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74-year-old retiree who has lived in UK for nearly 50 years told he is not British
Nelson Shardey, a retired 74-year-old Ghanaian man who has resided in the UK for nearly half a century, has been asked to wait for 10 years before the Home Office grants him permanent residency. The retiree, from Wallasey in Wirral, said for many years he has walked with the knowledge that he was British. He…
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Student to do community service after racially abusing England striker Callum Wilson for passing ball to white teammate
A 21-year-old engineering student, Ibukun Quadri, avoided jail time after racially abusing...
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Deaf Google employee celebrated as a diversity hire sues tech giant for discrimination
A Black, deaf Google employee, Jalon Hall, has filed a lawsuit accusing the tech giant of discrimination...
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Double-amputee war hero praised by Prince Harry will now get blue parking badge after application rejected
A double-amputee ex-Royal Marine lauded as a hero by Prince Harry and the Invictus Games for...
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Texas judge insists school was right in punishing boy for declining to change his hairstyle
A judge has ruled that a punishment handed out to a black high school student, Darryl George, for declining to change his hairstyle does not contravene the state’s new law barring race-based hair...
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Martin Luther King Jr. statue in Denver vandalized amid Black History Month
The police have opened investigations into circumstances leading to the vandalization of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Denver’s City Park as part of moves to determine whether the act was...
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New York high school girls basketball team pull out of game after claims of racial abuse
Two New York state school districts are conducting investigations into allegations of spectators hurling racial epithets at high school girls during a varsity basketball game. According to Dejane Buckley,...
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Ivorian activist wins the prestigious Simone de Beauvoir Prize for championing women’s freedom
Marie-Paule Djegue Okri, an agronomist and agroecology consultant from Côte d’Ivoire, has been honored with the Simone de Beauvoir Prize for her contributions to gender equality. The award,...
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Texas boy suspended again after returning to classes following a 30-day suspension over his locs
A Black Texas high school student, Darryl George, has been slapped with a second suspension after returning to regular classes following a 30-day suspension in an alternative school for refusing to change...
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Woman sues hotel, says she was discriminated against when she was asked to cover her shoulders
A black teacher, Blessing Nwosu, has sued a five-star luxury Houston hotel for alleged discrimination. She claimed that she was asked to cover her shoulders, while many white women were allowed to wear...
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La La Anthony collaborates with Now and Later® to giveaway $50K to Black-owned businesses through self-care campaign
In recognition of new black-owned businesses in the self-care sector, the Now and Later Ferrara candy brand has launched “Pause Now, Hustle Later” in collaboration with media personality,...
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Texas A&M University president, dean resign after controversy over Black journalist’s hiring
The interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Texas A&M, José Luis Bermúdez, has resigned from his position effective July 31 after the university changed a black veteran journalist’s...
