Race issues
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Posters and T-shirts promoting the tidy-up feature the word ‘spic’, which some people have pointed out is a racial slur
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How the Republican party’s dog-whistle appeal to racism, refined by Richard Nixon and perfected by Ronald Reagan, led inexorably to Donald Trump
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The resurrection of Sacha Baron Cohen’s 20-year-old alter ego at the Oscars illustrates just how unfunny the genre has become, on both sides of the Atlantic
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David Thomson: This self-serving club has outlived its purpose, and reforming its membership will do nothing to make things better
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I was robbed and I didn’t call the police. Here’s why
Kwan Booth in Oakland, CaliforniaI can’t condone their actions, and growing up in a tough place doesn’t give you an excuse to commit crime. But I understand where these kids were coming from -
Former contributors and friends of the show worry that marginalized voices are not just being tuned back down, but issues at the heart of many Americans’ minds are being ignored
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Eldest son of Republican presidential candidate will be guest of honor on The Political Cesspool, called ‘primary radio nexus of hate in America’
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One student has left university after incident last month in which racial slurs were allegedly directed at visiting black high school students
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After a second successive year of all-white nominees leading to further controversy, here are the films that could bring about much-needed change to 2017’s ceremony
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Former equality commission chairman to say in speech that Channel 4 privatisation would destroy it as agent of integration
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Nobel prize-winning author placed ‘in highest rank of American literature’ by £25,000 accolade previously awarded to Don DeLillo, Cormac McCarthy and Philip Roth
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Dozens attend event in support of Christiano Ramos, who was attacked on a train near Warsaw amid a surge of Islamaphobia in Poland
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Anaheim police have condemned a brawl between KKK members and counter-protesters that left three stabbed, and are appealing to bystanders for evidence
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Faced with the embarrassment of #OscarsSoWhite, Hollywood overcompensated big time, putting issues such as race, the environment, sexual politics and transgender rights centre stage. But is this really progress?
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Filmmaker Ryan Coogler, comedian Hannibal Buress and at least a dozen other performers were also at an event in Michigan at the same time as the Oscars
Zoe Saldana in dark-makeup is no way to represent Nina Simone onscreen