An art exhibit in Israel featuring a crucified Ronald McDonald – a primary mascot of the McDonald’s fast-food restaurant chain – has sparked protests by the country’s Arab Christians. Hundreds of Christians calling for the removal of the sculpture titled “McJesus” demonstrated at the museum, where the artwork has been put on display, in the northern city of Haifa last week. …
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An Italian senator who compared a senior black politician to an orangutan has been convicted of racial hate speech. Senator Roberto Calderoli, a senior member of the anti-immigration League party that makes up one half of Italy’s governing coalition, received an 18-month suspended sentence on Monday for racist comments directed at Cécile Kyenge, who became Italy’s …
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Just as Germany closes a chapter in the National Socialist Underground (NSU) saga, a new incident shows the far-right threat is far from over in the country. Seda Başay Yıldız, a German lawyer of Turkish origin for victims of the NSU gang, received a fax, this time signed “NSU 2.0,” containing insults and death threats, …
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Black and white primary school children in South Africa have been seen sitting at separate tables, in a classroom picture that has sparked anger among parents. The photo, taken by a teacher, shows a group of 18 white pupils with a small table of the class’s handful of black pupils sitting behind at the back of the …
A Nobel prize-winning scientist who helped discover DNA’s double helix structure has been stripped of his honorary titles for repeating an “unsubstantiated and reckless” suggestion that genes make black people less intelligent. James Watson, who shared his prize for his work at Cambridge with Francis Crick, has repeated his claim that black people are inherently …
Gucci has apologized and discontinued selling a sweater that social media users said resembles blackface because of its design. In a Twitter post Wednesday, the Italian luxury brand said it “deeply apologizes for the offense caused by the wool balaclava jumper.” The top, which is no longer on the company’s website, is a black turtleneck …
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The husband of MEP Cécile Kyenge’s has announced his candidacy for the next municipal elections in the Italian province of Modena. But unlike his wife, who became Italy’s first black minister under Enrico Letta’s government in 2013, Domenico Grispino has no inclination for centre-left politics. In a radio interview, he said he was joining the …
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Tommy Robinson, the far-right founder of the English Defence League, has been permanently banned from Facebook and Instagram for repeatedly breaking the sites’ policies on hate speech, Facebook said. The company said Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, broke rules that ban public calls for violence against people based on protected characteristics; rules that …
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Liam Neeson has insisted he is not racist following an interview in The Independent in which he spoke of roaming the streets with a cosh, wanting to kill a “black bastard” after someone close to him was raped years ago. The 66 year-old actor said race had not played a part in his actions, claiming he would have reacted in …
An elementary school teacher in central Italy who told his students a black classmate was “ugly” is learning about the outrage his action caused. Several parents complained after their children told them the teacher directed the boy to turn his back to the the class and then instructed the other students to “look how ugly …
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