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L’Oreal and Adecco’s employment discrimination conviction reveals systemic racism
The Court of Cassation, June 23, confirmed the condemnation of L'Oreal and Adecco for discriminatory employment practices in France. The two companies only recruited...
Bob Dylan, the black advocate
An emblematic music personality, Bob Dylan's works have had a huge impact on the American society. In the 60s and 70s, his songs denounced...
Durban II: Thwarting Human rights for the sake of religion
The conference on racism, Durban II, began Monday at UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, in a tormented atmosphere. Several Western countries have boycotted the...
Fighting Nazism with Racism: A worrying discovery
General Charles De Gaulle wanted the liberation of Paris in 1944 to be seen as a french only affair. The allied forces agreed to...
Football: Abedi Pele on Racism and 2010 World Cup
Racist attacks against Black players in European clubs have shot up in the past few years. Abedi Pele, the former Marseilles football star, now...
US racist attacks skyrocket after Obama’s election
The United States has seen a rise in racist attacks since the election of Barack Obama to the white house. The number of Insults,...
Coalition against discrimination launched in Morocco
Representatives from several Arab countries met in Casablanca on Wednesday to launch an initiative against all forms of racism and xenophobia.
A ceremony of a...
Chinese are now Black, rules South African court
IN A landmark ruling, the Pretoria High Court (South Africa) ruled on Thursday that South Africa’s 10000 strong ethnic Chinese community are...
The crimes of the atlantic slave trade revisited
The African expert group meeting on slavery opened in Banjul on Tuesday with a reminder that this crime against humanity disrupted Africa's political and...
Clint Eastwood – Spike Lee : Racism, Omission or Fact
By the look of things, Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee are no where near conceding to each other as to whose “historical accuracy” is...
Rising killings of Africans in Ukraine raises concerns
The UN refugee agency on Tuesday joined over 30 other organisations in condemning the recent murder of a Nigerian national in the Ukrainian capital...
President Jammeh says Africans must drop inferiority complex
Gambia President Yahya Jammeh has urged Africans to have faith in themselves and drop their “inferiority complex” resulting from “colonialism and slavery”, according national...
Relocated Egyptian Jews not wanted back in Egypt
Hotels canceled a planned trip by a Jewish group of Egyptian origin to the North African nation of their heritage in the face of...
Nigerians abroad to get proper legal documents ?
Amid rising xenophobia around the world, Nigeria's Foreign Affairs Minister Ojo Maduekwe has called on European countries to grant amnesty to Nigerians living in...
Racist monkey caricature of Barack Obama sends emotions flying
The owner of a bar in the US state of Georgia has designed a T Shirt depicting Senator Barack Obama in the form of...
Hardcore racism in the French film industry
I am a French actress; I studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique. I am a dub actor for theater plays, television and...
Thabo Mbeki’ incendiary Freedom Day speech sparks controversy
President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa has stirred up controversy with a speech appearing to characterise the Western Cape as a place of...
South Africa : Racist video students not charged
The criminal investigation of four former students of the University of the Free State’s Reitz hostel is being hampered by their refusal to co-operate...
Obama – Clinton : Obama calls for end to ‘racial stalemate’
Barack Obama on Tuesday called for an end to the “racial stalemate” that he said the US had been locked in for years as...
Statement by Judge Faan Hancke, Chairperson of the Council of the University of the Free State (UFS)
The Council of the University of the Free State today (Friday, 7 March 2008) unanimously condemned the offensive and racist Reitz video in the...
Afro-Americans fighting against racism
Part of the black community of the United States denounces a rise of racist crimes and the partiality of Justice, which they estimate to...