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Watchmaker Swatch apologizes for 'slanted eye' ad after online backlash in China

Watchmaker Swatch apologizes for 'slanted eye' ad after online backlash in China

Swiss watchmaker Swatch has issued an apology and pulled ads featuring images of an Asian male model pulling the corners of his eyes up and back in a “slanted eye” pose.
Miss Universe 2024 Victoria Kjær Theilvig faces backlash for singing racial slur

Miss Universe 2024 Victoria Kjær Theilvig faces backlash for singing racial slur

Former world number two Paula Badosa apologizes after photo with eye-pulling chopsticks sparks racism backlash

Former world number two Paula Badosa apologizes after photo with eye-pulling chopsticks sparks racism backlash

Argentina apologizes to France in football-chant row

Argentina apologizes to France in football-chant row

Buenos Aires apologized to France after Argentina’s vice president called the European country “colonialist” and its people “hypocrites” in an argument over alleged racist chants by Argentine footballers.
July 19, 2024 | 07:18 pm PT
New British PM, diaspora, embracing differences

New British PM, diaspora, embracing differences

At a board meeting of the Australian university where I am a senior professor, a colleague was blunt when shown the proposed logo for a new research center: "Too white."
November 2, 2022 | 04:38 pm PT
Thousands protest racism, police brutality, in French cities

Thousands protest racism, police brutality, in French cities

Thousands of people in several French cities marched Saturday to protest racism and police brutality.
March 19, 2022 | 06:00 pm PT
Rapper who alleged Singapore racism charged with fanning tensions

Rapper who alleged Singapore racism charged with fanning tensions

A controversial Singaporean rapper of Indian descent who has accused authorities of racism may face jail after being charged Monday for sowing divisions between the city-state's different ethnic and religious groups.
November 1, 2021 | 12:09 am PT
American-Vietnamese makes short film on racism

American-Vietnamese makes short film on racism

Phuong Vo has made a short film titled ‘Centuries And Still’ on the subject of racism and anti-Asian racism and violence in America.
October 15, 2021 | 07:42 pm PT
Asians should resist ingrained racism

Asians should resist ingrained racism

Asians are not lesser mortals in any way and they should never accept being treated as second class citizens anywhere in the world.
May 10, 2021 | 07:20 pm PT
American professor placed on leave for insulting Vietnamese name

American professor placed on leave for insulting Vietnamese name

A U.S. college professor is being investigated for requesting a Vietnamese student to anglicize her name, saying it "sounds like an insult."
June 20, 2020 | 04:00 am PT
Vietnam striker gives racism the boot during V. League clash

Vietnam striker gives racism the boot during V. League clash

Nguyen Tien Linh celebrated his first goal of a V. League 1 match this week with a clear stance against racism, as civil unrest spirals in the U.S.
June 19, 2020 | 01:23 am PT
Vietnamese in US call out blatant racism

Vietnamese in US call out blatant racism

When a delivery man called him 'corona,' Nam reported to his employer and local police.
June 11, 2020 | 05:47 pm PT
Vietnamese anxious as several businesses destroyed in US protests

Vietnamese anxious as several businesses destroyed in US protests

During protests and riots sparked by a cop strangling an unresisting black man to death, Thanh Son’s pho restaurant in Florida was destroyed.
June 1, 2020 | 08:24 pm PT
Vietnamese artist disinvited from UK art fair over racist 'anxiety'

Vietnamese artist disinvited from UK art fair over racist 'anxiety'

A visual artist of Vietnamese origin has had his role as an assistant in a U.K. art fair cancelled over Covid-19 fears.
March 6, 2020 | 07:24 pm PT
Burger King gets the stick for using chopsticks in TV ad

Burger King gets the stick for using chopsticks in TV ad

Fast food chain Burger King has attracted a lot of social media criticism over a TV ad using chopsticks.
April 10, 2019 | 05:01 pm PT
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