Race Discrimination

An independent ombudsman, advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza, has heard testimony from some prominent former South Africa players, including Ashwell Prince and Paul Adams.

A British Indian postal worker has been awarded nearly 230,000 pounds as compensation and loss of earnings after an employment tribunal in the UK accepted his claim of harassment and discrimination on the grounds of race and religion.

Former captain Azeem Rafiq has claimed direct discrimination and harassment on the grounds of race at Yorkshire.

Microsoft on Tuesday denied a recent suggestion by the US Department of Labor that its plan to bolster diversity, including by investing $150 million and doubling the number of Black employees in high-ranking positions, amounted to illegal race discrimination.

A lawsuit filed this week in federal court accuses YouTube of discriminating against African American video makers and viewers by factoring in race when it comes to filtering or monetising content.

Irfan Pathan contributed to the global debate around racism, saying "it is not just restricted to the skin colour"

Housing Secretary Ben Carson accused Facebook of enabling illegal housing discrimination by providing tools that made it easy to exclude people based on race, gender, zip code, or religion.

The Supreme Court on Monday said the practice of female genital mutilation in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community is violative of Article 21 and Article 15 of the Constitution that guarantees protection of life and personal liberty and prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.

Facebook allowed housing advertisers to target audiences by race and exclude minorities, raising questions about whether the company is in compliance with federal fair housing rules that prohibit such discrimination, an investigation has found.

Three women engineers have sued Uber Technologies Inc for discrimination based of their gender and race, the latest blow to the ride-services company that is straining to overcome a year of controversies over its workplace culture.

Apple's VP of Inclusion and Diversity, Denise Young Smith, wrote in an email: "My comments were not representative of how I think about diversity or how Apple sees it. For that, I'm sorry."

Google also said that beyond gender pay equity, the company recently expanded the analysis to cover race in the US as well.

Facebook now say that ads cannot discriminate people based on attributes such as race, gender, sexual orientation or medical or genetic condition.

The Rio 2016 Olympic games are acquiring a reputation of being the most gay-friendly games ever in history.

Monika Khangembam, a communication professional, was allegedly asked by an immigration officer at the Delhi airport whether she is "really an Indian" and if she can list all the states. Her Facebook post describing the unpleasant encounter has gone viral and drawn a response from Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj.

An independent ombudsman, advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza, has heard testimony from some prominent former South Africa players, including Ashwell Prince and Paul Adams.

A British Indian postal worker has been awarded nearly 230,000 pounds as compensation and loss of earnings after an employment tribunal in the UK accepted his claim of harassment and discrimination on the grounds of race and religion.

Former captain Azeem Rafiq has claimed direct discrimination and harassment on the grounds of race at Yorkshire.

Microsoft on Tuesday denied a recent suggestion by the US Department of Labor that its plan to bolster diversity, including by investing $150 million and doubling the number of Black employees in high-ranking positions, amounted to illegal race discrimination.

A lawsuit filed this week in federal court accuses YouTube of discriminating against African American video makers and viewers by factoring in race when it comes to filtering or monetising content.

Irfan Pathan contributed to the global debate around racism, saying "it is not just restricted to the skin colour"

Housing Secretary Ben Carson accused Facebook of enabling illegal housing discrimination by providing tools that made it easy to exclude people based on race, gender, zip code, or religion.

The Supreme Court on Monday said the practice of female genital mutilation in the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community is violative of Article 21 and Article 15 of the Constitution that guarantees protection of life and personal liberty and prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.

Facebook allowed housing advertisers to target audiences by race and exclude minorities, raising questions about whether the company is in compliance with federal fair housing rules that prohibit such discrimination, an investigation has found.

Three women engineers have sued Uber Technologies Inc for discrimination based of their gender and race, the latest blow to the ride-services company that is straining to overcome a year of controversies over its workplace culture.

Apple's VP of Inclusion and Diversity, Denise Young Smith, wrote in an email: "My comments were not representative of how I think about diversity or how Apple sees it. For that, I'm sorry."

Google also said that beyond gender pay equity, the company recently expanded the analysis to cover race in the US as well.

Facebook now say that ads cannot discriminate people based on attributes such as race, gender, sexual orientation or medical or genetic condition.

The Rio 2016 Olympic games are acquiring a reputation of being the most gay-friendly games ever in history.

Monika Khangembam, a communication professional, was allegedly asked by an immigration officer at the Delhi airport whether she is "really an Indian" and if she can list all the states. Her Facebook post describing the unpleasant encounter has gone viral and drawn a response from Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj.