Say what? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tried to honor baseball legend Willie Mays for his 90th birthday Thursday, but those plans were initially fouled up after the 81-year-old pol tweeted out a smiling photo of herself — and Willie McCovey.


 


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Pelosi shares photo of wrong black player in botched attempt to honor Willie Mays

BERLIN (AP) — Leaders of Germany's Greens on Saturday slammed the mayor of Tuebingen, a member of their own party, for using a racist slur in a social media post about a black soccer player.

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German Greens slam party's own mayor over racist language

Her remarks came after Obama gave a recent interview praising the Black Lives Matter movement and discussing concerns she has as a Black mother.

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Former GOP congressional candidate Lavern Spicer slams Michelle Obama's remarks on racism

A look at the FBI's bizarre crusade to tag Martin Luther King Jr. as a communist. It's a story that holds weight in 2020.

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Righteous Martin Luther King was slandered as a communist

Taipei, May 5 (CNA) Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Wednesday condemned the recent rise in hate crimes targeting people of Asian descent in the United States amid media reports that an Asian woman attacked with a hammer in New York on Sunday plans move back to Taiwan to be with her parents.

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Taiwan condemns anti-Asian hate crimes in U.S. after NY hammer attack - Focus Taiwan

The document states that the recent killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans are "part of a long history of systemic racism and transphobia."

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Disney Corp asks employees to complete "white privilege checklist", pivot away from "white dominant culture', leaked docs show

Mohammed Shiraz Riaz was arrested after he abused a flight attendant because she refused to serve him more alcohol on a Ryanair flight from Marrakesh to Liverpool in July 2019

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Ryanair passenger calls flight attendant 'fat white b****' during drunken rant

Police officers interviewed by Yle have said racist behaviour within the police force is common, even though it rarely comes to light.Several serving officers interviewed by Yle gave examples of racist comments or inappropriate behaviour from their colleagues towards minorities.

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Police rarely punished after complaints over racism

A newly resurfaced video shows Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors excitedly promoting a book she compares to an iconic set of writings that fueled Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution.



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BLM co-founder promotes book she cheerfully compares to Mao's 'Little Red Book' in unearthed video

The family of Andrew Brown Jr., a North Carolina man who was fatally shot in his car by sheriff’s deputies executing a search warrant last month, will only be provided a portion of the body camera footage recorded at the scene -- and could have to wait days longer to view it, a judge has ruled.

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