Interfaith network aims to rebuild African-American church
Inside a small Woodside Avenue church set among the trees, the oldest African-American congregation in the northern Pioneer Valley has
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Tweets written in African-American English slang are more likely to be flagged as offensive
The internet is filled with trolls spewing hate speech, but machine learning algorithms can’t help us clean up the mess.
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Proportion of trainee C of E priests from BME background doubles
The proportion of people from a black and minority ethnic background training to become Church of England priests doubled between
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How I found my vocation: ‘As a black, deaf student, I work 10 times harder’
I was told I wouldn’t be able to go to university, but I used that frustration to fuel my studies.
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Discussing Blackness on Reddit? Photograph Your Forearm First
Moderators of an online forum called Black People Twitter have caused an uproar by requiring participants to submit a photograph
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What Christian forgiveness in the face of oppression means
This week, former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was sentenced to 10 years for the 2018 death of Texas man,
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Black and Scottish: ‘Are you a Protestant Rasta or a Catholic Rasta?’
If you are black and you grew up in Scotland, how are you supposed to feel? Black? Scottish? Or Both?
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Call for more government action on racial discrimination
Researchers at Edinburgh University have called for more government action to tackle racial prejudice. They said levels of discrimination against
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Woman opens BAME children’s talent agency to improve diversity on screen
BAME representation in advertising is at an all time high, but there is still a lot of work to be
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Entrepreneurial mum launches new crowdfunding drive to extend range with new inclusive disability dolls
Frustrated by the lack of diversity among the dolls available for their son, London based Winnie Mak who originates from
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How does sunburn affect dark skin?
Many people believe that dark skin is not susceptible to sun damage. However, although dark skin tones are less likely
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Appropriation or appreciation? unpacking south korea’s fascination with black culture
When Koreans ask Hyun-Min Han whether he is African or American, they’ll find themselves surprised to learn that he is
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Nicole Henry sings the music of Aretha Franklin
Sensational New York-based jazz and soul singer, Nicole Henry, returns to the UK, the scene of her sell-out shows opening
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The African American who moved to Ghana ‘to escape US racism’
Having vowed to quit the US after being the victim of what he believed was a racially motivated arrest by
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Meet the women reframing black femininity in Japanese spaces
I can remember how excited I was when I first came to Japan. I landed in Tokyo and everything was
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