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California Approves First Statewide Ethnic Studies Curriculum For High Schools
As America stems from its recent series of deadly hate crimes and racism, the California State Board of Education on Thursday adopted the nation’s first statewide ethnic studies curriculum for high schools, saying the teaching of discrimination and oppression hasn’t been more important ever before Following an eight-hour public meeting Thursday, board members voted unanimously,…
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‘Racial bias runs deep’ at America’s largest banks, CBB study says
The banking industry of the US has a race problem, and a new study discusses the inequalities within the nation’s largest financial institutions. For people of color, the chances of achieving promotion to the highest levels of management or senior and executive leadership at some of the nation’s most powerful consumer banks are way less…
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Jesuit priests pledges to raise $100 million for paying for slaveholding
An American Catholic order has pledged to raise $100 million for the descendants of the African slaves it once owned and sold by establishing a foundation. The New York Times reported on Monday that the Jesuit priests’ foundation referred to the move as “one of the largest efforts by an institution to atone for slavery”.…