Tag Archives: racism
Racism and redemption: Virginia blackface row stirs painful past
Can a politician be forgiven for racist behavior from the past? What if that behavior evoked the darkest chapters of American history, from slavery to segregation? The 59-year-old Democrat is refusing to resign over a yearbook photograph showing a person in blackface and another wearing Ku Klux Klan robes — denying either was him.
PETA ridiculed, criticized for comparing 'speciesism' with racism, homophobia and ableism
US craze for DNA 'heritage' tests may bolster racism, critics warn
Millions of Americans are using DNA test kits sold online to research their ancestry, either out of simple curiosity or to find answers about their identity. In a country whose population, for the most part, arrived in various waves of migration — and where genealogy has caught the public imagination — the DNA tests have proven wildly successful. The main companies offering the service, Ancestry and 23andMe, say they have tested between 15 million people between them.
The Latest: Family of officer charged in killing deny racism
DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on a fatal shooting involving an off-duty Dallas police officer (all times local):
Criticized For Racism, Trump Goes After Black Former National Security Adviser
All-White Church Kicked Out Of Baptist Group Over Alleged Racism
Roseanne Returns To Twitter To Push More Racism
Cops Accused Of Racism After Detaining Black Man Over 'Vegetation'
Mom suspects racism after sons are pulled from college tour
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The mother of two Native American teenagers who campus police pulled from a college tour in Colorado after a parent reported feeling nervous about them said she believes her sons were victims of racial profiling and she feared for their safety after learning about the encounter.
Starbucks in Los Angeles accused of racism in bathroom incident
