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To a group of mps was anything but. over the course of two hours of often emotional testimony, he related his experience of racism at yorkshire cricket club, including the offensive names he'd been called. the latter were broadcast in full as the hearing was shown live on bbc television, prompting occasional interventions like this from the presenter in the studio. it's... it's pretty clear. it's there. some people are still pretty scared, and they are... apologies for the language there that you heard. we did warn that there would be some offensive language most likely to be heard in this liv...

And after sunday's attack in liverpool, should the bbc have shown repeatedly the moment the bomber died in the blast? select committee sessions in parliament can be dry affairs, but the evidence given on tuesday by the former cricketer azeem rafiq to a group of mps was anything but. over the course of two hours of often emotional testimony, he related his experience of racism at yorkshire cricket club, including the offensive names he'd been called. the latter were broadcast in full as the hearing was shown live on bbc television, prompting occasional interventions like this from the presenter...

The City of Bangor held a ceremony Saturday to rename the park in honor of Gerald E. Talbot.

Changing and there's nothing wrong with that sometimes. >> i grew up with it. i'm so used to it. >> as sports teams finally abandon their offensive names and logos, travel is the next industry facing pressure to fall back with the offensive cultural appropriation. hotels, restaurants, and resorts have long used indigenous names and imagery for the profit of their white owners. but that's starting to change this year. a proposed resort that would have offered visitors tepees to sleep in was rejected after tribes objected. joining me now is crystal ecklehawk, executive director of illuminative. ...

BAYTOWN, Texas (KTRK) -- The NAACP is calling for the name of a lake in Baytown to be changed because the group said the current moniker, Negrohead Lake, is offensive. U.S. Rep. Al Green (D- Houston) and several of Houston's elected officials are meeting Monday morning to formally propose the name be changed to "Lake Henry Doyle." Henry Doyle was the first student to apply for the temporary law school for Black people set up at the University of Texas at Austin. In 1946, a man named Heman Sweatt was denied admission to the University of Texas School of Law due to his race. He sued UT's presi...