San Francisco: The New York Times has defended its new hire, Sarah Jeong, who was dragged into a racism controversy for tweets she wrote from 2013 to early 2015. The paper announced this week that it had hired Jeong as the lead technology writer for its editorial board. But soon[Read More…]
Tag: Racism
H&M apologises for using black child to sell sweatshirt
Global fashion retailer H&M had to apologise on Monday after it was accused of being racist for using a black child to model a sweatshirt with a “coolest monkey in the jungle” slogan. After facing the ire of hundreds of people on social media, the company removed the ad from[Read More…]
Obama’s anti-racism tweet after Charlottesville becomes the most liked ever!
As former president of America, Barack Obama took to Twitter condemning racism, in the aftermath of a far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, it became the most liked tweet ever, with more than 3 million social media users so far resonating similar sentiment. “No one is born hating another person because[Read More…]
Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s tweet hints at racism in Bollywood, says I cannot be paired along with fair and handsome
National Award-winning actor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui who had earlier said that there is no racism in Bollywood, posted a tweet about differential treatment in casting actors due to his skin color. “Thank you for making me realise that I cannot be paired along with the fair and handsome because I’m dark and[Read More…]
Delhi Golf Club accepts racism; apologises to Khasi woman for discriminating her
After reports of a Khasi woman being asked to leave the Delhi Golf Club for violating dress-code attracted huge backlash, the Delhi Golf Club Limited has issued a letter accepting its mistake. It has also tendered apologies to Tailin Lyngdoh and Nivedita Barthakur, an entrepreneur from Northeast India and Honorary[Read More…]
Kim Kardashian slammed for promoting ‘racism’ in new beauty campaign
The latest celebrity to join the bandwagon of promoting racism through beauty products is none other than reality TV star Kim Kardashian. The international star received backlash after she posted a picture on her social media accounts to promote her new cosmetic line, KKW Beauty. In her new make-up campaign,[Read More…]
Indian cab driver attacked, manhandled and abused in Australia
In another case of racism, an Indian cab driver was attacked and endured injuries in Sandy Bay, Tasmania, on Friday. The driver, who was not permitted to disclose his name owing to legal proceedings, told his terrible ordeal. The driver picked up a couple on Friday night around 10.30 pm[Read More…]
Harbhajan Singh slams Jet Airways pilot
‘Are only BJP/RSS members Indians?’
Is Tarun Vijay really racist?
BJP leader Tarun Vijay is making it to the headlines on Friday for his infamous racist statement in an Al Jazeera debate on the attack on Nigerian students by a mob in a Greater Noida mall. While Twitter is buzzing with sharp condemnation and criticism of Vijay’s words and analogies;[Read More…]
If India was racist, why would we live with South India: BJP leader Tarun Vijay
As the recent incident of the brutal assault on two Nigerian students by a mob in a Greater Noida mall questions the safety of Africans in India, former BJP MP Tarun Vijay denies on an international platform that the attacks had no links with racism. Clearly denying, that the attacks[Read More…]
Before the latest ad pull, Pepsi mocked FTII students and got away with it
Soft drink giant, PepsiCo, recently withdrew its latest advertisement campaign, “Live for Now Moments” after huge social media backlash. The ad was criticized for co-opting protest movements and appropriating an iconic photograph from the Black Lives Matter movement. It’s a shocker at least for the Indian audience. In October 2015,[Read More…]
Pepsi pulls latest ad campaign after huge backlash for co-opting iconic protests
Pepsi has withdrawn and apologised for a new ad campaign featuring Kendall Jenner, after the company faced a social media backlash for co-opting protest movements to market their products. “Pepsi was trying to project a global message of unity, peace and understanding,” the company said in a statement to the[Read More…]
African envoys slam racial attack on students
African Group Head of Missions in New Delhi has expressed displeasure over the attack on African students in Greater Noida. Calling the attack as xenophobic and racial, the organisation said that “sufficient and visible deterring measures” were not taken by the government. “(We) strongly condemn the incident and express deep concern[Read More…]
Five arrested after attack on Nigerian students
Uttar Pradesh police arrested five people in connection with the attack on Nigerian students in Greater Noida The four Nigerian students were attacked by a mob during a candle-light march for a 17-year-old boy who had died on Saturday. “Police have arrested five persons. FIR registered and action will be[Read More…]
Malayali priest stabbed by Italian during Sunday mass
In a shocking incident of hate crime, a Catholic priest from Kerala was stabbed by an Italian man at St Matthews Church in Melbourne. According to reports, Reverend Tomy Kalathoor Mathew was just about to begin the Sunday mass when an attacker shouted “You are Indian, a Hindu or Muslim,[Read More…]
Racist video aimed at Indians surfaces on Internet
Days after the report of hate crimes against Indians, an anti-immigration website that features the video and photo of Indian families chilling in Ohio has Indian communities across the US worried. A report titled “Ohio – A Journey to Indian Park”, and an accompanying video, has been posted in the[Read More…]
Dos and don’ts for Indians on American soil
The murder of a Hyderabad-origin techie in a Kansas bar has triggered a fear pychosis in the mind of indians living in US soil. “Don’t talk to each other in Hindi or any other Indian language when you are at a public place in the US. It might land you[Read More…]
Washington University offers course on American rapper Kanye West
Students of Washington University can opt for a new course on cultural icon Kanye West titled: “Politics of Kanye West: Black Genius and Sonic Aesthetics.” Seventy-five students are registered for the course on the controversy magnet, and there was a waiting list to get in for the course which began[Read More…]
Australian restaurant ‘British Colonial Co’ slammed for racist website
An Australian restaurant in Brisbane has been accused of “gross racism” on social media for promoting itself as celebrating the British Empire’s “push into the developing cultures of the world”. British Colonial Co, located in Hawthorne, opened in late June but attracted criticism over a description on its website, which[Read More…]
Watch this girl break down racist stereotypes in the most badass manner ever!
The harassment and cat-calling faced by north-eastern people in other parts of India is not really an unknown phenomenon. Often called “chinki” or “momo” they are continuously made to feel unwanted and unsafe. Not only the people but even the government authorities are a part of this sad habit as[Read More…]
Ex-Emirates flight attendant calls Indians ‘f*cking rats’ after Dubai crash
A former flight attendant of Emirates has hailed the airhosts who helped evacuate Flight 521 which crash landed in Dubai airport, and minutes later burst into flames. The plane was flying from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, to Dubai. He has described the Indian travellers as “f*cking rats” and “an untameable bunch”. A[Read More…]
The BJP Doesn’t Care About Racism
After the Facebook post of a Manipuri girl accusing an immigration officer of alleged racial slur went viral on social media earlier this week, there has been much speculation about racism yet again. In our discourse, such discussions come to the fore only in the aftermath of crimes, be it[Read More…]
Dallas shooting: 4 officers shot dead, 11 injured
In one of the deadliest attacks on the law enforcement, two snipers from elevated positions opened fire at a protest in Dallas, Texas, killing four officers and injuring eleven on Thursday evening (Friday morning IST). Homeland Security officers arrived at the scene to take stock of the situation. The attack[Read More…]