Tag: Black Lives Matter

Government Probes Microsoft’s Plan To Hire More Black Staff Members

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ Microsoft is being questioned by the US government over whether a diversity initiative amounts to racial discrimination. The Department of Labor has singled out Microsoft’s pledge to double the number of “black and African American” senior staff by 2025. Officials have warned the company the target appears “to imply that the employment action may be taken on the basis of race”. Microsoft denies the accusation. “We are clear that the law prohibits us from discriminating on the basis of race,” the firm’s lawyer Dev Stahlkopf blogged. “We…

Trump backpedals over racist group row, Biden blasts him as ’embarrassment’

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US President Donald Trump scrambled on Wednesday to quell an uproar over his failure to explicitly denounce white supremacist groups during his debate debacle with Joe Biden, who branded his election rival a “national embarrassment”. The bitter adversaries returned to the campaign trail one day after their off-the-rails showdown in Cleveland made headlines less for the substance than for its unrestrained chaos. The toxic shout fest — with Trump constantly interrupting and Biden launching personal attacks — even prompted the overseeing Commission on Presidential Debates to announce it would be imposing new…

Sammy urges cricket world to treat issue of racism more seriously

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COURTESY BY: https://www.cricingif.com/ Former West Indies captain Daren Sammy has urged cricket’s governing bodies to treat racism more seriously and pay it the same attention they give to upholding the integrity of the game. Athletes across the world have spoken out about racism in sport as part of the Black Lives Matter protests after the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. Sammy, who led West Indies to two Twenty20 World Cup titles, has been at the forefront of the…

US police shoot and kill another black man

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ LOS ANGELES: US police have shot dead another black man, who they said had a handgun but had dropped it during a violent altercation in Los Angeles, triggering fresh outrage as tensions soar over racism and police brutality. The man, named in local media as 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee, was riding his bicycle when Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies tried to stop him for an unspecified vehicle code violation on Monday afternoon. He fled on foot, and when officers caught up with him he punched one deputy in…

Continued protests may help Trump’s re-election

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ WASHINGTON: Police used chemical irritants to disperse protesters from streets around the White House on Monday as President Donald Trump claimed Democrats had lost control over the “Black Lives Matter” movement. Thousands gathered in Washington this weekend to protest racism and alleged police brutality. The rallies began on Friday evening and continued till Monday morning, splitting into small groups and marching in the streets around the White House. Mostly, the protesters remained peaceful, standing in lines, chanting slogans and taunting police. But clashes with police were reported…

Butch Stewart elated with Windies win

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Sandals Resorts International (SRI), the Principal Partner of Cricket West Indies (CWI), has offered its heartiest congratulations to the West Indies senior team on its historic victory in the first #raiseyourbat Test match against England at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. In a release sent out yesterday Sandals stated: “SRI wants to join the entire Caribbean in applauding the efforts of captain Jason Holder and his squad and to recognize the outstanding performance of not only Mr. Holder, who captured six wickets for 42 runs in the first innings, but…

Proteas’ Ngidi in Black Lives Matter controversy

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“Lungi Ngidi made his ODI debut in 2018. ©AFP” /> Johannesburg (AFP) – A remark about Black Lives Matter in a Zoom press conference has made South Africa discuss once we are together in person,” said Ngidi. “We have spoken about it and everyone is well aware of what’s going on.It’s a difficult one because we are not together, so it’s hard to discuss.But once we get back to playing that is definitely something we have to address as a team.” Ngidi pointed to South Africa’s history of racial discrimination which…

Rain delays international cricket’s return in England-West Indies Test

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“Rain delayed the start of the first Test between England and the West Indies. ©AFP” /> Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Rain meant there was no play before lunch on Wednesday’s opening day of the first Test between England and the West Indies at Southampton, the first international cricket match since March. The eagerly anticipated fixture marks the sport’s global return from months of coronavirus-enforced lockdown. The last Test match, between New Zealand and India, concluded on March 2, six days before the final of the Women’s T20 World Cup in…

England, West Indies take a knee as international cricket resumes

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“West Indies players take a knee at the Ageas Bowl. ©AFP” /> Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – International cricket resumed after a four-month coronavirus shutdown on Wednesday as England and West Indies players took a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement under grey skies in Southampton. England stand-in captain Ben Stokes won the toss following a rain delay and opted to bat but just three overs were possible before the weather intervened again. The players gathered in a semi-circle on the pitch before play started to observe…