A 2021 survey by the Skeptic Research Center found that 53.5% of respondents identifying as 'very liberal' estimated that 1,000 or more unarmed Black men were killed by police.
February 20, 2021
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temporal
Survey responses about perceptions of the number of unarmed Black men killed by police, reported by respondents' self-identified political orientation.
Existing available data indicate that between 13 and 27 unarmed Black men were killed by police in the United States in 2019, and adjusting for law enforcement agencies that had not provided data yields a higher estimated range of about 60 to 100 unarmed Black men killed by police in 2019.
January 01, 2019
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temporal
Estimates reflect incompleteness of reporting across law enforcement agencies for fatal police shootings of unarmed Black men in 2019.
UNESCO's anti-racist initiatives in the 1950s focused attention on problems in the United States and South Africa and only began to have a more global approach and impact around 1960.
January 01, 1960
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temporal
Summarizes the geographic focus and temporal expansion of UNESCO's anti-racist work in the postwar decades.
UNESCO's 'Statement on Race' published in July 1950 declared that there was no biological justification for racial discrimination and promoted the concept of human unity.
July 01, 1950
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temporal
A core UNESCO declaration used to counter biological racism in the postwar period.
From 1945 UNESCO functioned as an international hub of cultural internationalism that facilitated international scientific debate and sought conceptual standardization of the concept of race through statements and publications.
January 01, 1945
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temporal
Describes UNESCO's institutional role after World War II in shaping how 'race' was defined and discussed internationally.