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'Want to be a better ally for Black community': Mathew Perry stands agains
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Joining scores of other Hollywood celebrities, 'Friends' actor Matthew Perry on Saturday addressed his white privilege and expressed his wish to be a "better" ally for the African-Americans who have faced racism in the United States.
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George Floyd unrest may threaten jump in COVID-19 cases among minority gro
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 1 (ANI): Health officials have expressed distress that the ongoing protests against police brutality toward African-Americans and Latino populations, spurred by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, could result in another jump in coronavirus cases in the comi
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Women, minorities lacking in research and clinical trials for new cardiome
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 31 (ANI): The findings of a recent study show that over the past decade -- women and minorities, particularly African Americans, continue to be inadequately represented in clinical trials for novel cardiometabolic medications, with no evidence of improvement in enr
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Study finds women, minorities lacking in research and clinical trials for
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 28 (ANI): Over the past decade, women and minorities, particularly African Americans, continue to be inadequately represented in clinical trials for novel cardiometabolic medications, with no evidence of improvement in enrolment numbers, finds a recent study.
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COVID-19 rakes up racism in US, Trump says infections in African-Americans
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 8 (ANI): Infecting nearly four lakh people and killing over 12,000 others, the coronavirus pandemic has brought up the deep-seated issue of racism in the United States, especially with President Donald Trump announcing that African-Americans have higher rates
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How Billy Porter's sexuality affected his career
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 13 (ANI): The journey hasn't been a cakewalk for Billy Porter! The actor got candid about the time he tried to break into Hollywood in the 1980s, but the industry was just seeking three kinds of African Americans -- "James Earl Jones, the patriarch; Denzel Washingt
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Racial discrimination raises risks of disease among African Americans: Stu
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], June 2 (ANI): A recent study explains how racial discrimination raises the risks of chronic illness among African Americans.
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Kanye West encourages African-Americans to end support for democrats
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Oct 28 (ANI): Turns out, Hollywood rapper Kanye West is more political in nature than his fans thought he would be, as he designed T-shirts that encouraged the African-American population to end their support for the Democrats.
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Trump thanks Kanye for doubling his support among African-Americans
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 5 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Friday said that his African-American poll numbers bumped up in the last week and thanked rapper Kanye West for it.
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Spike Lee slams Kanye West for 'slavery' remark
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 03 (ANI): Soon after rapper Kanye West sparked outrage over social media after saying that the enslavement of African Americans over centuries may have been 'a choice'; he has been receiving a chorus of criticism from many.
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Kanye West calls slavery 'a choice', gets slammed
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 02 (ANI): Rapper Kanye West sparked outrage over social media after he said that the enslavement of African Americans over centuries may have been "a choice".
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Voter registration at Black Panther lines
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New York [USA], Feb 22 (ANI): Activists are using Black Panthers, the superhero of the recent Marvel film of the same name, which stars a nearly all-black cast as a chance to increase the voter registration of the African-Americans.
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