#Minnesota mayor blasts police tactics to control protesters

#Minnesota mayor blasts police tactics to control protesters

“#Minnesota mayor blasts police tactics to control protesters” Elected leaders in the Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright want officers to scale back their tactics amid nightly protests, leaving some law enforcement called in to assist asking whether the city still wants their help. Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered outside the…

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#Charles Barkley rips politicians for stirring racial division

#Charles Barkley rips politicians for stirring racial division

“#Charles Barkley rips politicians for stirring racial division” NBA hall-of-famer Charles Barkley laid into politicians of all stripes – Democrats and Republicans alike – for promoting racial division in the country, saying they are trying to “make whites and blacks not like each other.” Barkley, a former star forward with the Philadelphia 76ers, was speaking…

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##StopAsianHate trending in wake of deadly Atlanta spa shootings

##StopAsianHate trending in wake of deadly Atlanta spa shootings

“##StopAsianHate trending in wake of deadly Atlanta spa shootings” Outraged citizens are condemning anti-Asian violence following Tuesday’s horrific shooting spree that killed eight people — six of whom were of Asian descent — at three different spas in Atlanta, Georgia, and a suburb. The hashtags #StopAsianHate and #AsianLivesMatter are currently trending on multiple social-media platforms….

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#Black Amazon manager says she was compared to ‘gorilla’

#Black Amazon manager says she was compared to ‘gorilla’

“#Black Amazon manager says she was compared to ‘gorilla’” A black manager at Amazon alleges a coworker once said she “looked like a gorilla” in a new lawsuit accusing the company of “systemic” racial and gender discrimination. Charlotte Newman sued the company in D.C. federal court Monday, saying she first felt discriminated against when she…

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#Here’s why racism is rampant on dating apps

#Here’s why racism is rampant on dating apps

“#Here’s why racism is rampant on dating apps” The authors of a new book are arguing for race-blind dating apps — and the removal of filters for race and ethnicity. Finding love, they say, isn’t so black-and-white.  In a new book, “The Dating Divide: Race and Desire in the Era of Online Romance,” sociologists Jennifer Lundquist,…

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#Former MLB star Herb Washington sues McDonald’s over alleged discrimination

#Former MLB star Herb Washington sues McDonald’s over alleged discrimination

“#Former MLB star Herb Washington sues McDonald’s over alleged discrimination” A former Major League Baseball player-turned-McDonald’s franchise owner sued the fast-food giant on Tuesday, alleging it pushed him out of numerous locations with corporate practices that amounted to racial discrimination. Herb Washington, who played for the Oakland A’s in the 1970s, once owned 27 McDonald’s…

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#Albany lawmakers pass bills aimed at cleaning up housing bias

#Albany lawmakers pass bills aimed at cleaning up housing bias

“#Albany lawmakers pass bills aimed at cleaning up housing bias” ALBANY — State Senate Democrats passed a package of bills Monday designed to clean up discriminatory and predatory practices in the housing market.  The 11 bills includes a measure that would require the state attorney general’s office to conduct a yearly investigation into how minorities…

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