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1 week agoAlmost half of French real estate agents enable racism, study shows
Nearly half of French real estate agencies accept or enable racial discrimination in tenant selection, despite legal prohibitions.
UC Berkeley admitted to discriminating against an Israeli researcher, agreed to reverse course and invite her to teach on campus and will pay $60,000, in a settlement of her lawsuit alleging she was ousted over nationality, announced Wednesday. Yael Nativ, a dance researcher and sociologist, sued the university for violating state anti-discrimination laws when UC Berkeley allegedly denied her a teaching opportunity after the department chair sent Nativ a WhatsApp message saying the situation on campus was too hot following student-led pro-Palestinian protests.