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Kenyan Woman Alleges Racial Bias After Airline Downgrades Her: "Given Whites Our Business Class Seats"
The airline clarified that the flight operated with a different aircraft than originally scheduled, which had significantly fewer business class seats.
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Passenger Alleges Racial Bias After Being Skipped For Welcome Drink In Business Class
A Black passenger on a $5,000 British Airways business class ticket was denied a welcome drink due to a presumed downgrade, sparking claims of racial bias and a formal complaint.
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Indian Man Living In US Shares Dating App Struggles: "Considered Undesirable In The West"
The post generated a range of responses, with some users sharing similar frustrations and others offering different perspectives or insights.
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Facebook Said to Be Probed by US Agency for 'Systemic' Racial Bias in Hiring, Promotions
A US agency investigating Facebook for racial bias in hiring and promotions has designated the probe as "systemic," attorneys for three job applicants and a manager who claim the company discriminated against them said.
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Upbringing Blinded Me To Unconscious Racial Bias: Prince Harry
Britain's Prince Harry said it took him years to realise that unconscious racial bias existed and his eyes had been opened by spending time in his wife Meghan's shoes.
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Zoom, Twitter Hit by Allegations of Racial Bias in Algorithms, Twitter Says Work to Be Done
Twitter and Zoom are found to have racial bias in their algorithms that are impacting the user experience especially for black people. The algorithm that Twitter uses to crop preview images in users’ timelines seems to be giving preferences to the faces of white people over the ones who have a darker complexion. Zoom, on the other hand, is notice...
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Indian-Origin Doctors Warn Of Racial Bias In Medical Research In UK
A group of Indian-origin doctors has warned that inherent racial bias in medical research and practice could be exacerbating the disproportionately severe impact of COVID-19 among ethnic minorities in the UK and globally, as they call for a wider study into lifestyle-related risks among them.
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US Government Study Finds Racial Bias In Facial Recognition Tools
Many facial recognition systems misidentify people of color more often than white people, according to a U.S. government study released on Thursday that is likely to increase skepticism of technology widely used by law enforcement agencies.
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Starbucks To Shut Over 8,000 US Stores On A May Afternoon. Here's Why
Public outrage over the arrest of two African-American men at a downtown Starbucks sparked a corporate crisis that led the company to take the unprecedented step of announcing it would close more than 8,000 stores for an afternoon in May to train baristas on how to recognize their own racial biases.
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$5,000 Fine, Course In Asian-American Studies For Airbnb Host Who Refused Guest
A racist Airbnb host has been ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and take a college-level course in Asian-American studies after she cancelled reservation because the guest was Asian.
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Racial Bias Begins In Babies At 6 Months: Study
Babies as young as six months of age show racial bias in favour of members of their own race, new research has found, challenging the popular view that race-based bias first emerges only during the preschool years. "The findings of these studies are significant for many reasons. They show that race-based bias already exists around the second half o...
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How Airbnb Plans To Fix Its Racial-Bias Problem
In response to growing complaints of racial bias among its users, the home-sharing company Airbnb will beef up its nondiscrimination policy, do more to diversify its own workforce and offer implicit bias training to its hosts, according to a report released on Thursday after a three-month review by the company.
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African-American Death Row Inmate Suffered Race Bias: Top US Court
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favour of an African American death row inmate who argued there was bias in the choosing of an all-white jury that convicted him of the 1986 murder of an elderly white woman.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron Launches Anti-Racist Plan
Appalled by the apparent racial bias in British universities and justice systems, Prime Minister David Cameron today ordered a review of racial discrimination, saying that the country has to "stamp it out".
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Racial bias among UK employers: Report
There is widespread racial discrimination among UK employers against workers with Asian and African names.
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Kenyan Woman Alleges Racial Bias After Airline Downgrades Her: "Given Whites Our Business Class Seats"
The airline clarified that the flight operated with a different aircraft than originally scheduled, which had significantly fewer business class seats.
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Passenger Alleges Racial Bias After Being Skipped For Welcome Drink In Business Class
A Black passenger on a $5,000 British Airways business class ticket was denied a welcome drink due to a presumed downgrade, sparking claims of racial bias and a formal complaint.
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Indian Man Living In US Shares Dating App Struggles: "Considered Undesirable In The West"
The post generated a range of responses, with some users sharing similar frustrations and others offering different perspectives or insights.
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Facebook Said to Be Probed by US Agency for 'Systemic' Racial Bias in Hiring, Promotions
A US agency investigating Facebook for racial bias in hiring and promotions has designated the probe as "systemic," attorneys for three job applicants and a manager who claim the company discriminated against them said.
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Upbringing Blinded Me To Unconscious Racial Bias: Prince Harry
Britain's Prince Harry said it took him years to realise that unconscious racial bias existed and his eyes had been opened by spending time in his wife Meghan's shoes.
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Zoom, Twitter Hit by Allegations of Racial Bias in Algorithms, Twitter Says Work to Be Done
Twitter and Zoom are found to have racial bias in their algorithms that are impacting the user experience especially for black people. The algorithm that Twitter uses to crop preview images in users’ timelines seems to be giving preferences to the faces of white people over the ones who have a darker complexion. Zoom, on the other hand, is notice...
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Indian-Origin Doctors Warn Of Racial Bias In Medical Research In UK
A group of Indian-origin doctors has warned that inherent racial bias in medical research and practice could be exacerbating the disproportionately severe impact of COVID-19 among ethnic minorities in the UK and globally, as they call for a wider study into lifestyle-related risks among them.
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US Government Study Finds Racial Bias In Facial Recognition Tools
Many facial recognition systems misidentify people of color more often than white people, according to a U.S. government study released on Thursday that is likely to increase skepticism of technology widely used by law enforcement agencies.
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Starbucks To Shut Over 8,000 US Stores On A May Afternoon. Here's Why
Public outrage over the arrest of two African-American men at a downtown Starbucks sparked a corporate crisis that led the company to take the unprecedented step of announcing it would close more than 8,000 stores for an afternoon in May to train baristas on how to recognize their own racial biases.
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$5,000 Fine, Course In Asian-American Studies For Airbnb Host Who Refused Guest
A racist Airbnb host has been ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and take a college-level course in Asian-American studies after she cancelled reservation because the guest was Asian.
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Racial Bias Begins In Babies At 6 Months: Study
Babies as young as six months of age show racial bias in favour of members of their own race, new research has found, challenging the popular view that race-based bias first emerges only during the preschool years. "The findings of these studies are significant for many reasons. They show that race-based bias already exists around the second half o...
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How Airbnb Plans To Fix Its Racial-Bias Problem
In response to growing complaints of racial bias among its users, the home-sharing company Airbnb will beef up its nondiscrimination policy, do more to diversify its own workforce and offer implicit bias training to its hosts, according to a report released on Thursday after a three-month review by the company.
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African-American Death Row Inmate Suffered Race Bias: Top US Court
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favour of an African American death row inmate who argued there was bias in the choosing of an all-white jury that convicted him of the 1986 murder of an elderly white woman.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron Launches Anti-Racist Plan
Appalled by the apparent racial bias in British universities and justice systems, Prime Minister David Cameron today ordered a review of racial discrimination, saying that the country has to "stamp it out".
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Racial bias among UK employers: Report
There is widespread racial discrimination among UK employers against workers with Asian and African names.
