Page 11 - Racism

''How it's going': Goldman Sachs exec's email on racism goes viral at firm

Frederick Baba wrote about managers not keeping the company's commitment to racial equality.

Best of BS Opinion: Covid-19 impact on jobs, preserving the IBC, and more

From what the upcoming GST Council meet should focus on to how Trump's response to the protests helped it spread beyond its borders, here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day.

Murder & multiculturalism

Protests in the US highlight majoritarian weakness

America's racism is destroying its reputation of liberal internationalism

In the last few months, however, America has gone over the edge. The country has quickly, recklessly, impulsively entered the failure zone

World coronavirus dispatch: Brazil's daily new deaths, cases at record high

From how Prince Charles 'got away lightly', to cheap beach holidays targetting locals, and why Africa has to weather the storm without massive stimulus - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Google donates $12 mn in cash, $25 mn in ad grants to fight racism

Google has so far donated $32 million towards efforts related to racial justice over the past five years

Autopsy result shows George Floyd tested positive for Covid-19 in April

The report by Chief Medical Examiner Andrew Baker spelled out clinical details, including that Floyd tested positive for Covid-19 on April 3 but appeared asymptomatic

Police officer in Floyd death got medals for bravery, drew complaints

Heavily redacted personnel files show that Derek Chauvin, a 19-year veteran of the force, was initially trained as a cook and served in the Army as a military police officer

Snapchat won't promote Trump's account, says he incites 'racial violence'

Snap shares fell 2.4 per cent after the announcement

World coronavirus dispatch: Protesters weigh Covid risks on crowded streets

From looting and vandalism compounding virus woes in the US, to backlash in China over front-line doctor's death, and South Korea's $29-billion stimulus - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Former tennis star 'still shaken' by encounter with NYPD officer in '15

James Blake, a Harvard alum who reached a career-high ranking of No. 4 and is now tournament director of the Miami Open, said the 2015 episode transformed him into an 'accidental activist.'

Racism must be rejected by all, invest in social cohesion: UN chief

I am heartbroken to see violence on the streets in our host country and our host city of New York, Guterres said

Donald Trump threatens to use military to quell violent protests across US

Trump assured the nation that he is taking actions to stop the violence and restore security and safety in America.

World marches for George Floyd as outrage grows; EU 'shocked, appalled'

Chanting Black Lives Matter and I can't breathe," about 3,000 protesters held an impassioned but peaceful march through central Sydney on Tuesday demanding fundamental change in race relations.

In pictures: US cities protesting the recent death of George Floyd

President Donald Trump visits St. John's Church across Lafayette Park from the White House. Part of the 200-year-old church was set on fire during protests on Sunday night

Windies player Sammy asks cricket fraternity to speak against racism

Darren Sammy's comments came after death of George Floyd, an African-American who was left gasping for breath after a white police officer pressed his knee on handcuffed man's neck in USA last week

UN chief Guterres asks US protestors to voice grievances in peaceful manner

Police have used tear gas to disperse the crowds and hundreds of people have been arrested as protests turned violent in some cities

Recognise pain, systemic racism that has caused US protests: Indra Nooyi

Considered to be the worst-ever civil unrest in the US in decades, violent protests have engulfed at least 140 cities across the country in the days following the death of George Floyd

Not peaceful protests, but acts of domestic terror: Trump on US violence

An independent autopsy commissioned by George Floyd's family found that he died of asphyxia due to sustained pressure to his neck and back

Cricket not free from racism, I was a victim too, says Chris Gayle

Gayle did not elaborate what he was subjected to but hinted that he was subjected to racism when he plied his trade in various T20 leagues