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When Cyrus Christie became a target for racist abuse while playing for the Republic of Ireland, he went to see the police. ‘They seemed like they would be great and gave me a number to call if I needed them,’ Christie told Sportsmail. ‘A while later I called it and it didn’t even work. We … Read more
BritBox sparks ‘yellowface’ row after BBC and ITV streaming service runs Doctor Who episode with racist slurs and white actors wearing make-up to play Asian characters £5.99-a-month streaming service failed to put a content warning on the episode TV bosses had promised its shows would ‘comply’ with a 2019 audience BBC’s Death Us Do Part … Read more
Home Secretary Priti Patel facing a barrage of racist and sexist abuse on social media after allegations she bullied her staff emerged last week Online trolls have made abusive comments about the Home Secretary Priti Patel Some wrote racist abuse about Patel after her most senior civil servant resigned Sir Philip Rutnam resigned and accused … Read more
CCTV images have been released by police of a man suspected of carrying out a racially motivated attack of ‘coronavirus rage’. The pictures depict a suspect who is alleged to have punched and knocked a woman unconscious after she stepped in to defend her Chinese friend who she says was accused of carrying coronavirus. Trainee lawyer … Read more
British public IS racist towards Meghan Markle says Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall author Dame Hilary Mantel Hilary Mantel said racism has played a part in criticism aimed at Meghan Markle The author said there is an ‘intense concentration on bodies of royal women’ She compared scrutiny of the Meghan to that faced by royal women … Read more
Singer Normani has addressed her former Fifth Harmony bandmate Camila Cabello‘s shocking racist social media posts for the first time in a new interview. The 23-year-old Motivation singer opened up to Rolling Stone about her emotional anguish on Friday as she broke her silence about Camila’s long hesitation to apologize for past hateful language. The Havana singer, … Read more
Real Housewives of Dallas original cast member LeeAnne Locken has quit the show after four seasons. The 52-year-old said she had a ‘trolley-slapping good time’ on the Bravo show but wants to refocus on philanthropy, which she said in a statement released to People Magazine, was her ‘main reason for leaving the show.’ However, her … Read more
The racist chief of a chain of luxury care homes has been outed for refusing to hire someone because they were black. Cristina Bila, 61, demanded that managerial candidate Paulett Mills be taken out of the running for the position at Pondsmead nursing home in Radstock, Somerset. Mrs Mills initially wowed interviewers and managers were … Read more
The far-right terrorist who killed nine people in a shisha bar rampage in Germany had scouted one of the cafes four days earlier, it has emerged. Surveillance footage shows Tobias Rathjen in the hookah lounge in Hanau less than a week before he opened fire in a racist terror attack. Wearing a green jacket and … Read more
Home Office was branded ‘institutionally racist’ in report into Windrush deportation policy – but the wording ‘was watered down before publication’ The review into the policy towards migrants has seen the claim edited out It was commissioned in 2018 after Caribbean migrants detained or deported The delayed report was expected to be published at the … Read more