GitHub is an exceptionally popular open-source community where any developer can find code for pretty much anything. But there's a problem — some of that code contains extremely offensive racist, sexist, and homophobic, language. Read More >>
LOCOG's warned that social media could be dangerous for athletes, but it's not a Brit that's the first casualty -- a Greek triple jumper got ejected from her Olympic squad after racist "joke" tweets sent the Greek Olympic Committee reaching for the you're fired button. Read More >>
Featured comment by Will.King.London:
"Ilias Kasidiaris is the name of the chap who assaulted the two female Greek MP's. After the incident she told him to 'always be strong and true' and ..." More »
Justin Ching works on different tech-related products around the silicon valley, including at Google, and needed a web designer. He interviewed David Bernett, and kept him in consideration for the position afterwards. Then Bernett sent him a horribly racist email, invoking Asian slurs, for reasons unknown to all other parties involved. Read More >>
Featured comment by Grr Argh:
"A guy at my work has the surname Ching. I just thought it was a cool surname and hadn't made an association with the possibility of racial slurs that ..." More »
In an endeavour worthy of a John Lennon classic, the students from South China Agricultural University's College of Arts want to change the world for the better one small step at a time, starting with the 'Chameleon Bandage'. Read More >>
Featured comment by L1ma:
"Manufacturers supply bandages according to price and demand, not skin colour. Point being they are not skin coloured at all, just dyed so that you can..." More »
While there are no shortage of studies that suggest adults are less able to recognise individuals of different races to themselves, the latest is actually interesting: babies as young as nine months old are better able to recognise faces and emotional expressions of people who belong to their race. Read More >>
I’m not sure whether this is a clever app idea that highlights the continuing scourge of racism through the modern medium of mobile gaming, or whether it’s all just a bit in poor taste. Basically, the "not-so-white" paddle can never win fair and square; “experience discrimination in game and game mechanics”, but is that a bit of piss-take or a genius anti-racism piece of modern art? Read More >>
Featured comment by posh_somme:
"like glenbot says, there's no racism here at all. it's saying "the best always wins" because that's the state of society: white dominance. it's an ins..." More »
Researchers at Oxford University claim to have discovered a "cure" for racism, in pill form. It only (supposedly!) stamps out biologically-inherent discrimination, apparently, so if someone's been Clockwork Oranged into a life of hate, maybe it won't be so helpful. But, to repeat: RACISM-CURING PILL. Read More >>
An ITV News lunchtime report on a football racism summit chaired by David Cameron made the astonishing mistake of referring to black players as "coloured," triggering a right old furore on the internet yesterday. Read More >>
Featured comment by TrustyDuckling:
"So would you describe black people as "African"? Because I wouldn't see how that's any better as there are plenty of white Africans.
I don't see w..." More »
A new attack by the Anonymous crusaders has targeted neo-Nazi groups in the US, leaking their private emails online. It turns out one of the racist groups is in love with our wonky-faced racist leader Nick Griffin. Read More >>
Out in the real world, few people would proudly proclaim that they are racists. On the internet, things are different: The anonymity of the online world makes it easier for people to express racist viewpoints and make observations that they might feel too embarrassed to share in the offline world. Read More >>
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