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Award-winning screenwriter Alex O’Keefe (“The Bear”) says he was pulled off an MTA train and detained by police after a white passenger complained about his posture. O’Keefe describes being asked to change his seat, refusing, and then being accused of “disturbing the peace” without police ever speaking to the woman who complained. He reports being released after demanding a lawyer, calling the incident a sign of rising hostility and bias. O’Keefe’s story raises major questions about race, authority, and routine travel in America—what would you do in his place? More: https://www.blackenterprise.com/alex-okeefe-screenwriter-pulled-train-karen/ #AlexOKeefe #TheBear #RacialBias #MTA #CivilRights #News

I'm working my way through Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow" right now.

The US Supreme Court jurisprudence preventing the litigation of allegations of racial discrimination is really outrageous.

For example, Alexander v Sandoval (2001) outright denies a private right of action under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in cases of disparate impact.

Disparate impact is when a policy notably negatively affects a minority group compared to the general population.

McCleskey v Kamp (1987) did something similar, requiring proof of intent (not disparate impact) to allege racial discrimination in death penalty cases. Proof of intent is almost impossible to show unless the prosecutor is stupid enough to go off on a racist rant sometime.

I knew it was bad, but not that bad.

#NewJimCrow #CivilRightsAct #RacialDiscrimination #RacialBias #Statistics #DisparateImpact #Sandoval #McCleskey #SCOTUS

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20 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, a slate of new documentaries take a look at how things are today. @IndieWire reviews the films, including Spike Lee's "God Takes Care of Fools and Babies,” which is part of a three-part Netflix series, Traci A. Curry and Ryan Coogler's "Race Against Time," and Peacock's "Hope in High Water." "'Race Against Time' really starts cooking when it tackles the racial bias evident in the disaster response and the way it was covered," writes Ben Travers. "One neighbor talks about how a nursing home full of stranded residents was ignored until they replaced the Black people on the roof, crying for help, with white people."

https://flip.it/v_IzTn

#Movies #Film #Documentary #HurricaneKatrina #RacialBias #RacismInAmerica #BlackHistory

AI Misinterprets Black Women’s Hairstyles as Less Intelligent in the Workplace https://shinemycrown.com/ai-misinterprets-black-womens-hairstyles-as-less-intelligent-in-the-workplace/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #RacialBias #GenderBias #BlackWomen

Woman Says White Man On Air France Flight Objected To Sitting Beside Her: ‘Why Are You Asking Me To Move?’ https://shinemycrown.com/woman-says-white-man-on-air-france-flight-objected-to-sitting-beside-her-why-are-you-asking-me-to-move/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #RacialBias #AirFrance #BlackLivesMatter #SocialJustice #Equality

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CPH Daily Bulletin 7/13/2025

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#California courts owe defendants a jury of their peers. It’s still too hard to get one

https://calmatters.org/commentary/2025/07/california-courts-jury-pay-peers/

#JurySelection #CriminalJustice #RacialBias

Sikandar Raza Alleges Racial Abuse in Zimbabwe Cricket Tournament

#cricket #discrimination #Pakistan #RacialBias #sportsnews
https://blazetrends.com/sikandar-raza-alleges-racial-abuse-in-zimbabwe-cricket-tournament/?fsp_sid=47068

‘Why Are Mediocre White Women The Face of Yoga?’ Yoga Teacher Divya Calls Out Racial Bias In Wellness Industry https://shinemycrown.com/why-are-mediocre-white-women-the-face-of-yoga-yoga-teacher-divya-calls-out-racial-bias-in-wellness-industry/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Yoga #RacialBias #Wellness #DiversityInYoga #RepresentationMatters

🚨Ah, the ancient art of blaming #JavaScript and #cookies for all evils. Apparently, racial bias is now hiding in plain sight, but you'll need to summon the mystical powers of JS to see it. 🍪 Because data without cookies is like a fortune cookie without a fortune—utterly pointless. 🥠
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp5357 #RacialBias #DataScience #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated

What's the use of a police watchdog that will not even consider the possiblity of racial bias in a horrific case like this?

Actor Reece Richards condemns police watchdog over race decision on arrest | Independent Office for Police Conduct | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/30/actor-reece-richards-condemns-police-watchdog-over-race-decision-on-arrest

#ReeceRichards #MetropolitanPolice #Racism #Police #IndependentOffoceForPoliceConduct #IOPC #RacialBias

BBC: Google agrees to pay $28m in racial bias lawsuit. “Google has agreed to pay $28m (£21.5m) to settle a lawsuit that claimed white and Asian employees were given better pay and career opportunities than workers from other ethnic backgrounds, a law firm representing claimants says. The technology giant confirmed it had ‘reached a resolution’ but rejected the allegations made against it.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/20/bbc-google-agrees-to-pay-28m-in-racial-bias-lawsuit/

I think my maths is reasonably correct. Just watching the Women's Champion League game between Real Madrid and Arsenal and it seems that so far in this game that the overwhelming minority racially (4.5%) of the players is the best rated goal scorer. I don't bet on the tournament but with these stats and the bookies odds generally betting on black is often a good move.The pitch is also in a terrible state #football #soccer #womenschampionsleague #stats #racialbias #diversity #whitegirls #halftime