Racism

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar assured that India would discuss matters over racism and cyber-bullying with the UK that caused Indian-origin Rashmi Samant's removal as Oxford University's Student Union President if required. Jaishankar acknowledged the issue after BJP MP Ashwini Vaishnav raised concerns over Samant being cyberbullied. Earlier, Samant had become the first Indian-born Student Union President but was removed within five… read-more

Oxford University's first Indian-born Student Union President Rashmi Sawant resigned from her post following controversies over her alleged "racist" and "insensitive" social media posts. Taking to Facebook on February 18, the 22-year-old apologized for her actions and quit the leadership. Her now-deleted, controversial social media posts included a holocaust reference in 2017, besides captions that offended Chinese students and the LGBTQ+… read-more

The Indian cricket team has officially filed a complaint on racism against the Australian spectators in Sydney during the third test match of Border-Gavaskar Trophy. As per reports, Skipper Ajinkya Rahane and R Ashwin had raised the issue to the match referees in support Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj who were abused by the crowd. The International Cricket Council, following its no-tolerance against racism policy, will address the dispute… read-more

California became the first US state to adopt a law to collect data and indemnify the descendants of enslaved African-Americans. Authorities constituted a committee to submit a non-binding recommendation for identification of eligible people. Gavin Newsom, Governor, California tweeted his approval while emphasizing that everybody deserves an equal "opportunity to thrive". The long contentious issue, 'slavery reparations’, surfaced after the… read-more

Former Australian Cricketer Dan Christian, on September 9, acknowledged that racism exists in Australian cricket. In a panel discussion, he stated that it's definitely there but not visible enough like in the other countries. He claimed that it was very casual with jokes on skin colour. Christian further stated, "For me personally, has been around the colour of my skin and the fact that I don't look aboriginal".