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LONDON (AP) — For the first time in the long history of English soccer, a player is being prosecuted over words spoken on the field.
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Prosecutors said Wednesday that John Terry, one of the country’s best-known athletes, racially abused an opponent during an October match. Though the potential penalty – a
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A Kansas City basketball coach has been placed on administrative leave after being caught making wildly insensitive remarks on a cell phone video, with the student involved subsequently filing a racial harassment complaint against the coach.
As reported by the Kansas City Star and KCTV News, among other outlets, Marcus Williams Sr. and his son, Marcus Williams Jr., filed a racial harassment suit against the Winnetonka School District after Winnetonka (Kan.) High basketball coach
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LONDON — English soccer authorities and London police began investigations Tuesday into whether England captain John Terry racially abused a black opponent while playing for Chelsea.
In the latest contentious episode of Terry’s career, video posted on the Internet appeared to show Terry directing a racial slur at Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand during Sunday’s game.
QPR assessed the matter for two days before turning to The English Football Association.
The FA said
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A fan taunted one of the National Hockey Leagues few Black players by throwing a banana peel at the player during a shootout attempt in a preseason game last week.
The player, Philadelphia Flyers Wayne Simmonds, said he wasn’t shocked by the banana peel that came from the top level and landed right in front of him.
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NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Police Commander Eddie Selby resigned after being involved in allegations of inappropriate and racist comments.
The Grio Reports:
Read MoreWhile giving instructions to his Special Operations Division this past Friday, Selby supposedly made some offensive comments about those attending the Essence festival, which is a predominately African-American event.While the investigation was pending, Selby was moved to Deputy Chief Defillo’s office by Superintendent Ronal Serpas. Serpas
Satoshi Kanazawa, the psychologist who caused a great deal of controversy with his article on why African American women are unattractive has been fired from Psychology Today, where the article first surfaced. Huliq reports:
Read MoreAnd now Satoshi Kanazawa’s lost his blog and his profile page has been deleted from Psychology Today’s website. His article and unqualified research on unattractive black women sent off a fury of protests online. 75,000 people blew up
The new X-Men movie, “X-Men, First Class” is out and many people are noting its political undertones and racial metaphors. Still, X-Men is still not the only SciFi movie based on racism
1. X Men (The Civil Rights Movement)
Stan Lee has admitted that the world of the X-Men was partially based on the Civil Rights movement. The X-Men and other mutants are meant to represent Black people, as they are discriminated against, persecuted
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Naomi has a chance to use her fiery personality to fight a real enemy — this time becoming a warrior for advertising equality.
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A civil rights group is suing Maryland’s Higher Education Commission for allegedly discriminating against the state’s four historically black colleges.
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MEXICO-A Univiosn skit that aired on Mexican television a year and half ago has gone viral due to its racist content. In the skit an African foreign exchange student is mocked as a monkey, told he was a shadow, that his mother used shoe shine grease on his skin and has his lips and mouth made fun of.
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