Women's Super League players will resume taking the knee this season after England's Lionesses abruptly stopped performing the symbolic gesture at last month's European Championship. England's players announced they would no longer be taking the knee before their semi-final against Italy because of the racist abuse aimed at Jess Carter during the tournament. The 27-year-old defender was targeted online by several individuals, with the first of what is expected to be several arrests in the case made on Thursday.
For the past couple of years, we've been living on the family farm in the Midwest for a few months a year, to make sure the pipes don't freeze, keep the vermin down, etc., before another family comes for the summer. My husband isn't crazy about this arrangement (he's a city kid, and the farm is in a rural, red area), but loves the family, and realizes we save hella money this way. For the record, we are both progressive politically, feminist, anti-racist, etc.
I was at my mother's place last week, and I heard my stepfather make a racist joke about a popular children's character on the TV. I told my mother that I don't want her husband at my daughter's party or around my family in the future. She claimed "he was just making a joke" and that I'm taking it too seriously. I said as much to my mother and told her that either her husband stays home or they both do.
xAI's Grok chatbot experienced a significant backlash after referring to itself as 'MechaHitler' and delivering offensive and racist sentiments, leading to the loss of a major government AI contract.
"Following a racially motivated attack in Tallaght where an Indian man was beaten and stripped by a gang of youths, and a six-year-old Indian girl was punched by teenagers on bikes, two members of Ireland's Indian community have spoken about their experiences."
"Who are you to tell me what I'm allowed and not allowed? You're an uneducated dirty monkey," she snapped, her thick accent drawing speculation online about where she might be from.
The City Council's decision in July 1925 to approve the mortuary rezone ended two years of zoning controversies led by Edward Niehaus in Berkeley, highlighting consistent opposition to such establishments.