US Race Relations

Naomi Osaka was told her ‘black card was revoked’ for representing Japan in Olympics instead of US

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Japanese-Haitian tennis star Naomi Osaka has hit back at critics of her decision to represent Japan at the Olympics this months, revealing that she was told her ‘black card was revoked’ after she announced that she would not be playing for the US in Tokyo.    The 23-year-old, who was born in in Chūō-ku, Osaka to a … Read more

White Maryland police officers taser and arrest black teenager ‘for vaping on boardwalk’ [Video]

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A black teenager was filmed being surrounded by five white police officers and tasered after he allegedly ignored a request to stop vaping on a Maryland boardwalk. Brian Anderson, 19, was zapped with the device in Ocean City, Maryland, on Saturday, despite his apparent cooperation with the five officers surrounding him, and was filmed tumbling … Read more