カテゴリー: Race
For many, messages of anti-racism and solidarity rang hollow coming from the mouths of Bollywood’s biggest namesAs messages of solidarity for the Black Lives Matter movement spread across social media last week, Bollywood also began to chime in.“End th…
Green party co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson both answer “I do” when asked if the US President is racistTwo of Jacinda Ardern’s senior coalition partners have accused Donald Trump of racism after more than a week of global protests following t…
Beijing demands explanation after ‘highly racist’ tweet by Abraham Weintraub suggests it is part of a geopolitical planCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina has demanded an explanation from Brazil after the far-right governm…
Fears rise that Beijing is stoking mistrust of foreigners as part of an attempt to rebuild a reputation tarnished by the coronavirus crisisOver the past few weeks, as Chinese health officials reported new “imported” coronavirus cases almost every day, …
Blame the poisonous ideology of the Hindu nationalist BJP for the blood on India’s streetsIn August 1958, gangs of white youths began systematically attacking West Indians in London’s Notting Hill, assaulting them with iron bars and meat cleavers and m…
Students and a restaurant worker in Southampton report racist incidents, prompting fears in the communityCoronavirus outbreak – live updatesA spate of racist incidents linked to the coronavirus outbreak are being investigated by police, prompting fears…
Most Britons were not hostile and helped south Asians and east Africans to settle, says Nitin Mehta, while Jane Lane believes racism needs to be tackled at an early ageKavita Puri, like so many others before her, talks about the racism faced by immigra…
I have been recording testimonies of these now-elderly pioneers, who never thought they would have to live through such hostility again“I don’t know what it is to be British any more.” This from a man who is a professor at a prominent university and pa…
Incident captured on video shows men, who did not appear to be Māori, in ‘grass’ skirts with black markings on their facesA cruise ship company in New Zealand has apologised after its staff dressed up in wildly inaccurate Māori costumes and painted the…
People of Chinese descent have long faced prejudice and violence in France. But today a new generation is staking out its rightful place in society. By Tash AwOn 7 August 2016, Zhang Chaolin, a 49-year-old tailor, was savagely beaten by a group of yout…
The mosque attacks rocked New Zealand but good deeds and generosity will help keep us togetherThe day of 15 March 2019 will stay with me forever. I was working in my bedroom, listening to radio and drawing. The on-air chat and music was interrupted as …
Campaign accused of ignoring colonial abuses when setting out maritime industries’ futureHistorians and academics have labelled a new government campaign “tone deaf” and “historically illiterate” for using images of ships used for slavery and colonisat…
A reluctance to offend China and an information blackout has meant the persecution of the ethnic minority has gone under the radar. But pressure for change is building On Wednesday, Sadam Abdusalam went to Australia’s federal Parliament House for the …
Claims of a Chinese fifth column within Google stoke paranoia against Asian Americans and threaten to ruin the economy – and our democracyThe billionaire investor Peter Thiel has accused Google of “treason” and called for a law enforcement investigatio…