Racism

Authorities probing bigoted text messages that spread alarm across US

FEDERAL and state authorities are investigating a wave of bigoted text messages sent anonymously that have spread alarm among Black Americans across the country this week, officials and recipients tol...

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was seeking to spell out his closing pitch and energise his base with the extravaganza at New York’s Madison Square Garden but made news instead for a series of crass remarks from allies giving warm-up speeches.

Trump team on defensive over racist rhetoric

DONALD Trump was struggling on Monday to contain a fierce backlash to racist rhetoric targeting Puerto Ricans at his weekend rally, just eight days ahead of a presidential election that could be deter...

Kanye West shocked and alarmed fans with a series of threats against Jewish people that drove sportswear giant Adidas and other fashion houses to dump him.

Kanye West apologises for anti-Semitism

US RAPPER Kanye West apologised to the Jewish community on Tuesday, after a series of anti-Semitic comments that sparked outrage and led to the star being dropped from lucrative commercial deals and b...

Elon Musk has faced a torrent of criticism since he on Nov 15 agreed with a user who falsely claimed Jewish people were stoking hatred against white people, saying the user who referenced the “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory was speaking “the actual truth.”

Elon Musk curses out advertisers who left X over anti-Semitic content

BILLIONAIRE Elon Musk told advertisers that have fled his social media platform X over anti-Semitic content to “go f*** yourself” in a fiery Wednesday interview.

Singapore has taken additional security measures in the wake of the conflict in the Middle East, says Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam.

Singapore must maintain racial and religious peace, stay vigilant amid Middle East conflict: Shanmugam

SINGAPORE must not let external events affect the city-state’s internal situation, Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam told media on Thursday (Oct 12), highlighting the need to maintain racial and r...

A protest against Indonesia's new criminal code, on Dec 5. A GlobalData survey showed that those aged 16 to 24 in South-east Asia cared more about some social issues, compared to the global average for that cohort.

Will Gen Z disrupt the Asean corporate landscape?

ACTIVIST employees have made their voices heard in multinational corporations in the United States in recent years. Netflix employees have staged walkouts over the airing of a show by comedian Dave Ch...

King Charles moved rapidly to evict Lady Susan Hussey from the royal household after the hurtful exchange with charity campaigner Ngozi Fulani, a black British woman.

UK royals show ruthlessness in latest race row

The timing could not have been worse for Britain’s royal family, not long after one racial reckoning involving Prince Harry and ahead of a new publicity blitz from the maverick “spare heir”.

Members of the K-Pop band BTS makes statements against anti-Asian hate crimes and for inclusion and representation during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, May 31, 2022.

K-pop supergroup BTS visits Biden in White House; says ‘devastated’ by US hate crimes

SOUTH Korean K-pop sensations BTS didn’t sing a word but in a White House visit on Tuesday to meet President Joe Biden the supergroup’s message against anti-Asian racism came loud and clear. The seve...

Google is accused in lawsuit of systemic bias against Black employees

Google is accused in lawsuit of systemic bias against Black employees

[NEW YORK] A lawsuit filed on Friday (Mar 18) accuses Google of systemic racial bias against Black employees, saying the search engine company steers them to lower-level jobs, pays them less and denie...

Towards a more conscious and inclusive capitalism
THE BROAD VIEW

Towards a more conscious and inclusive capitalism

Singaporeans are well-placed to be leading examples of an inclusive society; we just need the courage to reinvent policies, quieten old thoughts and bury old habits.