The incident occurred at about 1.30pm on May 28 on a Thameslink network in London. The Bengali woman, who is in her 20s and wears a hijab, was with her mother when she noticed the man staring at her. Speaking to Tell MAMA, an organisation highlighting anti-Muslim abuse, the woman said she felt threatened by …
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Primark has been accused of ‘rewarding’ a racist customer accused of telling a Muslim shop assistant ‘I don’t want to be served by black people’. Do Na Marie was at the Westfield Stratford City branch of Primark in east London with her daughter. She witnessed the alleged incident and is now encouraging people to boycott …
Starbucks closed 8,000 company-owned USA stores at around 2 pm local time on May 29 as a first step in training 175,000 employees on racial tolerance. “We understand that racial and systemic bias have many causes, sources, and ways of showing up within each of us and in our communities”, says one of the training videos …
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As part of a growing call for European governments to push for the protection of the Palestinians from Israeli violence in the occupied territories, some 4,500 pairs of shoes were laid yesterday at the European Council building in Brussels to commemorate Palestinians killed in the past 10 years. The unusual protest was organized by a …
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An anti-Islam rally was held by far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in country’s capital Berlin on May 27. Speaking to media before the beginning of the rally, AfD board member Beatrix von Storch criticized German football player of Turkish origin Mesut Ozil. Currently playing for English giants Arsenal, Ozil, 29, was born in German …
ZDF commentators consistently described Meghan Markle and her guests as “exotic” and were fascinated by her black hair. The public broadcaster has been roundly condemned by news outlets and people on social media. German public broadcaster ZDF was heavily criticized on Saturday for its sometimes questionable coverage of the royal wedding. Social media users and …
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Police in Greece’s second-largest city say they have arrested two people as suspects in an attack that left the mayor of Thessaloniki hospitalized. Mayor Yiannis Boutaris of Greece’s second-largest city was hospitalized Saturday with head, back and leg injuries after being set upon by nationalist extremists. Thessaloniki City Council President Calypso Goula said Boutaris was …
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L’Avenue, a Paris restaurant popular with celebrities, has a system in place to keep out people with Arabic-sounding names and women in headscarves, an investigation by BuzzFeed News in France shows. BuzzFeed News spoke with four servers who worked at L’Avenue for several years, one until very recently. The four former employees claim that their …
Starbucks has landed itself in yet another storm of criticism after a branch in California printed a racial slur on a cup. A man named Pedro, who is of Hispanic descent, had ordered two drinks at the La Cañada Flintridge Starbucks on Tuesday. When Pedro’s drinks were delivered to him he noticed that the derogatory word ‘beaner,’ a …
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Guatemala has opened its embassy in Jerusalem, following in the footsteps of the United States that inaugurated its embassy in the city two days prior, in a move that has triggered international condemnation. Wednesday’s development comes amid widespread anger and protests in the occupied Palestinian territories, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, or Catastrophe. The event marks the …
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