Tag: prejudice
The Guardian view on Raab’s bill of rights: liberty bent to prejudice
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There are two ways ministers can avoid falling foul of human rights law. One is to govern with respect for universal human rights, as codified after the second world war in response to unspeakable atrocities. The othe...
Master review – sinister tale of academic prejudice
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Gail Bishop is locked out of her new home. The university professor, played by Regina Hall, has recently been appointed as house “master” at the elite (and fictional) Andover College. Except the keys she has been give...
TV tonight: glass-ceiling smashers pull anti-female prejudice apart
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Beard is back with the fifth series of her curious cultural review show. In tonight’s opener, the classicist explores what thousands of years of stereotyping women means for those who are in positions of power today....
Any Omicron restrictions will deepen prejudice against unvaccinated people
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We’re not back into lockdown, of course, or anything even vaguely resembling it yet. Instead we are tumbling once again down the rabbit hole of uncertainty, into that wearily familiar world where every plan feels made...
Why it’s time to end TV’s deplorable prejudice against disabled people
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I had mixed feelings on being offered the MacTaggart lecture this year. The first was surprise: had anyone ever heard me speak? I once did a Bafta speech that Piers Morgan described on Twitter as the worst in the hist...
Assembly by Natasha Brown review – the grind of everyday prejudice
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Within a neat 100 pages, Natasha Brown’s precise, powerful debut novel says more about Britain’s colonial legacy and what it’s like trying to exist within that as a black British woman than most could achieve with thr...
Hunt for Toronto serial killer hampered by police prejudice, report says
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The hunt for a serial killer who preyed on gay men in Toronto was hampered by “serious flaws” in the police investigation – including the stereotyping of LGBTQ+ people by police officers and a lack of public trust – a...