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US activist Sharpton: Black people should redefine values of black consciousness
Sharpton was speaking at the 20th Annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture on Saturday night titled Black Lives Matter.
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Black Lives Matter forces South African sport to face past demons
The BLM movement has put a spotlight on the way societies treat people of colour around the world and in South Africa the debate has centred on sport.
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Osaka using US Open as platform for activism
The 22-year-old fourth seed has spoken out repeatedly in the wake of the protests that swept the United States following the death of George Floyd during a confrontation with police in May.
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NBA playoffs resume Saturday as league vows more social support
NBA commissioner Adam Silver and National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts said in a joint statement that 'all parties agreed to resume NBA playoff games on Saturday'.
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Trevor Noah: American police have clear standards when arresting white people
South African born host of the 'Daily Show' Trevor Noah has expressed justifiable anger while ripping into 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, the suspected shooter who killed black lives matter protests in Kenosha this week.
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Kenosha looks to love for recovery from riots and destruction
Dozens of amateur and professional artists painted uplifting messages such as "Believe there is good in the world" and "Do small things with great love" in the city center, where most businesses are protected by sheets of chipboard due to days of unrest in the area.
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Dwayne Johnson, Under Armour delay sneaker launch in wake of Wisconsin shooting
The sportswear maker’s move comes after several professional athletes refused to play games on Wednesday to protest racial injustice, hitting the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer.
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Wisconsin city calm but police shooting reverberates across US
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on Wednesday identified Rusten Sheskey as the white police officer who fired seven shots at the back of Jacob Blake after Blake opened his car door on Sunday.
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Teen arrested in shooting deaths at Wisconsin protest against police brutality
The lakeside city of Kenosha has been rocked by civil unrest since Sunday, when police shot Jacob Blake, 29, in the back at close range.
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Two dead as gunfire erupts at Wisconsin protests over shooting of black man
Kenosha has been rocked by protests since Sunday, when police shot Jacob Blake, 29, in the back at close range.
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Clashes at US protest over police shooting of black man
Clashes erupted for a second night after video circulated showing 29-year-old Jacob Blake being shot and wounded in the back multiple times by police Sunday with his three children watching.
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It’s anti-white: BLM campaign shows sharp differences in Parly
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) asked for the debate after the death in the United States of George Floyd triggered global protests.
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Ex-South Africa skipper Smith hits back at race bias claims
Graeme Smith, currently Cricket South Africa's director of cricket, has come under fire in recent weeks for appointing former Test wicketkeeper Mark Boucher as national team coach.
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OPINION: What are we really celebrating this Women’s Day?
With Women’s Day nearing, we need to ask ourselves what we’re celebrating when the failing economic system has shown time and time again that women are not ‘valuable’, write Nombulelo Shange and Kali Nena.
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Makeover: UK fashion bible Vogue turns serious for September
Vogue needed to change in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests and the coronavirus pandemic, UK Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful told the BBC.
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Players kneel as NBA restarts in Florida 'bubble'
Four months after the league shut down in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NBA is restarting its season with 22 teams based inside a secure 'bubble' at Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
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Bayern's Boateng urges players to take a knee in Champions League
Athletes from around the world have taken a knee in a show of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) campaign, which gained momentum after George Floyd’s death in police custody in May.
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HSBC aims to double number of black staff in top jobs
The banking giant will 'improve reporting' of its ethnicity data and set specific goals to broaden the diversity of senior leadership, according to the memo.
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Protesters clash with Seattle police in latest outcry over US feds
The demonstrations against racism and police brutality come as the US president faces an increasingly tough battle for re-election, and is campaigning heavily on a platform of "law and order".
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America divided two months after death of George Floyd
Two months after George Floyd's death, the United States is being shaken by an anti-racism surge that, more and more, is dividing its political class.
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'Fall for everything': Former South Africa star Fish in race row
It began when the centre-back, who helped South Africa win the Africa Cup of Nations for the only time in 1996, said he "liked" an anti-BLM tweet.
