Tag Archives: Race relations / ethnic issues

Unilever to rename German ‘gypsy sauce’ after complaints

FILE PHOTO: The Unilever logo will be seen at the headquarters in Rotterdam, the Netherlands 21 August 2018. REUTERS / Piroschka van de Wouw BERLIN (Reuters) – Unilever’s (ULVR.LGerman food company Knorr will rename the popular “Gypsy” – as a gypsy – sauce as Hungarian-style paprika sauce after complaints that …

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‘We do not need war’: Belarus frees prisoners to protest

MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian leadership has released thousands of detainees and on Thursday offered a rare public apology in a bid to stop national street protests posing the biggest challenge to President Alexander Lukashenko’s 26-year rule. People greet each other during an opposition match to protest against police violence and …

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‘Little brown girl’: Australian Biden-Harris cartoons spark furore

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A comic strip story in Australia’s largest national newspaper on Friday drew condemnation as racist for portraying US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden who described his new running mate, Kamala Harris, as “this little brown girl “. PHILO PHOTO: U.S. Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris …

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