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rita ora - May 2018
Rita Ora ‘sorry’ for song accused of exploiting bisexuality by several LGBTQ musicians.
Universities are being accused of
Universities are being accused of “complacency” over a lack of senior black academics and lower achievement among ethnic minority students
Not even 1% of UK professors are black,
exciter university
A number of law students have been expelled from the University of Exeter over allegations of racism.
Has #MeToo helped abuse survivors seek support?
From October to December 2017, calls to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network - a US crisis hotline - rose by 23% compared with the same period in 2016.
White privilege? Kaitlin bennet
ethnic minorities - who already are the target of discrimination and suspicion - would risk instigating a violent response from authoritieswoman who slung an assault-style rifle across her shoulder for her graduation photos in the US
The US has—of the world’s population, but …
The US has 5% of the world’s population, but 31% of its mass shooters
19th may school shooting
Santa Fe school shooting: 10 dead and 10 wounded in Texas
Governor Abbott called the shooting
Governor Abbott called the shooting “one of the most heinous attacks that we’ve ever seen in the history of Texas schools”.
February 2018 At least 17 people have
At least 17 people have died after a 19-year-old ex-pupil opened fire at High School in Parkland, Florida.
June 12, 2016, 29-year-old security guard,
June 12, 2016 29-year-old security guard, killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in a terrorist attack inside Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States.
The shooters are inspired by media accounts
Shooters post on social media before the attacks and sometimes while the assaults are underwayMedia organisations create live pages and provide 24/7 coverage of an assault.
Mass shootings are contagious,” said
Mass shootings are contagious,” said Gary Slutkin, founder of a Chicago-based organisation, Cure Violence. “People see what other people do, and they follow that.”
The shooters compete with each other
We all want to be known after we’re dead,”said Dylan Klebold
Jameela Jamil was told she was
‘too ethnic’ to make it in the US
Jameela Jamil what campaign
I weigh campaign on instagram was launched
