RACISM

For the third straight Olympic Games, the US Women's soccer team won the gold medal, defeating Japan in a stunning rematch after their loss at the World Cup. However, in a terrible display of humanity, immediately following the match, the terms "pearl harbor" and "japs" began trending on Twitter, showing that even when the Olympics inspire different nations to come together, some people are just terrible.

Magaliesburg is a stronghold for white Afrikaners.

This is one aspect of World War II that generates much discomfort and controversy in both India and in Europe.

The expulsion is largely forgotten today, except by the Ugandan Asians themselves and their descendants who have spread across the world

A new super PAC called FightBigotry.com will "connect the dots to explain the one political vulnerability of President Obama that no one else has the stomach to bring up."

Poles have streamed into Northern Ireland by the thousands since Poland joined the European Union in 2004.

The swastika is considered a harbinger of good luck and well being in India.

The recent revelation that a leading far-right, anti-Semitic Hungarian politician is actually of Jewish origin again brings to light the fact that many neo-Nazis and other fascists are deeply ensnared in a crippling, lifelong struggle with dealing who and what they are.

South Asian taxi drivers not only have a very hard and thankless profession, but they are caught in a vortex of prejudice in which they are both the victim and perpetrators of racism and discrimination.

Arab racism against black people is deeply-rooted and stretches back centuries.

Rwanda officially ended the Gacaca community court system for prosecuting suspects from the 1994 genocide.

The very peak of Powell's career likely occurred in April 1968,when he delivered his infamous Rivers of Blood speech in Birmingham in which he warned that unchecked immigration of non-whites into Britain would lead to violence in the streets and social collapse.

Both Poland and Ukraine, which are jointly holding the tournament, have been warned by European soccer officials to stamp out any signs of racism during the games.

True to form, star soccer player Mario Balotelli is pulling no punches. The Italian national team striker is scheduled to compete in the UEFA European Football Championship 2012, or Euro 2012, in Ukraine and Poland. Aware of those countries' poor record for racial tolerance, Balotelli is putting up his guard.

No doubt, the Obama staff prides itself on their cultural sensitivities, love for diversity, and all that.

A former Rutgers University student was sentenced on Monday to 30 days in prison for hate crimes after spying on his roommate's gay encounter with another man.

Ashton Kutcher is not the only actor to come under fire for alleged racism.

A 2005 MySpace page shows Zimmerman made disparaging remarks about Mexicans and boasted of escaping assault charges from an ex-girlfriend.

On Monday, day six of the terrorism and murder trial, Breivik said questions about his sanity are part of a racist plot to discredit his anti-Muslim, anti-Immigration beliefs.

HBO Girls, dubbed the most overhyped series in recent memory, debuted on Sunday, April 15, and the reviews continue to pour in. The intense promotional push brought in 872,000 viewers, a respectable number for a premium cable premiere. Despite the relatively successful debut, Girls has garnered an influx of negative feedback from critics who say the show boils down to white girls, money [and] whining.

The two men who were suspected of a shooting spree in Tulsa, Okla., are facing murder and hate crime charges in a District Court. Jacob England, 19 and Alvin Watts, 33, have been charged with three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of shooting with intent to kill and five counts of malicious intimidation or harassment.