial recognition technology. (Photo | AFP)

Pandemic masks have an unintended effect on intrusive facial recognition software

Masked protestors at Black Lives Matter protests are tripping face recognition tech used by police, as error rates are as high as 50 pc.

28 Jul 2020 6:53 PM

A protestor holds an upside-down American flag in front of the Unisphere during a Justice Ride, supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. (AFP)

Thousands walk off job in US to protest racial inequality

Dubbed 'Strike for Black Lives', the protest demands sweeping action by corporations and government to confront systemic racism

20 Jul 2020 11:53 AM

Jen Reid poses for photographs in front of the new black resin and steel statue portraying her, entitled "A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020" by artist Marc Quinn after the statue was put up this morning on the empty plinth of the toppled statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston, which was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol, England. (AP)

Statue of Black protester replaces toppled UK slave trader

The statue, titled “A Surge of Power (Jen Reid)” was erected before dawn on Wednesday without approval from city officials

15 Jul 2020 3:38 PM

A Black Lives Matter protester salutes passing traffic while supporters of President Donald Trump rally in the background. (AP)

'More white people': Trump downplays police violence against Black people

‘What a terrible question to ask,’ Trump responded when asked why Black people were still dying at the hands of law enforcement in US

15 Jul 2020 11:21 AM

Physicians, residents and staff from the facility in Asheville, N.C., take a knee to show support for renewed calls for racial justice after the police killing of George Floyd. (AP)

Virus and racism merge as a brutal blow to Black well-being

Institutional racism is a brutal blow to Black people’s well-being and renewed calls for racial justice in all realms including health care

06 Jul 2020 11:08 AM

People maintain physical distances as thousands gather at a rally supporting the Black Lives Matter and Black Deaths in Custody movements in Sydney. (AP)

Weekend-long protests in Australia to support Black Lives Matter movement

An ancient Aboriginal smoking ceremony took place as families of those who have lost relatives while in police custody circled

05 Jul 2020 2:52 PM

Black workers account for 3.8% of all U.S. Facebook employees and 1.5% of all U.S. technical workers at the company. Those numbers have barely budged over the past several years, a common pattern across large Silicon Valley firms. In this picture, Zachary Greene wears a face mask while protesting in front of the Lifsey residence where the USF President Steven Currall lives on campus on July 2, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. Tampa Bay Students for Democratic Society protest at the University of South Florida demanding an increase in Black student enrollment, employ more Black faculty and staff, more financial aid, and make direct connections with the surrounding community. (Photo | AFP)

Black lives don’t matter at Facebook, only on their posters, staffer files discrimination complaint

This isn’t the first criticism a Black employee has levelled at Facebook.

03 Jul 2020 6:22 PM

A Black Facebook employee, joined by two others who were denied jobs at the social network, has filed a complaint against the company, saying it discriminates against Black workers and applicants in hiring, evaluations, promotions and pay. Facebook did not immediately respond to a message for comment Thursday, July 2, 2020. (AP Photo)

Black Facebook employee files racial discrimination complaint

Facebook said in a statement it takes discrimination allegations seriously and investigates every case

03 Jul 2020 10:03 AM

'The Simpsons' will no longer have white actors voicing characters of colour

The decision includes the character of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a grocer of Indian origin given voice by white actor Hank Azaria

27 Jun 2020 9:33 AM

NASCAR has launched an investigation after a noose was found in the garage stall of Bubba Wallace. (AP Photo)

NASCAR investigating noose found in Bubba Wallace garage at Alabama race

On Twitter, Wallace said “the despicable act of racism and hatred leaves me incredibly saddened"

22 Jun 2020 1:55 PM

Not just for the Black Lives Matter protests, George Soros is also being blamed by conspiracy theorists for the pandemic. In this image, a man holds a sign with the images of Hungarian-US billionaire George Soros (L) and Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez, reading "Virus = expropriation of companies" during a demonstration called by small businessmen affected by the government's mandatory quarantine imposed for more than 13 weeks, to protest against the quarantine and the expropriation of the Vicentin agro-industrial company on the Obelisk in Buenos Aires, June 20, 2020. (Photo | AFP)

Liberal billionaire George Soros the target of conspiracy theories over black protests

The Hungarian-American, who is Jewish, has also been the subject of anti-Semitic attacks and conspiracy theories for decades.

21 Jun 2020 9:41 PM

People participate in a march in Brooklyn for both Black Lives Matter and to commemorate the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth on June 19, 2020 in New York City. (AFP)

Americans march for racial justice on Juneteenth anniversary

A day heavy with symbolism in the current atmosphere, the Juneteenth holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the United States

20 Jun 2020 8:48 AM

YouTube uses metadata and other “signals” from videos to make decisions about filtering content or placing money-making advertising based on race, according to the suit. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Ajay Suresh)

Youtube accused of racial discrimination, sued by black video artists

The suit says the company uses racial, identity and viewpoint profiling and filtering tools to restrict, censor, and denigrate blacks.

19 Jun 2020 8:16 PM

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said now is the time when “everyone needs to figure out” how to contribute to solving racism. He said historically black colleges and universities have been resilient “little-known gems” for black education. (Photo | AP))

Amends for poor minority representation in Netflix? CEO to donate USD 120 million for black education

Reed Hastings and his wife will be giving USD 40 million each to three historically black colleges and universities in the Unites States.

17 Jun 2020 8:52 PM

Protesters chant during a Black Lives Matter protest in central Wellington, New Zealand, Sunday June, 14, 2020. (AP)

New Zealand protesters take knee outside US consulate

As Michael Jackson's 'They Don't Care About Us' played in the background, the protesters chanted 'No justice, no peace' in unison

14 Jun 2020 7:43 PM

Demonstrators face police officers after getting onto I75 and shutting down the interstate in Atlanta. (AP)

Two more black men have died since the anti-racism protests started in US

Atlanta police chief resigns hours after Rayshard Brooks was fatally shot in a struggle over a police Taser

14 Jun 2020 9:20 AM

Police move in to disperse protesters that had gathered in Sydney, Friday, June 12, 2020, to support U.S. protests over the death of George Floyd. Hundreds of police disrupted plans for a Black Lives Matter rally but protest organizers have vowed that other rallies will continue around Australia over the weekend despite warnings of the pandemic risk. (AP)

BLM rallies hit Australia for 2nd weekend, some banned

Thousands of people protested in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane against racism and the deaths of Indigenous Australians in custody

13 Jun 2020 11:43 AM

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