People of African Descent

UN Report Targets Racism Against People of African Descent

A report by the U.N. human rights office finds sys­temic racism against peo­ple of African descent is deep-root­ed and says urgent mea­sures are need­ed to dis­man­tle dis­crim­i­na­to­ry sys­tems. It took the death of a Black man, George Floyd, 46, at the hands of a police offi­cer in the Unit­ed States in May 2020 to draw…