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‘Non-Ukrainians face discrimination’: how a social enterprise in Warsaw helps marginalised refugees | The Journey Of A Refugee

‘Non-Ukrainians face discrimination’: how a social enterprise in Warsaw helps marginalised refugees | The Journey Of A Refugee

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When Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of refugees began pouring into Warsaw central station in Poland every day in search of safety. Most were native Ukrainians, while others were third-country nationals who had built a life in Ukraine. For all those fleeing the devastation, it was a time of terror and uncertainty, but for the latter group, it was particularly perilous. “From the very beginning of the war, we were getting information about all kinds of abuses that non-Ukrainian [refugees] were facing in Ukraine while trying to get to Poland,” says activist Jarmiła Rybicka. “At the border on both sides, non-Ukrainians were expelled or sent to the back of the queues. They were pushed out from trains and told that there was no space for them. Meanwhile, white Ukrainians escaped.” Once they made it into Poland, minority refugees continued to face obstacles at every turn, starting at the train station, where they were not even allowed to use the toilets for free. Prejudice has made finding secure accommodation and …

Racism and discrimination lead to faster aging through brain network changes, new study finds

Racism and discrimination lead to faster aging through brain network changes, new study finds

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Go Ad-Free! Click here to subscribe to PsyPost and support independent science journalism! Racism steals time from people’s lives – possibly because of the space it occupies in the mind. In a new study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, our team showed that the toll of racism on the brain was linked to advanced aging, observed on a cellular level. Black women who were more frequently exposed to racism showed stronger connections in brain networks involved with rumination and vigilance. We found that this, in turn, was connected to accelerated biological aging. We are neuroscientists who use a variety of approaches, including self-reported data and biological measurements like brain scans, to answer our questions about the effects of stressors on the brain and body. We also use this data to inform the development of interventions to help people cope with this stress. Why it matters Aging is a natural process. However, stress can speed up the biological clock, making people more vulnerable to aging-related diseases, from cardiovascular disease to diabetes and dementia. Epidemiological …

500 Individuals Recount Discrimination, Sexual Harassment At FDIC In New 200-Page Report

500 Individuals Recount Discrimination, Sexual Harassment At FDIC In New 200-Page Report

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Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, The Federal Deposit Insurance (FDIC) failed to provide its employees a safe workplace free from “sexual harassment, discrimination, and other interpersonal misconduct,” a new report released on Tuesday concluded. Martin Gruenberg, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in Washington on Nov. 15, 2023. (Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times) The more than 200-page report, produced by law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, was ordered by the bank regulator. The independent review was overseen by the Special Committee of the FDIC Board of Directors after The Wall Street Journal published scathing reports identifying an objectionable work climate and misogynistic culture described as a “sexualized boys’ club environment.” More than 500 individuals recounted their experiences of discrimination, sexual harassment, and “other interpersonal misconduct” they endured at the FDIC. Heads of field and regional offices managed their offices like “fiefdoms” while commissioned bank examiners “controlled the destinies of junior examiners,” the report explained. “Those who reported expressed fear, sadness, and anger at …

‘Double punishment’: the racial discrimination in Europe’s rental housing market | Race

‘Double punishment’: the racial discrimination in Europe’s rental housing market | Race

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The 40 sq metre apartment had everything that Hamado Dipama was looking for: one bedroom, a bath and a good location in the southern German city of Augsburg. When he called to set up a viewing, however, the landlord kept asking him where he was from. “It was really bizarre,” said Dipama. “I told him that I didn’t know what that had to do with his rental. And he hung up on me.” Dipama, originally from Burkina Faso, swiftly realised he had overlooked a stipulation listed plainly in the 2019 newspaper advert: “Germans only.” It was a window – albeit far more overt than usual – into the kind of discrimination that racialised minorities across Europe have long faced in the housing market. In recent years, as cities across the continent grapple with a shortage of decent, affordable housing, campaigners warn that the housing crisis is having a disproportionate effect on people of colour and other minorities. For these communities, “it’s a dual crisis”, said Magda Boulabiza, of the European Network Against Racism. “Discrimination means …

Lords raise alarm on 100% religious discrimination in all state-funded faith schools

Lords raise alarm on 100% religious discrimination in all state-funded faith schools

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Today in the House of Lords, Baroness Burt, Vice-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group, questioned the UK Government’s plans to remove the cap on faith school admissions in England. The move will allow all religious schools to discriminate for 100% of their places. Baroness Burt asked ‘what assessment it has made on the impact of removing the admissions cap on state-funded faith schools on community integration and cohesion.’ The response gave no indication that there had been any such assessment but reiterated the Government’s stance that faith schools are inclusive. Humanists UK reported last week that the Government has started a seven-week consultation on the proposed 50% cap removal, commenting that the plan was a backwards step that risks increasing division and inequality. Showing that position has cross-party support, former Conservative Education Secretary Lord Baker commented in the discussion today that ’It has never been Tory policy to advocate 100% religious schools’ – calling it ‘an absurd proposal that should not feature anywhere in the manifesto of the Conservative party’. Lord Storey, Liberal Democrat …

As Trump seeks US presidency again, Asian-Americans fear another rise in hate crimes

As Trump seeks US presidency again, Asian-Americans fear another rise in hate crimes

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MANY ATTACKS GO UNREPORTED Research by the foundation showed that three out of four of those surveyed in New York changed their behaviour last year, out of fear of being targeted in an anti-Asian attack. Almost half of women respondents avoided taking public transport. The foundation also found that half of the Asian-Americans living in New York City experienced hate crime because of their race or ethnicity in 2023.  These crimes included threats, harassment, verbal abuse or physical attacks, with many incidents going unreported. These hate crimes prompted some in the city’s Chinatown community to install security cameras to ease safety concerns.  Campaigners said official statistics fail to capture the full range of anti-Asian incidents – either because they’re misclassified, or victims don’t come forward. In early 2021, several violent attacks on older Asians rocked the state of California. An 84-year-old Thai man died after being shoved to the ground in San Francisco, while another 91-year-old was assaulted and fell face-first onto a pavement. These unprovoked attacks were caught on video within a span of …

Dems. reintroduce CROWN Act legislation to ban nationwide hair discrimination

Dems. reintroduce CROWN Act legislation to ban nationwide hair discrimination

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A number of Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced the CROWN Act, legislation that would ban discrimination based on one’s hairstyle or hair texture. Here, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs Crown Act legislation on June 15, 2023 in Lansing, Mich. that will outlaw race-based hairstyle discrimination in workplaces and schools. Joey Cappelletti/AP hide caption toggle caption Joey Cappelletti/AP A number of Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced the CROWN Act, legislation that would ban discrimination based on one’s hairstyle or hair texture. Here, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs Crown Act legislation on June 15, 2023 in Lansing, Mich. that will outlaw race-based hairstyle discrimination in workplaces and schools. Joey Cappelletti/AP A host of Black Democratic lawmakers reintroduced legislation Wednesday that would ban discrimination against a person’s hairstyle or hair texture. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., led a group of 84 lawmakers in sponsoring the reintroduction of HR 8191, or the CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill — which was previously passed in the House in 2019 …

Trump campaign lawyers can’t quit workplace discrimination case

Trump campaign lawyers can’t quit workplace discrimination case

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Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Ted Hendricks Stadium in Hialeah, Florida, U.S. November 8, 2023.  Octavio Jones | Reuters A New York federal judge on Thursday rejected — for now, at least — a request by a law firm to withdraw from representing the presidential campaign of Donald Trump in a discrimination lawsuit by former 2016 campaign advisor Arlene “A.J.” Delgado. But Magistrate Judge Katharine Parker gave the law firm — LaRocca, Hornik, Greenberg, Kittredge, Carlin & McPartland — until Tuesday to submit to her “a more detailed explanation” of its argument that a “irreparable breakdown” of its relationship with the Trump campaign required the firm to withdraw from representing it in the case. Parker’s ruling came a day after she held a closed-door meeting with lawyers from the firm and with their clients to discuss the withdrawal request. “In this case, defense counsel’s declaration is insufficient to grant withdrawal at this time,” Parker wrote in her order Thursday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. “By …

Trump campaign lawyers seek to quit discrimination case

Trump campaign lawyers seek to quit discrimination case

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Presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures in a press conference unveiling his comprehensive tax reform plan at Trump Tower.  Andy Katz | Lightrocket | Getty Images A federal judge in New York scheduled a closed-door meeting Wednesday afternoon on a request by lawyers for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign to withdraw from a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by former senior advisor to his 2016 White House bid. The law firm at LaRocca, Hornik, Greenberg, Kittredge, Carlin & McPartland asked to withdraw from the case filed by Arlene “A.J.” Delgado last Friday in a court motion, because of what it called “an irreparable breakdown in the attorney-client relationship between the Firm and the Campaign.” The filings said the firm “respectfully requests leave to explain to the Court in camera” the details of that breakdown. In camera proceedings are conducted by judges without members of the public or press present. Magistrate Judge Katharine Parker said she would conduct an in camera conference on the firm’s request starting at 3 p.m. ET Wednesday “with the defendants and their attorneys.” Parker’s …