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Dr Eddie Tembo: ‘There is a wholescale lack of commitment to increasing ethnic diversity from the upper echelons of academia.’ Photograph: Graeme Robertson/the Guardian

I'm quitting as an academic because of racism and joining Surrey police Monday, Apr. 26, 2021

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Black Army Lt. Held at Gunpoint / Photo: Windsor Police Department

Black Army Lt. Held at Gunpoint and Pepper Sprayed During Traffic Stop Monday, Apr. 26, 2021

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DMX performs at the Woodstock ’99 music festival. KMazur/WireImage

An entire generation owes DMX for his lesson in resilience Monday, Apr. 26, 2021

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Kim Kardashian West at a Paris Fashion Week event on 2 March 2020. Photograph: Marc Piasecki/WireImage

Why celebrating ‘mixed-race beauty' has its problematic side Monday, Apr. 26, 2021

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“Confronting the impact of racism will not be easy,” the CDC's director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, said in a statement.Seth Herald / AFP - Getty Images file

CDC says racism is a 'serious threat' to public health Monday, Apr. 19, 2021

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Ronnie Long, pictured with his wife Ashleigh, was wrongly accused of rape in 1976 and is now fighting a North Carolina law that caps compensation for exonerated prisoners.

After spending 44 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, this man says his life is worth more than $750,000 Monday, Apr. 19, 2021

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Hundreds of people in a pro-Trump mob breached the Capitol on Jan. 6. The political scientist Robert Pape set out to find what motivated them.Credit...Jason Andrew for The New York Times

Fears of White People Losing Out Permeate Capitol Rioters’ Towns, Study Finds Monday, Apr. 19, 2021

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Whose cotton is it? Photographer: Russell Lee/Archive Photos/Getty Images

Look What Has Been Taken From Black Americans Monday, Apr. 19, 2021

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The flier was found Saturday in Brown Residence Hall.

A printout of George Floyd's toxicology report was found on a Black History display at Duke University, insinuating that he deserved to die Monday, Apr. 19, 2021

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Katura Stokes' son attends Desert Willow Fine Arts, Science and Technology Magnet Academy (pictured), a part of the Palmdale School District.

White teacher who failed to hang up Zoom call is caught calling black parent 'a pieces of s***' and saying her son lies because 'that's what black people do' Monday, Apr. 19, 2021

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