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Police arrest a man as they disperse a protest in Ferguson, Mo., USA, early Aug. 20, 2014. On Saturday, Aug. 9, a white police officer fatally shot unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brow...

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A man is moved by a line of police as authorities disperse a protest in Ferguson, Mo. USA. On Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed ...

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A man bends down in prayer as police try to disperse a small group of protesters in Ferguson, Mo, USA. The Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown by police has touched off rancorous prot...

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A man is moved by a line of police as authorities disperse a protest in Ferguson, Mo.

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A protestor is detained in Ferguson. The August 9 shooting of Michael Brown by police has touched off rancorous protests in Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb where police have used riot...

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Tear gas is fired to disperse a crowd protesting the shooting of teenager Michael Brown last Saturday, August 9, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo, USA

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Yityish "Titi" Aynaw (born 1992), the first Black Miss Israel with President Obama

Courtesy Yityish "Titi" Aynaw's Facebook page
Yityish "Titi" Aynaw (born 1992), an Israeli model, becomes the first Ethiopian Jew to win the Miss Israel contest, also becoming the first Black Miss Israel

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Magazine

Let’s Dance Tonight

In big, bad Delhi, minority groups create their own party space

Oct 27, 2014

| Francis Maindl Sakshi Virmani
The Boer Battles

Historian Ramachandra Guha’s new book explores the critical formative years of Gandhi’s political life, his time spent in England and South Africa. An excerpt:

Oct 14, 2013

| Ramachandra Guha
‘Several Accidents Helped Make Gandhi’

The historian and writer on the formative years Mohandas Gandhi spent in South Africa, the people who influenced him and how his later philosophy was formed there

Oct 14, 2013

| Vinod Mehta
The Manuscripters

The ‘varnacular’ of our society’s brand managers merits reading-into

Mar 11, 2013

| Vijay Nambisan
Life At Tha Crossroads

African expatriates in India shrug off exclusion, create their own oases

Jan 31, 2011

| Neha Bhatt
A Don’s Old Flannels

John Howard’s ill reputation foreshadows his impending ICC role, can breed bitter division

Jun 14, 2010

| Rohit Mahajan
So What If You Aren’t Shahrukh, You Can Still Be An Ass

You may win the tactical fairness battle but consider the long-term costs involved—a life-long cosmetic prison, irreversible health damage

Feb 08, 2010

| Shefalee Vasudev
I, Me, Mine

Because the young, urban male has finally learnt how to play

Dec 14, 2009

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Brownian Notions

The prejudice NRIs exhibit is more complex than what they face

Jun 29, 2009

| Sanjay Suri
'India Is Racist, And Happy About It'

A Black American's first-hand experience of footpath India: no one even wants to change

Jun 29, 2009

| Diepiriye Kuku

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Website

'Fair Is Not The Only Lovely Or Handsome': Cricketer Abhinav Mukund Responds To Trolls On His Skin Colour

In a statement posted on his Twitter page, Mukund expressed his disappointment at some of messages sent to him targetting his skin tone.

Aug 10, 2017

| Outlook Web Bureau
The Killing Of Black Men Continues

Yet another painful, traumatic reminder of the long history of occupation, torture, abuse and killing of Black people in America

Aug 20, 2014

| Ron Daniels
The Ugly Politics Of Beauty

Apart from the politics that pageants may unwittingly participate in, there is also a pretty penny to be made from issues tied to race and appearance.

Sep 25, 2013

| R. Benedito Ferrao
Exiles In Back Streets

Being an African in India has always meant inuring oneself to daily jabs about race and colour. But being Somali in India is proving twice as difficult as India discovers and vilifies its new enemy

Jul 04, 2011

| Debarshi Dasgupta
A Needless Debate

Why is it that TV channels are fanning a debate on whether Team India's coach should be an Indian or a foreigner? Has any senior cricketer been quoted as saying that no Indian should be coach of the team?
May 17, 2005

| G. Rajaraman
The Betrayal

When I was last in Bombay, a generation ago, I asked the great Bollywood film director, Raj Kapoor, why poverty was so resistant in India. "Outsiders misjudge us," he said...

Sep 09, 2004

| John Pilger

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News

Thai Skin Whitening Ad Provokes Race Storm

A Thai advert for skin lightening pills with the tagline "white makes you a winner" has caused an outcry on soci

Jan 08, 2016
US Diplomat Calls Tamilians Dark and Dirty, Apologizes

A US diplomat was caught in a row after her remarks of "dirty and dark" Tamilians, prompting the Aug 13, 2011

Angelina Jolie as Cleopatra Causes Race Row

Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie is at the centre of a race row with objections being raised to her playing Queen Cleopatra

Jun 18, 2010

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Blog

Roasted For Being Dark, Parched Actor Tannishtha Chatterjee Gets Apology

Sep 28, 2016

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