Page 12 - Racism

Cook, Nadella and Pichai stand together in support of racial equality

Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, said the company has decided to share its support for racial equality in solidarity with the black community on Google and YouTube homepages in the US.

In pictures: George Floyd protests around US cities, curfews imposed

40 cities have imposed curfew and about 5,000 National Guards have been activated in 15 states and Washington, DC with another 2,000 prepared to activate if needed

Protesters start fires near White House in US divide over Floyd murder

America's cities boarded up windows, swept up glass and covered graffiti as the country's most significant night of protests in a half-century spilled into another day of unrest

In pictures: Protests, violence across America over George Floyd's death

People set fire to police cars, threw bottles at police officers and busted windows of storefronts

Trump vs Twitter

The feud can have implications for freedom of speech

Violent protests flare around the United States over Minneapolis killing

From Minneapolis to New York City, Atlanta and Washington, protesters clashed with police in a rising tide of anger over the treatment of minorities by law enforcement

Take action against those harassing people from Northeast: MHA tells states

There have been cases where people, including athletes and sportspersons, from the Northeast have been harassed by linking them to Covid-19

Coronavirus spread has come with a package: Xenophobia and racism

There has been a spike in reports of anti-Chinese rhetoric directed at people of Asian origin, regardless of whether they have ever visited the centre of the epidemic or been in contact with the virus

Affirmative action in US politics

Book review of THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PUZZLE: A Living History From Reconstruction to Today

Newly-opened Gurdwara defaced with Nazi grafitti in US, probe underway

On Monday morning, people saw words "White Power" and a swastika graffitied onto the sign out front

How racism infects science

Racism, and its handmaiden, "race science", have made a stunning comeback in the 21st century

Facebook apologises after black workers complain of bias, hostile culture

Anonymous post alleges perceived slights managers, white colleagues, and HR department at Facebook.

Racism on the sporting field needs to stop. Immediately. No excuses

Many players of colour in the Serie A - Kalidou Koulibaly, Blaise Matuidi, Sulley Muntari and Moise Kean - have been subjected to racial discrimination in the past few seasons

Splitting hairs over racism

The book has won praise on both sides of the Atlantic for challenging some of our commonly accepted everyday assumptions about racism

Democrats condemn Trump's tweet against four women lawmakers as 'racist'

Congresswomen held a news conference at the Capitol to denounce a tweet by Donald Trump

Menial tasks, slurs and swastikas: How black workers at Tesla face racism

African-American workers have reported threats, humiliation and barriers to promotion at the plant. The automaker says there is no pattern of bias

We will continue to invest in people irrespective of their nationality: TCS

The success of TCS rests on the talents, expertise and deep industry knowledge of its employees, who help customers in growth and transformation journeys, the company spokesperson added

Jury finds TCS not guilty of anti-American bias in staffing its US offices

Company argued it had no incentive to discriminate in US

Black people face prejudice, racist harassment and attacks in EU: Report

Thirty per cent of respondents said they had experienced some form of racist harassment at some point in the five years before the survey

Ex-Facebook employee reveals black staffers face discrimination, exclusion

Facebook has a black people problem, former employee at the company says