Linda Fairstein sues Netflix over ‘unethical villain’ portrayal
Netflix and director Ava DuVernay are being sued by former prosecutor Linda Fairstein over how she was portrayed in When
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The shockingly high numbers of black children being excluded from Croydon’s schools
Concerns have been raised about the disproportionately large number of black children being excluded from schools in Croydon. In 2018/19 there
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Ruby Williams: No child with afro hair should suffer like me
A pupil who was repeatedly sent home from school because of her afro hair wants to make sure it doesn’t
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Black and in the police: ‘I’ve been called a traitor’
“There’s such a bad stereotype of black people joining the police – I want to break away from that.” Alisha
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Diversity in gaming: Industry promises to improve
Diversity is a “necessity” if the gaming industry is to continue to grow, says the body that represents people who
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Black woman who adopted three white children trolled and told ‘she must hate herself’
A single black woman says who adopted three white children has been subjected to horrific trolling and told she is
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‘My African name stopped me getting job opportunities’
Lawyer and diversity campaigner Funke Abimbola says she suffered “bias” when she tried to get into the profession. About a
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More than half of BAME teachers face racism in schools
More than half of teachers from minority-ethnic groups have experienced racism in schools in the past year, according to a new poll. A
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Vanessa Nakate: Climate activist hits out at ‘racist’ photo crop
Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate has accused the media of racism after she was cropped out of a photograph taken
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Prince Harry and Meghan: Black British women on Meghan
As Meghan and Harry start their new lives in Canada, do people think race is a factor in the way
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Most black and minority ethnic teachers say they face covert racism in schools
The majority of black and minority ethnic teachers in British schools have experienced microinsults, microinvalidations and other forms of covert racism in the last
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Jofra Archer: Man who abused England fast bowler banned by New Zealand Cricket
A man who racially abused England fast bowler Jofra Archer during the first Test against New Zealand in November has
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Nine-year-old ‘shocked and sad’ at racist abuse
Primary-school exclusions for racism in England have risen by more than 40% in just over a decade. One student, Nai’m,
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Study on Black Youth and Racism Should Alarm Us All and Push Us to Action
On the last day of 2019, I had to purge and get my thoughts out by writing on what is
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Subjective exclusions ‘target black students’, teacher says
“Subjective” exclusions that affect black students more than others should be abolished, a teacher has said. Lana Crosbie, who teaches
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