List of Race and Ethnicity articles
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Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6. Our Top Weekend Reads
An opportunity for Biden, populism’s online fires, and the need for transitional justice.
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A worker builds a wooden structure, part of the preparation for the presidential inauguration, at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 8 in Washington. ‘This Is Not Who We Are’ Is a Great American Myth
The crisis at the U.S. Capitol shows that Americans lack a shared understanding of their political past and present. Transitional justice can help.
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed looks on at the House of Peoples Representatives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Nov. 30, 2020. All Is Not Quiet on Ethiopia’s Western Front
How Addis Ababa deals with ethnic violence in the region of Benishangul-Gumuz will determine the country’s future.
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Election judge Bonnie Carr looks over ballots as she prepares them to be counted at the Denver Elections Division Building in Denver on Nov 3. Our Top Arguments of 2020
From the pandemic to Black Lives Matter and the U.S. election, five articles from the year that changed everything.
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ForeignPolicy__Caste2 The Best of 2020 to Read, Watch, or Listen To
With much of the world in lockdown again, here are some of this year’s highlights to help you pass the time.
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First Nations activists and allies blocked an intersection in Toronto on Oct. 23, calling on the Canadian government to uphold treaty rights, respect Indigenous sovereignty across the nation, and protect Indigenous land defenders. 2020 Was the Year of Indigenous Activism in Canada
It’s time for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to become a more ardent defender of Indigenous interests.
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A group of Nigerians repatriated from South Africa ‘Put South Africa First’ Breeds Hate Toward Other Africans
Anti-foreigner sentiments are growing against Nigerians like me.
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Heavily armed Ethiopian soldiers deployed in Somalia as part of the African Union peacekeeping mission patrol in Beledweyne, Somalia, on December 14, 2019. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images) U.N. Fears Ethiopia Purging Ethnic Tigrayan Officers From Its Peacekeeping Missions
An internal United Nations document shows concern those troops could face torture or execution.
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A volunteer with the pro-immigration group Families Belong Together attaches one of 600 teddy bears to a chain-link cage on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Nov 16. Getting Human Rights Right
Before Biden can lead in the world, he’ll have to lead at home.
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Youth from the Sidama ethnic group, the largest in southern Ethiopia, ride in the back of a truck during celebrations over plans by local elders to declare the establishment of a breakaway region for the Sidama later this week, in Awasa, Ethiopia on July 15, 2019. It’s Not Too Late to Stop the Ethiopian Civil War From Becoming a Broader Ethnic Conflict
Western and regional powers are more divided than they were during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, but they can still exert influence to prevent the fragmentation of Ethiopia’s federal system.
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A Black Lives Matter protest in Seoul South Korea Struggles to Confront Its Own Racial Prejudices
Black Lives Matter has sparked change among a younger generation.
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Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters and members of the Afrikaner survivalist group Kommandokorps argue in Senekal, South Africa, on Oct. 16. What South Africa Can Teach the United States About Repairing a Divided Society
Mature democracies don’t treat political opponents as wartime enemies.
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Protesters hold up their fists up in Lafayette Park, across from the White House, to protest against police brutality and racial injustice on June 14. Why Inclusion Is Important for U.S. Foreign Policy
If Washington chooses to reengage with the world, it will need to first champion diversity and gender equality.
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South African police officers hold protesters back during the funeral procession for Nathaniel Julies—who was shot by police—in Eldorado Park, near Johannesburg, on Sept. 5. In South Africa, Police Violence Isn’t Black and White
The killing of a coloured teenager in Johannesburg exposed the fraught state of race relations in South Africa—and how the racial hierarchies created by apartheid continue to plague the country.
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Top U.N. officials visit a refugee settlement in Kenya The U.N. Has a Diversity Problem
Westerners are overrepresented in senior positions across the world body.
