The New York Times – Sports:
Six state attorneys general, led by New York’s Letitia James, have “grave concerns” about reports of a workplace culture within the N.F.L. that is “overtly hostile to women.”
Category: Discrimination
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Using Film to Tell a Personal History of America and Race
The New York Times – Film:
With “Who We Are,” the lecturer Jeffery Robinson and the directors Emily and Sarah Kunstler follow in the tradition of documentaries that excavate our past.
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Brian Flores’s Lawsuit Looms Over N.F.L. Owners Meetings
The New York Times – Sports:
At its annual meeting, the league announced plans to increase diverse hiring practices, as John Mara, the Giants’ co-owner, called Flores’s claims of discrimination “false.”
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Disney Says It Hopes Florida Anti-LGBTQ Law Is ‘Struck Down’
The New York Times – Film:
Disney’s employees criticized the company this month for not taking a public stance against the legislation.
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New Zealand Rugby Faces a Gender Revolution
The New York Times – Sports:
One in five rugby players in New Zealand are now women, and their numbers are rising. But persistent stereotypes are proving hard to dismantle.
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Black Former N.F.L. Players May Benefit from New Concussion Deal
The New York Times – Sports:
A judge approved a race-neutral plan which will force the administrator of the N.F.L. concussions settlement to rescore dementia tests taken by several thousand Black former players who had submitted claims.
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'Great Freedom': Film Traces Long Shadow of Anti-Gay Law in Germany
The New York Times – Film:
A new film traces the many decades it took to abolish Paragraph 175, a measure criminalizing sex between men that was strengthened by the Nazis.
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Without the Wonderlic, the N.F.L. Finds Other Ways to Test Football I.Q.
The New York Times – Sports:
The league will not administer the test, which has been criticized for racial bias, to draft prospects at this year’s scouting combine. Instead, teams are deploying other assessments of football acumen.
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The Queer Young Comics Redefining American Humor
The New York Times – T Magazine:
For years, gay male performers were left out of the comedy landscape or tokenized within it. Now, a new wave of entertainers are succeeding by playing to themselves.