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REUTERS/Steve Marcus Billionaire hedge fund manager Dan Loeb apologized after writing a racial insult on Facebook about a black state senator, The New York Times reported. Loeb, who’s chairman of the board of Success Academy Charter Schools, accused Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins, an African-American woman who’s the Democratic leader in the New York State Senate, of having done “more damage to people […]
Every Wednesday, we’re debating hot topics in the lead-up to our next TV show, Third Rail With OZY, launching on PBS this fall. Last week we asked, “Do you have any suggestions — no matter how wacky — that could eliminate racial bias in policing?” We suggested robots as police officers. You answered with wit, […]
OZY’s next TV show, Third Rail With OZY, is launching on PBS this fall! To kick things off, we’re shelving anything PC and launching debates. Nothing is off-limits, and we’ll go where most fear to tread. Each Wednesday, we’ll post a provocative question, with a focus on topics that might make it onto the show. […]
A group of Muslim girls from Berlin say they were racially abused on a visit to Holocaust memorials in Poland. The girls, part of a student group, say that locals spat on them and threatened them, while local police did nothing to protect them. Twenty youngsters from the Theodor Heuss Community School in the Moabit […]
You may not have heard of Asian-American dance-rock band, The Slants, but you may soon be very aware of a troubling precedent set after they won a contentious legal victory in the US Supreme Court. Founder and bass player, Simon Tam, first tried to register the band’s name as a trademark in 2011. It was […]
An Alberta Health Services employee has been suspended after using a racial slur to refer to a Kainai Board of Education school principal in a text message. CBC | Health News
During Friday night’s episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, host Bill Maher used a racial slur when speaking with Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska). The men were discussing Sasse’s book The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance. The Root transcribed the controversial portion of the conversation (trigger […]
Bill Maher on Saturday released a statement apologizing for his use of the N-word during Friday’s episode of Real Time. “Friday nights are always my worst night of sleep because I’m up reflecting on the things I should or shouldn’t have said on my live show,” Maher said. “Last night was a particularly long night as […]
Joe Williams has called out the Footy Show and one of its hosts for “racial profiling.” Victoria Crawnews.com.au@Victoria_Craw Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit Email a friend INDIGENOUS former rugby league player Joe Williams has called for a host of The Footy Show to be sacked claiming “racial […]
Last week we asked our audience, “Is it OK to have a racial preference in dating?” We received so many thoughtful — and feisty — answers. Here is a collection of perspectives, with some editing and condensing. Check back tomorrow for the next Third Rail With OZY question. Every Wednesday, we’re going to smartly debate […]
