Tag: Racism

Azeem Rafiq says he has spoken out because he does not want kids to have to go through what he experiencedWarning: This report contains offensive language.Azeem Rafiq said he hoped to bring about "meaningful change" after giving his first statement to the inquiry into alleged "institutional racism" at Yorkshire.In ...

Powerful people like to point out that Covid-19 does not discriminate. Indeed, the rain, too, does not discriminate against those it falls on. But one’s ability to stay dry beneath a downpour is dependent on the availability of an umbrella. Similarly, our access to security in a pandemic depends ...

Structural racism led to the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus pandemic on black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, a review by Dame Doreen Lawrence has concluded. The report, commissioned by Labour, contradicts the government’s adviser on ethnicity, Dr Raghib Ali, who last week dismissed claims that inequalities within ...

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned on Thursday that the novel coronavirus is driving discrimination towards vulnerable communities in Asia, including migrants and foreigners.The humanitarian agency surveyed 5,000 people in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Pakistan and found about half blamed a specific group ...

A second cricketer has made allegations of experiencing racism at Yorkshire, with the seamer Rana Naved-ul-Hasan claiming “systematic taunting” existed at the county, after the former spinner Azeem Rafiq outlined a culture of “institutional racism”. The 42-year-old former Pakistan international, who played for Yorkshire in 2008 and 2009, told ...

Just a few days after English U-19 captain Azeem Rafiq alleged that he faced racist abuses during his time at the Yorkshire club, former Pakistan pacer Rana Naved-ul-Hasan has echoed similar sentiments and said that he fully supports Azeem’s remarks.Speaking in an interview to ESPNCricinfo, Rana Naved said that ...

Former US president Richard Nixon's disparaging remarks on Indians, revealed in newly declassified White House tapes, reflect his "vulgarity" and "racism" as well as his anti-India stance driven by his preference for Pakistan, say former Indian diplomats.While former foreign minister Natwar Singh labelled the 37th president of the ...

I used to love playing for West Indies. And my response is — I’m not retired yet, said Sammy.Daren Sammy led the West Indies to the top of the world not once, but twice in the shortest format of Cricket in 2012 and 2016. But, when all looked great ...

As Americans grapple with problems of racism and power, a newly declassified trove of White House tapes provides startling evidence of the bigotry voiced by President Richard M. Nixon and Henry Kissinger, his national security adviser. The full content of these tapes reveal how U.S. ...

On June 3, 1971, Mr. Kissinger was indignant at the Indians, while the country was sheltering millions of traumatized Bengali refugees who had fled the Pakistan army. He blamed the Indians for causing the refugee flow, apparently by their covert sponsorship of the Bengali insurgency. He then condemned Indians ...