racism

Outgoing European human rights Commissioner Nils Muiznieks (L) shares a joke with the Dalai Lama at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, in 2016.

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'It's A Very Different World Now,' Says Outgoing Human Rights Commissioner

7:00pm April 19, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

Nils Muiznieks has worked with the Council of Europe for the last six years. He shares his thoughts on the state of human rights, cultural racism, and the threat of war, genocide, and dictatorship.

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The Mind Of The Village: Understanding Our Implicit Biases

5:38pm March 09, 2018

A culture of racism can infect us all. On this week's radio show, we discuss the implicit biases we carry that have been forged by the society around us.

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Italian far-right party activists hold a banner reading "fatherland" during a demonstration against a government proposal to reform citizenship procedures for the descendants of immigrants living in Italy, in Rome, Nov. 4, 2017.

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Anti-Migrant Slogans Are Overshadowing Italy's Election Race

7:12am February 21, 2018

by Sylvia Poggioli

Far-right parties are campaigning for the March 4 elections, and they're not the only ones heightening the rhetoric against foreigners.

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Sports

Cleveland Indians Will Remove 'Chief Wahoo' From Uniforms In 2019

5:13pm January 29, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

For decades, Native Americans and their supporters have protested the baseball team's logo, a bright red caricature of a Native person. It's coming off uniforms — but staying on fan merchandise.

Shalon Irving, a public health researcher who worked for the Centers for Disease Control and and Prevention who was studying the physical toll that discrimination exacts on physical health, died just a few weeks after giving birth to her daughter, Soleil.

Making The Case That Discrimination Is Bad For Your Health

8:15am January 14, 2018

by Gene Demby

The researcher who coined the term "weathering" talks with Gene Demby about health, hard data, and why it took so long for people to come around to the idea that discrimination hurts bodies.

The biological effects of lifelong exposure to racism or other sorts of discrimination can be complicated, scientists say, but likely tap into the same mechanisms as other types of chronic stress.

Scientists Start To Tease Out The Subtler Ways Racism Hurts Health

10:29am November 11, 2017

by Rae Ellen Bichell

The biological effects of lifelong exposure to racism or other sorts of discrimination can be complicated, scientists say, but likely tap into the same mechanisms as other types of chronic stress.

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The U.S. Air Force Academy has completed its investigation into an incident of racist graffiti on campus. The school's terrazzo and chapel are seen here in Colorado Springs, Colo., this summer.

Air Force Academy Cadet Wrote Slur Outside His Own Door, School Says

10:56am November 08, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The epithet was written on message boards outside the rooms of five black cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy's preparatory school in September.

Workers pull pipes from an oil well in 2016 near Crescent, Okla. The oil industry wants to attract a new, more diverse generation of workers, but a history of racism and sexism makes that difficult.

Big Oil Has A Diversity Problem

7:50am November 05, 2017

by Jeff Brady

The business wants to attract more women and minorities, but a history of racism and sexism makes that difficult.

Scientists Work To Overcome Legacy Of Tuskegee Study, Henrietta Lacks

7:22pm October 25, 2017

by Rob Stein

An influential Harlem church is trying to help the National Institutes of Health overcome reluctance by some African-Americans to participate in a medical study of 1 million diverse Americans.

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U.S. Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria gathered cadets, staff and others to urge them to have moral courage and protect their institution from racism. A video of the speech was released by the school.

'You Should Be Outraged,' Air Force Academy Head Tells Cadets About Racism On Campus

2:07pm September 29, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Treat people with dignity and respect — or get out. That's the message Superintendent Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria told 4,000 cadets Thursday, after racist notes were left outside five cadets' doors.