Naomi Osaka was told her ‘black card was revoked’ for representing Japan in Olympics instead of US

Japanese-Haitian tennis star Naomi Osaka has hit back at critics of her decision to represent Japan at the Olympics this months, revealing that she was told her ‘black card was revoked’ after she announced that she would not be playing for the US in Tokyo.    The 23-year-old, who was born in in Chūō-ku, Osaka to a … Read more

Oscars 2021: Regina King hails Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict during opening monologue

 Best Director   Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round David Fincher – Mank Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Chloé Zhao – Nomadland – WINNER Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman   Best Actor in a Leading Role Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Anthony Hopkins – The Father Gary Oldman … Read more

The Simpsons’ Hank Azaria says show’s Indian store owner Apu has contributed to structural racism

Hank Azaria says he feels the need to apologize to ‘every single Indian person in this country’ for voicing Apu in The Simpsons. In an interview with the Armchair Expert podcast, Azaria has said the character show had contributed to ‘structural racism’ and that he hadn’t known any better during the nearly 30 years he … Read more

Medical expert says George Floyd died from ‘low level of oxygen’

A medical expert who specializes in pulmonology has told jurors in Derek Chauvin‘s murder trial that George Floyd died from a ‘low level of oxygen’ that damaged his brain and caused his heart to stop when he was pinned to the street by Minneapolis police officers.   Dr Martin Tobin, who has been a lung and critical care … Read more

Cher apologizes for her ’emotional’ tweets claiming that she could have saved George Floyd’s life

Cher has apologized for her ‘over-emotional’ tweet, in which she said she could have helped save George Floyd – and was mocked as a ‘white savior’.  The music icon made the remark in a tweet posted to her 3.9 million followers Friday as she watched the televised murder trial of Derek Chauvin – the former … Read more

F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton realises he needs to be more ‘diplomatic’ in racism fight

F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton admits he might have been wrong to ’embarrass people’ by calling out the sport’s big names in his fight against racism – and now realises he needs to be more ‘diplomatic’ Lewis Hamilton admits he was wrong to ’embarrass people’ in his racism fight The F1 world champion now knows … Read more

Government says it does not use BAME because it excludes white minorities

Downing Street has backed the scrapping of the use of BAME because it ignores people from white minority and other white-mixed backgrounds and fails to ‘treat people as individuals’, it was revealed today. No 10 says it won’t use the umbrella term after Boris Johnson’s racial disparities commission said the term Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority (BAME) should … Read more

George Floyd’s brother kneels outside court as Derek Chauvin trial begins

Derek Chauvin (pictured in a Minneapolis courtroom on March 15) has been charged with second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the May 2020 death of George Floyd As of Monday, all 15 jurors who will hear the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin have been impaneled. Twelve jurors will deliberate and … Read more

George Floyd’s brother kneels outside court as Derek Chauvin’s trial begins

Derek Chauvin (pictured in a Minneapolis courtroom on March 15) has been charged with second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the May 2020 death of George Floyd As of Monday, all 15 jurors who will hear the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin have been impaneled. Twelve jurors will deliberate and … Read more

Minneapolis braces for day one of Derek Chauvin’s trial as city holds vigil for George Floyd

Derek Chauvin (pictured in a Minneapolis courtroom on March 15) has been charged with second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the May 2020 death of George Floyd As of Monday, all 15 jurors who will hear the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin have been impaneled. Twelve jurors will deliberate and … Read more