African nations demand Commission of Inquiry into \'systemic racism\' in US

African nations demand Commission of Inquiry into 'systemic racism' in US

Mid-Day Wednesday, 17 June 2020 ()
African nations have prepared a draft resolution at the UN's top human rights body that singles out the US, and they would launch intense international scrutiny of systemic racism against people of African descent in the wake of recent high-profile killings of blacks by American police.

The draft text, a copy of which has been...
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News video: Dallas Fed Chief: Systemic Racism Is Hindering US Economic Growth

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 In the United States, the fastest-growing demographic groups are African Americans and Latinx. And according to Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan, systemic racism targetting those groups is dragging down the US economy. Reuters reports Kaplan made the remarks in a Sunday interview on...