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In the Trenches: Fighting Racism Online
Out in the real world, few people would proudly proclaim that they are racists. On the internet, things are different: The anonymity of the online world makes it easier for people to express racist...
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US Neo-Nazis Are Big Fans of Nick Griffin
A new attack by the Anonymous crusaders has targeted neo-Nazi groups in the US, leaking their private emails online. It turns out one of the racist groups is in love with our wonky-faced racist leader...
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ITV Apologises for Using the Word “Coloured” in Racism Report
An ITV News lunchtime report on a football racism summit chaired by David Cameron made the astonishing mistake of referring to black players as "coloured," triggering a right old furore on the internet...
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Racism-Curing Pills Are Apparently a Thing Now?
Researchers at Oxford University claim to have discovered a “cure” for racism, in pill form. It only (supposedly!) stamps out biologically-inherent discrimination, apparently, so if someone’s been...
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What Do You Make of This DiscriminationPong iPhone App Thing?
I’m not sure whether this is a clever app idea that highlights the continuing scourge of racism through the modern medium of mobile gaming, or whether it’s all just a bit in poor taste. Basically, the...
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Even Babies Are a Little Racist
While there are no shortage of studies that suggest adults are less able to recognise individuals of different races to themselves, the latest is actually interesting: babies as young as nine months...
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Chinese Design Students Dream of a World Without Racist Bandages
In an endeavour worthy of a John Lennon classic, the students from South China Agricultural University’s College of Arts want to change the world for the better one small step at a time, starting with...
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When Applying for a Tech Job, Don’t Be a Racist Arsehole
Justin Ching works on different tech-related products around the silicon valley, including at Google, and needed a web designer. He interviewed David Bernett, and kept him in consideration for the...
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Greek Olympic Athlete Booted Out of the Games For Twitter Gaffe
LOCOG’s warned that social media could be dangerous for athletes, but it’s not a Brit that’s the first casualty — a Greek triple jumper got ejected from her Olympic squad after racist “joke” tweets...
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There Is Blatant Racist and Sexist Language Hiding in Open Source Code
GitHub is an exceptionally popular open-source community where any developer can find code for pretty much anything. But there’s a problem — some of that code contains extremely offensive racist,...
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Lord Sugar Investigated Over Bizarre Chinese Child “Hate Tweet”
That image there is a joke Lord Sugar thought up and put on the internet. The joke being that underage staff might work in Apple’s production lines. It’s not a great joke, and if it occurred to Michael...
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