Health News Science Whitewashed COVID-19 vaccine points to lingering racism in the medical industry by Phoebe Repeti A recent MIT study suggests that COVID-19 vaccines may be less effective for Black and Asian recipients due to a lack of diversity in trials. While Moderna, Pfizer, and AstraZeneca…
Music Pop Culture Video WATCH: Musicians shutting down racist moments by Happy We’ve come a long way. Watch 4 times artists, from David Bowie to Whitney Houston, shut down racist moments from interviewers. Imagine telling Grace Jones she’d “calmed down” over the…
News Pop Culture The Wiggles have apologised for the ‘Pappadum’ song by Samara Louise Blue Wiggle Anthony Field has apologised after The Wiggles’ infamous Pappadum song was called out on Twitter for its racist representation of Indian culture. There are some things that age…
News Politics World Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten claims Trump is “the only sensible choice” in 2020 election by Samara Louise John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, speaks proudly of his support for All Lives Matter and voting for Trump: “I’d be daft as a brush not to.” Former Sex Pistols frontman…
News Pop Culture Jeremy Tardy leaves Netflix’s ‘Dear White People’ due to racial discrimination by Samara Louise Lionsgate are in hot water after Dear White People star Jeremy Tardy accused the company of “racial discrimination” during wage negotiations. Actor Jeremy Tardy has announced that he will not…
News Pop Culture World White university professor Jessica Krug has admitted to pretending to be black for years by Claudia Schmidt Jessica Krug, an African American history professor and activist, has admitted that for years she has pretended to be black. Jessica Krug, an African American history professor and longtime activist,…
News Pop Culture David Byrne apologises for using blackface in a 1984 Talking Heads video by Happy “We have huge blindspots”: David Byrne has taken to Twitter to address his use of blackface in a Talking Heads promotional video back in 1984. In a series of tweets,…
News Pop Culture Michael Jackson takes aim at The Beatles and Elvis in never-before-seen letters by Jenae Madden Unearthed letters from 1987 reveal Michael Jackson’s fury over racism in pop music, taking aim at white rock icons including the Beatles. New letters exposed by The Sun reveal that…
News The rumoured replacement for Ellen DeGeneres is bad, if not even worse by Manning Patston You might have seen that infamous morning show host Ellen DeGeneres has been in the hot seat recently following multiple accusations of creating a toxic workplace environment. Unfortunately, one of…
News Lee Lin Chin says “mistreatment of staff” is the real reason she left SBS by Annalise Travaglione In 2018, Australia saw an icon walk away from the evening screen for reasons the former SBS newsreader kept to herself. Two years on, Lee Lin Chin has finally revealed…
News Paul McCartney speaks out on the death of George Floyd by Kayla McNicoll The tragic death of George Floyd has acted as a major catalyst in the Black Lives Matter movement, and many musicians and artists are using their platform to voice the…
News Snapchat boots Donald Trump off their discovery page by Julia Lo Surdo It’s no secret that Donald Trump caused trouble throughout his entire Presidency. His often-divisive words have crossed the line for most of us, and now larger social media outlets, such…
News Why do people use coronavirus as an excuse for racism? by Mia Montesin I don’t know about yours, but my social feeds have, at various points, been infected with tacky jokes about coronavirus involving Corona bottles, unwilling subjects, fake news, and second-hand humour….
