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Jaguars Split with Controversial Strength Coach Chris Doyle

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars and embattled strength coach Chris Doyle parted ways Friday night, a few hours after a prominent diversity group assailed the team and called the recent hiring “simply unacceptable.”

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China Airs Blackface Show — Again! — for Lunar New Year

Chinese broadcaster CCTV opened its annual four-hour-long Lunar New Year variety show Friday with a “multicultural” dance performance featuring ethnically Han Chinese performers in black skin paint pretending to be African. The use of blackface prompted global ire, as it was not the first instance of it appearing in the program.

WUHAN, CHINA - JANUARY 01: (CHINA OUT) Children show their calligraphy during New Year cel

Biden Bans References to Chinese Origin of Coronavirus to Combat ‘Xenophobia’

President Joe Biden issued a memorandum on Tuesday banning references to the origins of the Chinese coronavirus in China or the city of Wuhan, because he said phrases like “China virus” inspired “inflammatory and xenophobic rhetoric” that “put Asian-American and Pacific Islander persons, families, communities, and businesses at risk.”

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