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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A Monash University study has found systematic racism within Australia's justice system is linked to 151 Indigenous women's deaths, prompting calls for greater accountability of authorities in responding to domestic and family violence. The article, Indigenous women and intimate partner homicide in…

Margaret Cho isn’t the only comedy legend to hail from the Bay, but she might be the angriest. She grew up in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, and began her comedy career doing sets at a local club across from the bookstore her family owned on Polk and California streets. After a few years in stand-up, Cho got her big break as the star of “All-American Girl,” a 1994 ABC sitcom based on her comedy routine. While the show was canceled after a short run, and some disruptions to her career ensued, Cho is a…

Google has withdrawn a gaming app that allowed players to buy, sell and torture Black virtual "slaves" after a racism outcry in Brazil.Dubbed "Slavery Simulator," the Portuguese-language game saw players trade in slaves and strategise to prevent the abolition of slavery in order to amass virtual riches.The prosecutor's office said it had opened an investigation for "hate speech" related to the game downloaded by hundreds of people.The app itself had come with a disclaimer condemning "all types of slavery" and insisting…

Google has withdrawn a gaming app that allowed players to buy, sell and torture black virtual "slaves" after a racism outcry in Brazil.Dubbed "Slavery Simulator," the Portuguese-language game saw players trade in slaves and strategize to prevent the abolition of slavery in order to amass virtual riches. The prosecutor's office said it had opened an investigation for "hate speech" related to the game downloaded by hundreds of people. The app itself had come with a disclaimer condemning "all types of slavery" and insisting…

via Disney The official release of Disney’s live-action Little Mermaid is finally upon us, and excitement for the film is fully bubbling over.  Early reviews praise the flick for several elements, while maintaining criticism of others, but nearly everyone seems to agree that Halle Bailey shines as Ariel. This likely won’t be enough to convince the racists, of course, nor will it be enough to convince a disgruntled Letterboxd reviewer, who had the oddest complaint yet about the aquatic adventure.  Not to say…

Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, is running for president of the United States on a record of anti-diversity, pro-censorship, white nationalist measures. He has targeted education, LGBTQ rights and access to health care, and should he prevail, his anti-science candidacy stands to harm millions of Americans. DeSantis has banned books in school libraries, restricted teachers’ classroom discussions about diversity, prohibited high school classes that focus on Black history and people, politicized college curricula,…

Academic science was not built for marginalized people. People of color (especially Black and Indigenous scientists), people of marginalized genders (including women, nonbinary and transgender folks), queer scientists, disabled people, and those coming from a socioeconomically disadvantaged background have historically been excluded from research by those with power and privilege. This particularly applies to scientists who occupy the intersection of two or more of these identities—like me. I am a queer and non-binary…

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Imagine being handcuffed in front of your neighbors and family for stealing watches. After spending hours behind bars, you learn that the facial recognition software state police used on footage from the store identified you as the thief. But you didn’t steal anything; the software pointed cops to the wrong guy.      Unfortunately this is not a hypothetical. This happened three years ago to Robert Williams, a Black father in suburban Detroit. Sadly Williams’ story is not a one-off. In a recent case of mistaken identity,…

Few know the names Michelle Saahene or Melissa DePino. But millions have heard the beginning of their story.They were witnesses at a Philadelphia Starbucks five years ago when two Black businessmen asked to use the restroom and a white barista called police, who led the men away in handcuffs.“They didn’t do anything!” Saahene shouted as another customer recorded the confrontation.Saahene and DePino didn’t know each other. But in their shock and anger, the two women started talking, and after DePino got a copy of the…