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Colourism: how skin-shade prejudice impacts black men in the UK

The Black Lives Matter movement, and the renewed focus on equality and social justice for black people that has come with it, has brought increasing attention to the issue of colourism. This form of prejudice privileges people of colour with lighter skin and discriminates against those with darker skin.

The Conversation

Black Lives Matter placards go on display in Welsh heritage museum

St Fagans National Museum of History has placed the collection from the anti-racism protests that took place in summer 2020 in its Wales Is gallery.

The Independent UK

North Lanarkshire Council hosts its first Black Lives Matter conference

It chaired by Councillor Heather Brannan-McVey who is the council's equalities champion.

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Libel Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter Sacramento Can Go Forward

BLM posted racist e-mails that purported to have come from plaintiff, and added that plaintiff's "INFORMATION HAS BEEN VERIFIED"; but the e-mails had apparently come from an ex-tenant who was impersonating her.

Reason

First Thing: Russian rouble crashes as sanctions make their mark

Central bank more than doubles interest rates in effort to protect currency and economy. Plus, Patrisse Cullors on co-founding Black Lives Matter

The Guardian - UK

‘I have a lot of resentment’: Patrisse Cullors on co-founding Black Lives Matter, the backlash – and why the police must go

It is 10 years since she helped launch possibly the biggest global protest movement in history. But then came controversy as huge sums of money flowed in. She describes how her childhood inspired her activism – and the hurt she has suffered

The Guardian - UK

The stars of Top Boy: ‘Are drug dealers going to Black Lives Matter marches? I doubt it’

Britain’s edgiest crime drama is about to return – and this time its scope is bigger than ever. Ashley Walters, Little Simz, Kano and more discuss turning Drake down, the call of Hollywood and not being able to depict BLM

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Athletes permitted to raise fist on the podium at Commonwealth Games

Medallists can now show support for Black Lives Matter and LGBT+ although protests are subject to guidelines as hate group gestures are forbidden

The Guardian - UK

Jacob Rees-Mogg says senior civil servants should not endorse Black Lives Matter

Brexit minister says officials should only show support for state-backed occasions like the Queen’s jubilee

The Independent UK

Top civil servants should not show support for Black Lives Matter – Rees-Mogg

The Government Efficiency Minister said senior civil servants must be ‘completely apolitical’.

The Independent UK

A decade after Trayvon Martin’s killing, ‘Being Black in America still comes at a great risk’

MIAMI — Sybrina Fulton is exhausted.

Miami Herald

Austin charges 19 police officers for misconduct during 2020 Black Lives Matter protests

‘We believe many protesters injured by officers during the protests were innocent bystanders,’ Austin district attorney José Garza said

The Independent UK

Grand jury indicts 19 Austin police officers on assault charges over Black Lives Matter protests, report says

‘No one should be injured while exercising their constitutional right to protest’

The Independent UK

New rules to ban teachers from politicising Black Lives Matter and British Empire

New Government guidance on political impartiality in schools urges teachers to approach “contentious and disputed” periods of history such as the British Empire in a “balanced” manner.

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Daily Mirror

Tories ban teachers from 'promoting' Black Lives Matter in political bias crackdown

New guidance says Britain's imperial past must be taught in a 'balanced manner' and teachers should not 'promote' partisan political views

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Enes Kanter Freedom says he was threatened with an NBA ban

Amid COVID and the social-justice protests of 2020, the league had encouraged self-expression, and NBA players had written various messages on their shoes in Sharpie: black lives matter, say their names, wash your hands. Kanter, who spoke at a Black ...

The Guardian - US

‘Brave people stepped up to the plate’: remembering the Black Panthers through art

A new group exhibition adds a contemporary lens to the work of the Black Panther party in the era of Black Lives Matter

The Independent UK

UK Black Lives Matter group dissolves following police infiltration plot

Swansea BLM cited concerns for their members’ safety, harassment and threats from the far-right as the primary reasons for shutting down its operations.

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Wales Online

Black Lives Matter disbanding in Swansea after far right people started turning up at volunteers' homes

'We’re dissolving our organisation for a number of reasons, including the physical and mental safety of all of our team members'

The Guardian - UK

British BLM group closes down after police infiltration attempt

Swansea Black Lives Matter says covert police operations and far-right threats made supporters scared to join

The Independent UK

Girl banned from swim meet over Black Lives Matter suit

‘Keep bringing home the W’s, Leidy!’

Daily Mirror

Girl, 12, 'nearly banned' from swim meet for wearing Black Lives Matter swimsuit

Leidy Lyons was told she couldn't compete at the Superior High School swim meet after constructing the swimwear but the decision was overturned and the person who banned the girl was later removed

The Independent UK

Black Lives Matter activist jailed for six years for trying to register to vote after authorities told her she could

‘This case is one about the disparity in sentencing and punishment – and one that shouldn’t have happened,’ lawyer says

Daily Mirror

Civil War erupts at Yorkshire County Cricket Club as current and former Chairmen trade verbal blows

Lord Patel says he is aware of a group who believe ‘the lamb that is Yorkshire Cricket Club is to be sacrificed on the altar of Black Lives Matter’

Reason

Who's In Charge of Black Lives Matter's Millions of Dollars?

"A giant ghost ship full of treasure drifting in the night with no captain, no discernible crew, and no clear direction."

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