Many businesses have adopted policies to diversify hiring. The Supreme Court’s ruling ending affirmative action in higher education likely endangers those efforts.
Category: Discrimination
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What Opera Singers Gained, and Lost, Performing While Pregnant
Women in the industry are speaking out about what they feel are cancellations motivated by their appearance rather than sound, even as there is a belief that pregnancy and childbirth have positive effects on the voice.
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Women’s World Cup: FIFA May Allow Rainbow Armbands
Captains could be offered choices reflecting anti-discrimination efforts and at least one design that was banned at the men’s World Cup in Qatar.
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Chinese Workers Confront the Curse of 35
It’s widely discussed in China: Employers don’t want you after 35. Some job listings say it plainly, leaving a generation of prime-age workers feeling defeated.
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Sasha Colby, ‘Drag Race’ Winner, Shares Her Travel Tips
This season’s winner, now serving frequent-flier realness on her victory lap, shares tips for packing (Ziploc bags) and navigating the T.S.A. while transgender.
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Elton John Warns of ‘Growing Swell of Anger and Homophobia’ in U.S.
“We seem to be going backwards,” the pop superstar warned as he lamented the curtailing of L.G.B.T.Q. rights in the United States, particularly in Florida.
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U.S. Orchestras Gradually Diversify but Are Slow to Hire Black Musicians
The number of Asian and Latino players has risen over the past decade, according to a new report. But Black musicians are still scarce, especially at large orchestras.
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Jessie Maple, Pathbreaking Filmmaker, Is Dead at 86
She was believed to be the first Black woman to produce, write and direct an independent feature film. She also broke ground as a union cinematographer.
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William E. Spriggs, Economist Who Pushed for Racial Justice, Dies at 68
An educator who served in the Obama administration, he championed workers, especially Black workers, and challenged his profession’s racial assumptions.
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Love Letter: Never Inevitable
“Like many women, I have been routinely harassed simply for looking the way I look, my boundaries violated both physically and sexually.”