Critics said the children’s costume evoked blackface imagery. Target said, “We know we got this wrong, and we are deeply sorry.”
Category: Race and Ethnicity
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Target Apologizes and Drops Halloween Costume Criticized as Racist
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How Should ‘Huckleberry Finn’ Be Taught?
The New York Times – On the Runway:I traveled around the country to find out if “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” still has a place in the classroom.
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New Evidence Shows Federal Agents Using Racial Slurs During Immigration Sweeps
The New York Times – On the Runway:Body-camera video and other court evidence capture federal agents using slurs and targeting Latinos while bypassing white bystanders during immigration sweeps in Chicago and Los Angeles
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Cambridge Professor Jason Arday’s Work Challenged Ahead of Book Launch
The New York Times – On the Runway:A knife-wielding masked man. A pig’s head outside his parents’ door. Running 30 marathons in 35 days. The Cambridge professor Jason Arday, accused of plagiarism, says he’s been through it all. Not everyone believes him.
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Trump’s Smithsonian Attacks Are Attacks on America’s Future
The New York Times – On the Runway:This is how we decide who we are and who we want to be.
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U.S. Sues The New York Times, Claiming Discrimination Against a White Man
The New York Times – Business:The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said the paper had engaged in “unlawful employment practices” against the man, who did not get a sought-after promotion.
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E.E.O.C. Investigating Discrimination Claim at The New York Times
The New York Times – Business:The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently referred a reverse-discrimination complaint by an employee to the agency’s legal unit for review.
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How the H-1B Visa Debate Is Driving a Wave of Racism Against South Asians
The New York Times – Business:A dispute over the impact of H-1B visas on U.S. workers has been overshadowed by racist rhetoric, with troubling echoes of the great replacement conspiracy theory.
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Akaash Singh and His Case for Bringing Back Apu
The stand-up comic, whose special has gone viral, takes issue with how some South Asians like Hari Kondabolu portray their experience in the United States.