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Mario Anzuoni/Reuters Stan Lee, the founder of Marvel Comics, died at the age of 95 on Monday. Lee spent a lifetime condemning racism, most prominently via the heroes in his comic books. “I always felt the X-Men, in a subtle way, often touched upon the subject of racism and inequality, and I believe that subject […]
“Leomie, these people are not your friends.” Leomie Anderson’s mother spoke these blunt words to her daughter when she was 14 years old, just beginning her foray into modeling. Though she was young then, Leomie’s never been naive: In her TEDx talk, she speaks about how modeling is no fairy-tale ride. Particularly as a Black […]
Enlarge / The Morton skull collection at the University of Pennsylvania. (credit: Steve Minicola/University of Pennsylvania) Newly discovered handwritten documentation sheds new light on an ongoing scientific controversy regarding a famous collection of nearly 1,000 skulls amassed by a 19th-century Philadelphia physician. Dubbed the “American Golgotha,” the collection is the work of Samuel Morton, who […]
The US President has spoken out against racism and violence ahead of a fresh Unite the Right rally on Sunday, and has trumpeted his own achievements that he says have benefitted African-Americans and Hispanics. “The riots in Charlottesville a year ago resulted in senseless death and division. We must come together as a nation. I […]
Andrew Sullivan, a self-styled conservative writer who backed Barack Obama and same-sex-marriage, ran afoul of the social justice crowd for criticizing New York Times’ hiring of an Asian-American reporter who wrote racist tweets. Sullivan’s article, published in the New York Magazine on Friday under the headline “When Racism Is Fit to Print,” points out that […]
The 92-times capped midfielder was critical of the public reaction to his pre-World Cup meeting with Turkish President, declaring that he “no longer wants to wear the German national team shirt”. Ozil, whose social media statement also stated that he believes he is being blamed for Germany’s poor showing in this summer’s World Cup, met […]
PEP Guardiola has defended himself against Yaya Toure’s accusation that he has a problem with African players, calling the Ivorian’s claim a “lie”. Toure, who barely featured as Manchester City won the Premier League title under Guardiola last season, hit out at the Catalan in an interview with France Football. The Ivory Coast midfielder suggested […]
The Nigerian ambassador to Russia believes the country is a safe place for black people, amid Western media’s drive to portray it as a place with rampant racism ahead of the FIFA 2018 World Cup. “Racism is a very serious issue, it breaks your morale, it breaks your concentration,” Ambassador Steve Davies Ugbah said at […]
THE AFL and Gold Coast are prepared to defend themselves in the Human Rights Commission against allegations by former Suns player Joel Wilkinson that he was the victim of years of racial abuse and sexual harassment. The league has recently admitted to reaching an out-of-court settlement with a former employee of the Fremantle football club […]
But the manager insists that this country has to get its own affairs in order before criticising Russian crowds for racism. The England coach, on the eve of his team’s World Cup warm up game with Holland here in Amsterdam, hit out at Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who has urged fans not to travel to […]
