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Institutional racism

A young person holds up two balloons in heart-shapes that read Stop the Hate and Love Each Other

Chinese students in the US grapple with the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes

Violence

Chinese families are also thinking twice about sending their children to the US to study amid growing concerns about safety and security.

Jeremiah Young, 11, examines his bandage covering during an appointment with Dr. Janice Bacon at the Community Health Care Center on the Tougaloo College campus in Tourgaloo, Miss., Aug. 14, 2020.

Study shows Black people twice as likely as whites to contract coronavirus

COVID-19
In her new book, author Isabel Wilkerson, right, argues a caste system — not race — explains inequality in the United States.

Author Isabel Wilkerson: Caste, not race, is the ‘bones’ of inequality in the US

Black Lives Matter protest

A global push for racial justice in the climate movement

Identity
Visitors look at a memorial at the site of the arrest of George Floyd, who died while in police custody, in Minneapolis, June 14, 2020.

Why many in public health support anti-racism protests — with some precautions amid coronavirus

COVID-19
People wearing protective face masks hold up signs during a protest

Concerns of structural racism ‘deeply existential,’ UN special rapporteur says

Protest

Tendayi Achiume, United Nations special rapporteur on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance speaks with The World’s Marco Werman about the impact of George Floyd’s death and protests against systemic racism around the world. 

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby prays outside the church after attending a special service at the Anglican Church of Kenya St. Stephen's Cathedral in Nairobi, Kenya January 26, 2020.

Church of England must seek ‘justice for all people,’ says priest who sought church apology for racism

Religion

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, the Church of England’s most senior bishop, said he was “personally sorry and ashamed” and called the church “deeply, institutionally racist.” 

Rokhaya Diallo speaking on a panel below a screen that says in French, 'call for a multicultural and postracial republic'

Activist ousted from French advisory council says race talk is still taboo

Culture

Discussing race, religion and gender in France has long been the third rail. And activists who thought things would be different under Emmanuel Macron are sorely disappointed.