Tag: anti-racism

• Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 07:57 UTC

  Twitter places warning notice on a Trump tweet threatening 'serious force' against protestors

  

  Twitter Inc on Tuesday placed a warning notice on a tweet by President Donald Trump threatening “serious force” against protesters in the U.S. capital, the second time it has used the label since it began challenging Trump’s tweets in May.

• Monday, June 15th 2020 - 18:50 UTC

  PM Johnson: Britain cannot 'photoshop' its cultural landscape and complex history

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain cannot “photoshop” its cultural landscape and complex history as doing so would be a distortion of its past, amid an ongoing row over the removal of statues of historical figures.

• Friday, June 12th 2020 - 10:35 UTC

  Slave trader statue fished out of Bristol harbor; Bournemouth will remove a bronze of Robert Baden-Powell

  

  The statue of a slave trader toppled by anti-racism protesters was on Thursday fished out of the harbour in the English city of Bristol, as another historical monument was set to be taken down.

• Monday, September 24th 2018 - 09:17 UTC

  Brazil's colored community sponsors Black & Black network to promote its political candidates

  

  In Brazil's general elections approach, a new social network is gaining traction aimed at giving greater visibility to black candidates while highlighting anti-racism initiatives in the country tainted by racial prejudice. Black & Black, which has 100,000 users -- in a population of more than 200 million -- aims to “connect the demands and narratives of the world's black population” and to ensure that “black people get the prominence they deserve.”