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Anger at all-white Bafta Awards provokes return of diversity hashtag

The Bafta Awards has come under fire over a lack of diversity among the event’s winners who were all white.

Evening Standard

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The Thai Textile Society presents the lecture "Masterpieces From Southeast Asian Ethnicities: Their Diversity In Tastes And Craftsmanship In Textile Weaving And Dyeing" at Siam Society, Asok Road, on Saturday at 10am.

Bangkok Post

The return of #BaftasSoWhite, three years after diversity outcry

With no wins for people of colour, actors’ union Equity says pool of nominees is not diverse enough

The Guardian - UK

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Is Bafta’s work to increase diversity in danger of being undone?

No nominees of colour won a Bafta in the main awards this year – just three years on from the #BaftasSoWhite backlash that prompted an organisational overhaul. But is there more than meets the eye to Sunday’s whitewash?

The Guardian - UK

‘Totally wrong’: London Ambulance lagging behind on diversity and must improve, bosses warned

LAS is ‘at only 20 per cent diverse workforce. In a city where 50 per cent of people are not white British, that feels totally wrong,’ its own CEO said.

The Independent UK

Bafta’s all-white winners lineup is shocking – it needs to learn diversity is more than just statistics

These awards are capable of celebrating Britain’s incredible filmmaking talent, but only when they face up to the question of whose art we value, and why, says writer and critic Leila Latif

The Guardian - UK

Bafta awards provoke return of diversity hashtag online

Users on Twitter recycled the BaftasSoWhite hashtag to share their frustration following the ceremony.

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Penguins' Pierre-Olivier Joseph smiles through growing pains, discrimination and adversity

Prior to puck-drop a week ago in Anaheim, Pierre-Olivier Joseph's phone buzzed. The 23-year-old Penguins defenseman could have guessed what the message said.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: DeSantis is king of the vengeful power grab, courtesy of Florida’s cowed Republican lawmakers

Gov. Ron DeSantis is playing a game of smoke and mirrors with Floridians. His announced goal is to cure Florida of the reported ailments of the border crisis, election fraud, critical race theory, “trendy ideologies” in education like gender ideology and queer theory, indoctrinators hiding on every corner and in…

Miami Herald

Why Brunswick Heads Surf Lifesaving Club is on a mission to 'celebrate diversity' in its membership

When Simon Ceglinski joined the nippers in 1986, surf life saving clubs "were a different place". Now, he's on a mission to make sure everyone feels welcome to be themselves.

ABC News

Meet the Co Down woman driving diversity in yoga across the UK

Sayon Cheung-Mulligan from Banbridge currently teaches general hatha, aerial, chair and restorative yoga

Belfast Live

Women’s football in England is a ‘middle-class sport’, warns Emma Hayes

‘It is a fabulous team, but where’s its diversity?’ asked the Chelsea manager about the England side as she expressed concern that inner-city players are not getting a chance

The Guardian - UK

How 20-year-old HBCU student Rajah Caruth went from virtual racing to NASCAR

Just five years ago, Rajah Caruth had zero racing experience. Now, he's got a full-time NASCAR Truck Series ride.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Senate pressure mounts on Biden to nominate first Latino to Fed - Roll Call

Several Senate Banking Committee Democrats are pushing President Joe Biden to nominate a Latino for the Federal Reserve Board.

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The Conversation

Shake and divide: the cocktail formula for global consensus

For yet another year, the world’s conference on climate change – COP27 – concluded with few agreements and a clear division between North and South.

The Conversation

Why The Sims 4's new inclusion of transgender and disabled sims matters

The Sims is one of the bestselling franchises in gaming history. But unlike most other AAA games (high budget and high profile games produced by leading publishers), this open world life simulation game has no clear end goal.

The Conversation

A diverse Supreme Court grapples with affirmative action, with its justices of color split sharply on the meaning of 'equal protection'

The United States Supreme Court is deciding a pair of cases that could end affirmative action programs that consider race in college admissions.

The Conversation

Insects are vanishing worldwide – now it's making it harder to grow food

Over the past 20 years a steady trickle of scientific papers has reported that there are fewer insects than there used to be. Both the combined weight (what scientists call biomass) and diversity of insect species have declined. Some studies were based on sightings by amateur entomologists, while others involved…

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The Texas Tribune

Black and Latino lawmakers slam Gov. Greg Abbott for order limiting diversity considerations in hiring

The lawmakers called on major sports organizations to not host championship games in the state until the governor rescinds his guidance to agencies and universities.

The Conversation

What is Mondiacult? 6 take-aways from the world's biggest cultural policy gathering

Culture’s status in global society got a major boost in 2022 when it was recommended to become its own sustainable development goal. This happened at the Unesco World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development – called Mondiacult. The world’s most important cultural policy gathering took place in Mexico City…

The Canberra Times

'Long time coming': APS employee census to ask cultural background of staff

APSC Commissioner Peter Woolcott said a the creation of a new CALD strategy was a priority for the Minister for the Public Service, Katy Gallagher, but there was no timeframe.

The Conversation

What a second-century Roman citizen, Lucian, can teach us about diversity and acceptance

People who don’t fit the dominant demographic of where they live can often be asked, “Where are you really from?”

The Times of India

Beyond curry houses and butter chicken

Is Indian food the next big thing on the global palate? Have patrons gone beyond demanding chicken tikka masala in culinary hotspots like London and New York? “Yes, people still want butter chicken even though it is changing,” said food writer Karen Anand with a sigh at Times Litfest, in…

The Guardian - UK

Lynx in France face extinction with population down to 150 adults at most

Urgent action needed as DNA tests show their genetic diversity is so low they could vanish from the country in 30 years

Autosport

The mutual benefits of Hamilton's NFL ownership foray

The Denver Broncos don't feature in the 2023 Super Bowl but, after Lewis Hamilton bought into the NFL organisation last year, it established an American Football link to Formula 1.

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