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UNI speaker challenges myth of meritocracy

Multiple news outlets - 3 February, 2015 - 21:00
CEDAR FALLS | Author and anti-racism advocate Tim Wise wants to start a difficult conversation, one he likens to walking into a church and challenging the existence of God.
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Nova Scotia workplace racism highlighted in new website

Multiple news outlets - 3 February, 2015 - 17:16
The website, called Working While Black in Nova Scotia, publishes anonymous stories submitted by Nova Scotians who have faced racism or witnessed it in the workplace. Ben Sichel, who works with Solidarity Halifax, is one of the partners running the website. "Those were places where members of the black community came together to talk about experiences of racism in the workplace," said Sichel.
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Share your experiences with racism as part of Raise Your Hands Against Racism campaign

Multiple news outlets - 3 February, 2015 - 15:23
New immigrant settlement agency MOSAIC wants British Columbians to share their stories of experiencing or witnessing racism as part of its Raise Your Hands Against Racism campaign — being conducted in partnership with Vancouver Desi, The Province and Spice Radio.
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France 'no Jews' job ad sparks outrage

Multiple news outlets - 3 February, 2015 - 10:02
Paris, Feb 3 (IANS) An advert for a graphic design job in France has been withdrawn after it said the candidate should "if possible not be a Jew". Racial discrimination is illegal in France and anti-racism group SOS Racisme says it is taking legal action, BBC reported. The ad was posted Monday by Paris-based NSL Studio on jobs site Graphic-Jobs.com. NSL Studio has apologised for the ad but ...
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Racism against aboriginal people in health-care system 'pervasive': study

Multiple news outlets - 3 February, 2015 - 06:00
​Michelle Labrecque was recently found to have a fractured pelvis, but she says it took three trips to the hospital and increasing pain before she received that diagnosis.
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Austria sees first 'anti-Islamisation' Pegida march

Multiple news outlets - 3 February, 2015 - 04:33
Pegida holds its first march in Austria against the "Islamisation of the west", echoing demonstrations in Germany, as protestors clash with police and anti-racism campaigners.
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Embarrassing for Ismail to play up race on Facebook, says PAS lawmaker

Multiple news outlets - 2 February, 2015 - 22:50
More criticism is being heaped on a minister for his alleged racist posting on boycotting Chinese businesses with a PAS lawmaker today describing the post as an embarrassment. Datuk Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa, who is also chairman of Anti-Racism Movement (GAP), said it was extremely embarrassing for Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Minister...
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Embarrassing for Ismail to play up race on Facebook, says PAS lawmaker

Multiple news outlets - 2 February, 2015 - 22:50
More criticism is being heaped on a minister for his alleged racist posting on boycotting Chinese businesses with a PAS lawmaker today describing the post as an embarrassment. Datuk Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa, who is also chairman of Anti-Racism Movement (GAP), said it was extremely embarrassing for Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Minister...
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Soccer: Tavecchio election impossible in France, US - Thuram

Multiple news outlets - 2 February, 2015 - 11:26
(ANSA) - Rome, February 2 - Former France and Juventus defender Lilian Thuram said Monday that Carlo Tavecchio's election as president of the Italian Soccer Federation (FIGC) suggests Italy still has a long way to go in combatting racism.
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Winnipeg football club tackles racism with shirts and hoodies

Multiple news outlets - 2 February, 2015 - 10:17
The North End Nomads made the shirts and hoodies in response to a Maclean's magazine article that called Winnipeg the most racist city in Canada. "We felt that we want to do something, and we thought that showing our pride of our city would be best shown wearing it versus debating it," Jeffrey Bannon, one of the team's coaches, told CBC News on Monday. The article prompted a direct response from ...
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Information Radio's Marcy Markusa reflects on racism in Winnipeg

Multiple news outlets - 1 February, 2015 - 11:34
So here I sit. A week later and attempt number three at a blog about racism. The old days in Winnipeg's North End when people spoke freely and hurled racial slurs at each other on Selkirk Avenue, no matter what background a person came from. I have heard this scenario used to defend a simpler time when people didn't worry about being labelled racist.
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Oakland Voices: Healing from scars of racism still ongoing, correspondent Tom Webb explains

Multiple news outlets - 31 January, 2015 - 19:32
Black History Month offers opportunity for Caucasians to reflect, Webb, who is white, explains.
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Campaign against racism invites all to raise their hands

Multiple news outlets - 30 January, 2015 - 22:34
Inspired by India’s Holi festival, which celebrates diversity in an explosion of colour to bring the different races together, a Burnaby-based broadcaster has launched an anti-racism campaign across the Lower Mainland.
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Oakland Voices: Healing from scars of racism still ongoing, OV correspondent Tom Webb explains

Multiple news outlets - 30 January, 2015 - 21:33
Black History Month offers opportunity for Caucasians to reflect, Webb, who is white, explains
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Racism concerns remain at Mount Allison University, group says

Multiple news outlets - 30 January, 2015 - 09:17
A group of students at Mount Allison University say racism on campus is common and the administration hasn't done enough to deal with it. Maureen Adegbidi, a member of the group Black Students for Advocacy, Awareness and Togetherness (BSAAT), says hearing racist comments is common in Sackville. She says the most blatant incident was at a Halloween party where a group of students dressed up as ...
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Civil Rights Organization ERASE Racism Releases Report on Growing School Segregation on Long Island

Multiple news outlets - 28 January, 2015 - 07:26
Civil rights organization ERASE Racism just released a study on education equity on Long Island that shows increasing levels of school segregation and growing educational disparities between white students and students of color. (PRWeb January 28, 2015) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/education/equity/prweb12472038.htm
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Digging up the roots of racism in Winnipeg won't be easy

Multiple news outlets - 27 January, 2015 - 16:46
It is refreshing to see Winnipeggers talk openly about racism in light of Maclean’s latest cover story, but we will not resolve racism against indigenous communities until we dig deep into the colonial roots that have allowed racism to become what it is today. Unless, of course, you are Progressive Conservative leader Brian Pallister. Nevertheless, racism is a visible and daily reality for the ...
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Felix Thomas, chief of the Saskatoon Tribal Council, says racism prevalent

Multiple news outlets - 27 January, 2015 - 12:55
The Chief of the Saskatoon Tribal Council believes the mayor’s view on the problems with racism in the city is overly optimistic. Chief Felix Thomas told CBC Radio’s Saskatoon Morning that racism is a big problem in Saskatoon. Thomas said minimizing the impact of racism in the community isn’t helpful. Felix was reacting to comments Saskatoon Mayor Don Atchison made this week.
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Winnipeg to launch website seeking ideas on eliminating racism

Multiple news outlets - 27 January, 2015 - 07:59
Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman says he wants ideas on how to eliminate racism in the city, and he's setting up a website where people can submit their thoughts. "Regardless if you're indigenous or not, this affects all of us as a community," he told Marcy Markusa of CBC's Information Radio Tuesday from Connie's Corner Cafe in Winnipeg's North End. Bowman and Point Douglas NDP MLA Kevin Chief, who ...
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Kanye West wins BET Visionary Award but still doesn't smile

Multiple news outlets - 26 January, 2015 - 21:41
His pearly whites are not on show, but Kanye West had a lot to say about racism at the BET Awards.
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