Tag Archives: Discrimination

The New York Times 3:53 pm on March 20, 2023
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Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown Talks Free Agency, Activism and Kanye West

The star Celtics guard talks about his career year in the N.B.A., educational inequality and his association with Kanye West.

#basketball, #black-people, #boston-celtics, #brown-jaylen-1996, #content-type-personal-profile, #discrimination, #irving-kyrie, #national-basketball-assn, #national-basketball-players-assn, #organized-labor, #west-kanye

The New York Times 7:20 pm on March 18, 2023
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What It Means to Be Woke

It boils down to cultural and psychological project.

#conservatism-us-politics, #discrimination, #homosexuality-and-bisexuality, #politics-and-government

The New York Times 4:50 pm on March 18, 2023
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A Landlord Got a Low Appraisal. He Is Black, and So Are His Tenants.

The landlord says an appraiser, who is white, used unfair comparisons to assess the worth of his apartment building.

#appraisals-and-valuation-property, #black-people, #cincinnati-ohio, #discrimination, #national-community-reinvestment-coalition, #race-and-ethnicity, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #section-8-housing, #suits-and-litigation-civil

The New York Times 9:00 am on March 16, 2023
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I Pledge Allegiance to … My Conscience

There are many ways to express patriotism.

#demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #discrimination, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #pledge-of-allegiance, #south-carolina

The New York Times 10:51 pm on March 15, 2023
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Fulbright-Hays Fellowship Rule Penalizes Native Language Speakers

An Education Department regulation penalizes Fulbright-Hays applicants if they grew up speaking the language of their proposed country for research. Lawsuits have followed.

#discrimination, #education-department-us, #language-and-languages, #scholarships-and-fellowships, #suits-and-litigation-civil

The New York Times 8:49 pm on March 15, 2023
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Audubon Society Keeps Name Despite Slavery Ties, Dividing Birders

The national bird conservation group said it would “reckon with the racist legacy of John James Audubon,” a naturalist and illustrator who was an enslaver, but voted to keep the namesake.

#audubon-society-national, #audubon-john-james, #bird-union, #birds, #black-people, #boards-of-directors, #conservation-of-resources, #discrimination, #names-organizational, #race-and-ethnicity, #slavery-historical

The New York Times 4:15 am on March 14, 2023
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Patricia Schroeder, Feminist Trailblazer in Congress, Dies at 82

Ms. Schroeder, who had a long career in the House, helped steer passage of legislation on family leave, pregnancy discrimination and other progressive causes.

#colorado, #discrimination, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 4:30 pm on March 13, 2023
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UPenn Accuses a Professor of Racist Statements. Should She Be Fired?

Amy Wax and free speech groups say the university is trampling on her academic freedom. Students ask whether her speech deserves to be protected.

#academic-freedom, #affirmative-action, #black-people, #censorship, #colleges-and-universities, #discrimination, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #internal-sub-only, #law-schools, #philadelphia-pa, #ruger-theodore, #tenure, #university-of-pennsylvania, #wax-amy-1953

The New York Times 4:02 pm on March 13, 2023
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What to Know About Tenure and Free Speech Protections

A conflict over a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania has stirred questions about what tenure means.

#academic-freedom, #american-assn-of-university-professors, #colleges-and-universities, #discrimination, #ethics-and-official-misconduct, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #tenure, #wax-amy-1953

The New York Times 9:00 am on March 13, 2023
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At White House, Asian American Liaison Juggles Celebrations and Crises

Erika Moritsugu, the first White House A.A.P.I. liaison, is in charge of both promoting the community’s representation and responding to its tragedies at a time of rising racism.

#asian-americans, #biden-joseph-r-jr, #content-type-personal-profile, #discrimination, #erika-moritsugu, #hate-crimes, #indianapolis-ind-shooting-april-2021, #monterey-park-calif-shooting-jan-2023, #native-hawaiians, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 1:47 pm on March 12, 2023
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Authorities Reinstate Alcohol Ban for Aboriginal Australians

The reaction to a rise in crime has renewed hard questions about race and control, and about the open wounds of discrimination.

#alcoholic-beverages, #alice-springs-australia, #colonization, #discrimination, #indigenous-australians, #indigenous-people, #race-and-ethnicity

The New York Times 12:00 am on March 9, 2023
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The Other Children in the DeSantis Culture War

Ron DeSantis’s censorship craze centers the feelings of white children. But what about children searching for a history that includes them?

#a-history-of-florida-through-black-eyes-book, #black-people, #desantis-ron, #discrimination, #dunn-marvin, #education-k-12, #florida, #historic-buildings-and-sites, #lynching, #politics-and-government

The New York Times 7:59 pm on March 8, 2023
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Why Racial Discussions Should Also Focus on Progress

Is that progress slow, uneven and often dispiriting? Of course. But that doesn’t make it any less real.

#black-people, #discrimination, #internal-sub-only-nl, #movies, #race-and-ethnicity, #rap-and-hip-hop, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 5:27 pm on March 8, 2023
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Justice Dept. Finds Pattern of Discriminatory Policing in Louisville

The review, undertaken after a specialized unit killed Breonna Taylor in a botched raid in 2020, paints a damning portrait of a department in crisis.

#discrimination, #garland-merrick-b, #greenberg-craig, #justice-department, #police, #police-brutality-misconduct-and-shootings, #police-department-louisville-ky, #race-and-ethnicity, #taylor-breonna-1993-2020

The New York Times 4:36 pm on March 7, 2023
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If You Read the G.O.P.’s Anti-Trans Policies, You’ll See What It Really Wants

Gillian Branstetter of the A.C.L.U. explains the Republican Party’s aggressive, wide-ranging push to restrict transgender freedoms.

#abbott-gregory-w-1957, #american-civil-liberties-union, #audio-neutral-informative, #discrimination, #law-and-legislation, #north-carolina, #republican-party, #texas, #transgender, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 10:00 am on March 7, 2023
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A Conductor’s Battle With a Classical Music Gender Barrier

Claire Gibault has spent a lifetime fighting sexism and forging a path in a male-dominated profession. Her next targets: pay gaps and age discrimination.

#academy-awards-oscars, #blanchett-cate, #careers-and-professions, #classical-music, #content-type-personal-profile, #discrimination, #gibault-claire, #la-scala-opera-house-milan-italy, #tar-movie, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 10:00 am on March 6, 2023
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Dalit Journalist Takes On India’s Caste Injustices

Meena Kotwal started a news outlet focused on Dalit and other marginalized groups in India, hoping that telling their stories will help improve their lives.

#caste-systems, #discrimination, #india, #meena-kotwal, #news-and-news-media, #the-mooknayak

The New York Times 10:00 am on March 5, 2023
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Tennessee Law Limiting ‘Cabaret’ Shows Raises Uncertainty About Drag Events

The measure is part of a wave of legislation by conservative lawmakers across the country against drag performances. Many are wondering how it will be applied.

#american-civil-liberties-union, #bars-and-nightclubs, #broadway-league, #children-and-childhood, #civil-rights-and-liberties, #discrimination, #drag-performance, #gender, #homosexuality-and-bisexuality, #johnson-jack, #kentucky, #lambda-legal-defense-and-education-fund, #law-and-legislation, #politics-and-government, #st-martin-charlotte, #state-legislatures, #tennessee, #theater, #transgender

The New York Times 2:12 pm on March 4, 2023
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Florida Is Trying to Take Away the American Right to Speak Freely

There’s still time for state lawmakers to reject the crude pandering of a bill that seeks to overturn a bulwark of First Amendment law.

#desantis-ron, #discrimination, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #florida, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #freedom-of-the-press, #law-and-legislation, #libel-and-slander, #new-york-times-company, #news-and-news-media, #news-sources-confidential-status-of, #supreme-court-us

The New York Times 2:00 pm on March 4, 2023
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Credit Card Points Are Being Paid For by the Poor

When you book a free hotel room using credit card rewards, poor consumers are ultimately footing the bill.

#credit-cards, #credit-scores, #discrimination, #durbin-richard-j, #income-inequality, #interchange-fees, #law-and-legislation, #luxury-goods-and-services, #personal-finances

The New York Times 10:00 am on March 3, 2023
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Black and Latino Real Estate Developers Struggle to Get Funding

A racial wealth gap and discrimination that sets a higher bar for would-be developers seeking loans have contributed to the lack of representation.

#black-people, #discrimination, #hispanic-americans, #real-estate-commercial, #real-estate-and-housing-residential

The New York Times 5:53 pm on March 2, 2023
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Tunisia’s President Vilifies Migrants From Sub-Saharan Africa

As African migrants are swept up in a widening crackdown, critics say President Kais Saied is openly mining a deep vein of discrimination and prejudice against dark-skinned people in Tunisia.

#africa, #african-union, #black-people, #discrimination, #freedom-of-the-press, #human-rights-watch, #middle-east-and-north-africa-unrest-2010, #migrant-labor-non-agriculture, #nigeria, #political-prisoners, #politics-and-government, #saied-kais-1958, #tunis-tunisia, #tunisia

The New York Times 12:38 pm on March 2, 2023
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Why the G.O.P.’s Attack on Trans Rights Could Backfire on the Party

A Republican state senator on what his party gets wrong about trans kids — and why he’s broken ranks to vote to protect them.

#audio-neutral-informative, #conservatism-us-politics, #daniel-thatcher, #discrimination, #politics-and-government, #republican-party, #transgender, #united-states, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 8:23 pm on February 28, 2023
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The ‘Dilbert’ Cartoonist and the Durability of White-Flight Thinking

What Scott Adams said really wasn’t anything new.

#adams-scott, #black-people, #discrimination, #rasmussen-reports, #segregation-and-desegregation, #trump-donald-j, #twitter

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 28, 2023
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‘Different from the Other Southerners’: Jimmy Carter’s Relationship with Black America

How a white politician from the South who once supported segregationist policies eventually won the enduring support of Black voters.

#black-people, #carter-jimmy, #civil-rights-movement-1954-68, #discrimination, #elections-governors, #georgia, #plains-ga, #presidential-election-of-1976, #presidential-election-of-1980, #race-and-ethnicity, #segregation-and-desegregation, #sumter-county-ga, #united-states-politics-and-government, #voting-and-voters

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 27, 2023
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Dying Children and Frozen Flocks in Afghanistan’s Bitter Winter of Crisis

Hundreds have died in plunging temperatures, and malnutrition has been rampant, even as the Taliban government’s ban on female workers has hampered international aid.

#afghanistan, #cold-and-cold-spells, #discrimination, #economic-conditions-and-trends, #famine, #humanitarian-aid, #livestock, #taliban, #vis-photo, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 10:16 pm on February 26, 2023
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Rural Hospitals Are Shuttering Their Maternity Units

Citing costs, many hospitals are closing labor and delivery wards, expanding so-called maternity care deserts.

#babies-and-infants, #birth-rates, #discrimination, #finances, #hospitals, #insurance, #maternal-mortality, #medicaid, #minorities, #miscarriages, #native-americans, #nursing-and-nurses, #parenting, #poverty, #pregnancy-and-childbirth, #rural-areas, #washington-state, #women-and-girls, #yakama-indian-reservation-wash, #yakima-wash, #yakima-river-valley-wash, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 12:00 am on February 23, 2023
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America, Right-Wing Censors, and the ‘Battle for the Next Century’

This is the New Right’s strategic plan: a relentless push to strengthen the white supremacist power structure.

#conservatism-us-politics, #desantis-ron, #discrimination, #florida, #politics-and-government, #race-and-ethnicity, #roy-chip-1972, #rufo-christopher-f, #texas, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 5:04 am on February 22, 2023
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South Korea Inches Toward Same-Sex Equality, but Broader Bill Is Stalled

Christian conservatives in the country have campaigned tirelessly for decades to prevent legislation that would offer protections to L.G.B.T.Q. people.

#christians-and-christianity, #conservatism-us-politics, #discrimination, #homosexuality-and-bisexuality, #law-and-legislation, #legislatures-and-parliaments, #people-power-party, #politics-and-government, #same-sex-marriage-civil-unions-and-domestic-partnerships, #south-korea, #transgender-and-transsexuals

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 21, 2023
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Want to Lower Housing Costs? Build in New York’s Suburbs.

Zoning laws have shut out Black Americans and others considered undesirable from thriving suburbs for too long.

#affordable-housing, #area-planning-and-renewal, #black-people, #civil-rights-movement-1954-68, #discrimination, #hochul-kathleen-c, #long-island-ny, #metropolitan-transportation-authority, #new-york-city, #new-york-metropolitan-area, #new-york-state, #real-estate-and-housing-residential, #suburbs, #transit-systems, #united-states, #united-states-politics-and-government, #urban-areas, #westchester-county-ny, #zoning

The New York Times 5:05 pm on February 20, 2023
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Bruce’s Beach Was a Reparations Model. Then the Family Sold It.

The Bruce family won the return of oceanfront land near Los Angeles seized nearly a century ago. Their decision to sell for $20 million set off a different debate about reparations.

#black-people, #bruce-charles, #bruce-willa, #bruces-beach-manhattan-beach-calif, #discrimination, #eminent-domain, #internal-sub-only, #land-use-policies, #los-angeles-county-calif, #manhattan-beach-calif, #reparations

The New York Times 8:00 am on February 19, 2023
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Haley Walks Treacherous Road for G.O.P. Women

Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign is a major test of her party’s views on sexism and female leaders. Just don’t call it identity politics.

#discrimination, #greene-marjorie-taylor-1974, #haley-nikki-r, #presidential-election-of-2024, #primaries-and-caucuses, #republican-party, #south-carolina, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government, #women-and-girls

The New York Times 2:09 pm on February 18, 2023
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When Parents Hear That Their Child ‘Is Not Normal and Should Not Exist’

Anti-trans legislation in dozens of states is an attack on parental rights.

#children-and-childhood, #discrimination, #gender, #missouri, #parenting, #politics-and-government, #state-legislatures, #teenagers-and-adolescence, #transgender

The New York Times 6:48 pm on February 17, 2023
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Tim Scott Weighs 2024 Run, Selling Unity to a Party Eager for a Fight

Mr. Scott, the only Black Republican senator, has many political assets. What he lacks is an obvious ability to win over voters who have embraced a Trumpian brand of us-versus-them divisiveness.

#black-people, #desantis-ron, #discrimination, #presidential-election-of-2024, #primaries-and-caucuses, #republican-party, #scott-timothy-eugene, #south-carolina, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 15, 2023
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Why Is Affirmative Action in Peril? One Man’s Decision.

How the landmark 1978 Supreme Court decision that upheld the practice may ultimately have set it on a path to being outlawed.

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #asian-americans, #black-people, #civil-rights-movement-1954-68, #colleges-and-universities, #cox-archibald, #discrimination, #harvard-law-school, #jackson-ketanji-brown-1970, #justice-department, #marshall-thurgood, #powell-lewis-f-jr, #supreme-court-us

The New York Times 5:40 pm on February 12, 2023
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Earthquake Shatters Rebuilt Lives of Syrian Refugees in Turkey

Syrians have experienced relentless death and destruction during their country’s 12-year civil war. But some say the earthquake was worse than anything they have endured.

#accidents-and-safety, #antakya-turkey, #discrimination, #earthquakes, #humanitarian-aid, #politics-and-government, #refugees-and-displaced-persons, #rescues, #syria, #turkey, #turkey-earthquake-feb-6-2023

The New York Times 5:01 am on February 12, 2023
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Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts Represent Progress and Lost Opportunity for Black Quarterbacks

Black quarterbacks will lead both teams in Sunday’s Super Bowl. But for much of pro football history, Black players were steered away from the position because of racist assumptions.

#appalachian-state-university, #black-people, #boston-patriots, #briscoe-marlin, #canadian-football-league, #carolina-panthers, #discrimination, #draft-and-recruitment-sports, #football, #grambling-state-university, #historically-black-colleges-and-universities, #hurts-jalen-1998, #mahomes-patrick-1995, #michigan-state-university, #moon-warren, #national-football-league, #onree-jackson, #pollard-fritz, #race-and-ethnicity, #robinson-eddie, #tampa-bay-buccaneers, #university-of-alabama, #williams-doug-1955

The New York Times 4:57 pm on February 10, 2023
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One Celebration the Super Bowl Will Lack: The Hiring of Black Coaches

For the first time, the starting quarterbacks are Black. And there has been a surge of Black team executives. But those milestones are overshadowed by a lagging record on hiring Black coaches.

#bieniemy-eric, #black-people, #coaches-and-managers, #discrimination, #dungy-tony, #football, #goodell-roger, #hurts-jalen-1998, #mahomes-patrick-1995, #minorities, #national-football-league, #super-bowl, #tomlin-mike, #wilks-steve-1969

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 10, 2023
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The Relentless Attack on Trans People Is an Attack on All of Us

To deny equal respect and dignity to any part of the citizenry is to place the entire country on the road to tiered citizenship and limited rights.

#black-people, #democracy-theory-and-philosophy, #discrimination, #douglass-frederick, #gender, #homosexuality-and-bisexuality, #presidential-election-of-2024, #republican-party, #supreme-court-us, #transgender-and-transsexuals, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government, #womens-rights

The New York Times 3:54 am on February 10, 2023
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Patrick Mahomes Is Not a Kid Anymore. (He Just Plays Like One.)

Mahomes, known for his sense of fun and improvisation on the field, has become a kind of elder statesman, settled in his family life, his business endeavors and his community.

#black-people, #content-type-personal-profile, #discrimination, #football, #kansas-city-mo, #kansas-city-chiefs, #mahomes-patrick-1995, #national-football-league, #super-bowl

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 9, 2023
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How Educators Secretly Remove Students With Disabilities From School

Known as informal removals, the tactics are “off-the-book” suspensions often in violation of federal civil rights protections for those with disabilities.

#civil-rights-and-liberties, #disabilities, #discrimination, #education-k-12, #education-department-us, #justice-department, #school-discipline-students, #special-education, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 8:29 pm on February 6, 2023
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Education Issues Vault to Top of the G.O.P.’s Presidential Race

Donald Trump and possible rivals, like Gov. Ron DeSantis, are making appeals to conservative voters on race and gender issues, but such messages had a mixed record in November’s midterm elections.

#colleges-and-universities, #conservatism-us-politics, #critical-race-theory, #discrimination, #education, #elections-governors, #homosexuality-and-bisexuality, #midterm-elections-2022, #polls-and-public-opinion, #race-and-ethnicity, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 8:00 am on February 6, 2023
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At This School, Computer Science Class Now Includes Critiquing Chatbots

Move over, coding. Some schools are asking student programmers to think critically about rapid advances in artificial intelligence.

#algorithmic-bias, #algorithms, #artificial-intelligence, #bronx-nyc, #chatgpt, #computer-science, #discrimination, #education-k-12, #facial-recognition-software, #openai-labs, #science-and-technology, #teachers-and-school-employees, #young-womens-leadership-school-of-the-bronx

The New York Times 5:44 pm on February 5, 2023
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Returning From Africa, Pope Francis and Christian Leaders Condemn Anti-Gay Laws

In an in-flight news conference after six days in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, Francis also denounced conservative critics who he said had “instrumentalized” the death of Benedict XVI.

#africa, #anglican-communion, #benedict-xvi, #church-of-england, #congo-democratic-republic-of-congo-kinshasa, #discrimination, #francis, #homosexuality-and-bisexuality, #kiir-mayardit-salva, #popes, #religion-and-belief, #roman-catholic-church, #south-sudan, #welby-justin

The New York Times 4:43 pm on February 4, 2023
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LeBron James Keeps the World Watching

The Los Angeles Lakers star has embraced the often harsh spotlight of celebrity to further his career and personal goals. But he said it can be “challenging at times.”

#abdul-jabbar-kareem, #awards-decorations-and-honors, #basketball, #black-people, #demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #discrimination, #i-promise-school-akron-ohio, #james-lebron, #los-angeles-lakers, #miami-heat, #national-basketball-assn, #nba-championship, #playoff-games, #police-brutality-misconduct-and-shootings, #records-and-achievements, #social-media

The New York Times 7:58 pm on February 3, 2023
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Kyrie Irving Asks the Nets to Trade Him

The Nets guard, who will be a free agent this summer, wants out of Brooklyn just months after he caused an uproar by linking to an antisemitic film on social media.

#anti-semitism, #basketball, #brooklyn-nets, #discrimination, #irving-kyrie, #social-media, #trades-sports

The New York Times 2:34 am on February 2, 2023
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Inside the College Board’s Revised African American Studies Curriculum

A guide to some changes in the curriculum, and how the new course differs from standard treatments of Black history in American high schools.

#black-lives-matter-movement, #black-people, #college-board, #colleges-and-universities, #critical-race-theory, #desantis-ron, #discrimination, #education-k-12, #homosexuality-and-bisexuality, #reparations

The New York Times 5:20 pm on January 31, 2023
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Black Americans Are Much More Likely to Face Tax Audits, Study Finds

A new report documents systemic discrimination in how the I.R.S. selects taxpayers to be audited, with implications for a debate on the agency’s funding.

#black-people, #discrimination, #income-tax, #internal-revenue-service, #race-and-ethnicity, #stanford-university, #tax-credits-deductions-and-exemptions, #treasury-department, #united-states-politics-and-government, #university-of-chicago, #university-of-michigan

The New York Times 5:24 pm on January 30, 2023
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The Latest Crusade to Place Religion Over the Rest of Civil Society

The Supreme Court appears ready to overrule a decision that has stood for nearly five decades on religion in the workplace.

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The New York Times 2:26 pm on January 30, 2023
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Her Culture Was Suppressed for Centuries. Now It Powers Her Best Seller.

Ann-Helén Laestadius grew up among the Sámi, an Indigenous people living near the Arctic Circle, in Europe. Her novel, “Stolen,” a success in her native Sweden, reflects that culture to a broad audience.

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