Race issues
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FA Council’s Ray Kiddell sparks Kick It Out complaint with ‘ethnic’ commentKick It Out and the Football Supporters’ Federation ‘dismayed’ by FA Council member Ray Kiddell’s remarks at a time when the FA is under increasing Government pressure to reform
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‘No one’s faced it down’: Arinzé Kene on tackling the UK riots in Good DogHe’s played Sam Cooke, an EastEnders bad boy and a closeted footballer in The Pass. Now, Arinzé Kene has returned to writing plays – and to the violent summer of 2011 – with a searing account of escalating tension in London
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Moonlight becomes him: Barry Jenkins's journey from a Miami housing project to the OscarsHe had a hand-to-mouth childhood in a rough neighbourhood, then went to a football college. So how did the 37-year-old end up making the film of the year?
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Vandals sentenced to read books about racism and antisemitismA judge in Virginia has ordered teenagers who covered a historic school with offensive graffiti to read 35 books including Native Son and The Color Purple
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Hidden figures: the history of Nasa’s black female scientistsThe diversity of Nasa’s workforce in 1940s Virginia is uncovered in a new book by Margot Lee Shetterly. She recalls how a visit to her home town led to a revelation
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John Bercow is wrong. The Speaker must be impartial, even about TrumpI was among the first MPs to speak out against the president’s immigration stance. But in using the language of bans, the Speaker invites accusations of hypocrisy
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Ava DuVernay on the legacy of slavery: ‘The sad truth is that some minds will not be changed’DuVernay’s last film, Selma, was overlooked at the Oscars. Her documentary 13th, which links Trump-era America to its racist past, is a hot favourite to win an award
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Memo to Julian Fellowes: period dramas should reflect our diverse worldDefending the all-white cast in Half a Sixpence, Fellowes suggests diversity is trickier for period pieces than modern drama. Surely there’s no difference?
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French police brutality in spotlight again after officer charged with rapeOne officer charged with the rape of a young man, and three other officers with assault over violent arrest in suburb of Paris
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David Olusoga and Gary Younge head inaugural Jhalak prize shortlistHistory and reportage line up against fiction and a children’s book in contention for new award honouring UK BAME authors
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Moonlight’s writer Tarell Alvin McCraney: 'the story needed to be out there'As his film goes head to head with La La Land for Oscar glory, the playwright tells how growing up in the Miami projects inspired his view of America
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The 'Why is black hair a thing?' episode – Token podcastFreddy and Leah are joined by Grace Shutti to discuss the ups and downs of being born with Afro hair
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I broke bread with Malcolm Turnbull. Now he's breaking my heartMalcolm Turnbull claims to be committed to multiculturalism but his failure to condemn Donald Trump’s discriminatory travel ban tells another story
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Loving review – Ruth Negga is this film's beating heartThe Irish-Ethiopian actor gives an Oscar-worthy performance in Jeff Nichols’ film about the effects of Jim Crow racism on a mixed-race couple in 1950s Virginia
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Disney and diversity: women and black Americans not making director's chairHollywood’s major studios get failing grade on diversity as report finds that only 5.1% of top US films were by black directors and only 4% were helmed by women
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It’s not just Trump’s US. Anti-Muslim hate threatens Europe tooThe Islamophobic ideologues at the heart of the new US administration have allies on this side of the Atlantic. We must all fight the spread of their divisive lies
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Racism claims in College for Emergency Medicine to be investigated over exam resultsStudents complain after just 6.8% of non-white doctors pass exam to become an emergency specialist
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Reports of antisemitic incidents increase to record levels in UKRise in incidents is blamed on factors including Labour party antisemitism row and rise in xenophobia after Brexit vote
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Malcolm Turnbull targeted by GetUp ad accusing Liberals of failing to oppose racismBillboard is part of group’s campaign to preserve section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
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My little children were detained because of a toy gun. Prevent has gone too farI bought my five- and seven-year-old sons a toy gun in a supermarket. What happened next has changed our feelings about our place in Britain
Liberals, don’t fall into the right’s ‘identity politics’ trap