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BBC hold ‘avoiding racial bias’ training session with on-air talent ahead of the new football season with phrases such as ‘nitty gritty’, ‘sold down the river’ and ‘blackballed’ put on a banned list The BBC held an ‘avoiding racial bias’ training session with their on-air talent The purpose of the session was to avoid using … Read more
Richard Wilson, who is also the head of comedy at Hat Trick productions, regularly puts right-wing columnists on the show but they get into rows with other panellists that doesn’t inspire laughter A producer on ‘Have I Got News for You’ has hit back at claims of left-wing bias and said the BBC show struggles … Read more
MPs will be given lessons on woke language and history by consultants who declared the words ‘lady’ and ‘pensioner’ to be offensive. Parliament has paid Challenge Consultancy £7,000 to design a course on ‘unconscious bias’ for MPs. In total the company, which has also trained BBC staff, has raked in nearly £800,000 from Parliament for … Read more
Facebook ‘ignored racial bias research’: Former employees claim the tech giant is ‘failing’ and ‘hurting people at scale’ Whistleblowers claim they told superiors their new system is racially biased Research found black people’s accounts were 50% more likely to be disabled They were allegedly told to keep the findings quiet and to stop any further … Read more
Facebook ‘ignored racial bias research’: Former employees claim the tech giant is ‘failing’ and ‘hurting people at scale’ Whistleblowers claim they told superiors their new system is racially biased Research found black people’s accounts were 50% more likely to be disabled They were allegedly told to keep the findings quiet and to stop any further … Read more
Pupils could miss out on the exam results they deserve this summer as the system risks being ‘unfair’ for disadvantaged students, MPs have warned. The Commons Education Select Committee report said England’s exams regulator’s process for allowing students to appeal their grades if they believe discrimination has occurred is not accessible for all students. Education … Read more
A class of 11-year-olds were seen cheering after being told they showed a ‘significant drop’ in unconscious racial bias after completing a three-week experiment, on the second episode of The School That Tried To End Racism. Pupils in Year 7 at Glenthorne High School in South London were separated into ‘affinity groups’ of white and non-white students to … Read more
The PFA have urged commentators to address their racial bias after a study revealed differences in how they describe players with different skin tones. Findings revealed on Tuesday, following the first study of its kind in football, showed that ‘deep-rooted racial stereotypes’ are promoted in commentary by: Players with lighter skin tones receiving significantly more … Read more
Managers who think gender bias no longer exists in the workplace are more likely to value male employees over women and give them higher wages, a study found. Experts from Exeter University conducted an experiment where managers in a profession with a high proportion of women employees were asked to evaluate fake workers. Despite the … Read more
Managers who think gender bias no longer exists in the workplace are more likely to value male employees over women and give them higher wages, a study found. Experts from Exeter University conducted an experiment where managers in a profession with a high proportion of women employees were asked to evaluate fake workers. Despite the … Read more