Social commentator Nancy Giles on the excitement of election night and what it means for African-Americans.

People are forever complaining about it, but has political correctness had its day and what has it achieved? Broadcaster Clive Anderson considers its value and its future.

A Conservative peer apologises after using a racist phrase during a House of Lords debate.

On 65th anniversary of the Dambusters raid, a re-enactment watched by the last living pilot from the operation, took place.

Has Enoch Powell's infamous "rivers of blood" speech 40 years ago had a lasting impact on race relations?

C4's Big Brother did not breach rules by showing contestants using racist terminology, Ofcom rules.

Journalist Tim Brannigan writes about his struggle to establish his own identity growing up in Belfast as a black child.

Bruce Trevorrow, a member of Australia's Aboriginal community who was taken from his family as a young child, has made history with a landmark compensation payout.

A leading US rights group symbolically buries a racial slur generally referred to as the "N-word".

The comedian, Bernard Manning, was one of Britain's wealthiest comics and, many believed, among the most offensive.

Just as the N-word has been reclaimed by some in the black community, so some young British Asians are starting to adopt a word which has long been levelled against them as a racial slur.

Two more men have joined Channel 4's Big Brother house, in the wake of Emily Parr's eviction by producers.

Big Brother contestant Emily Parr denies she is a racist a day, after being removed from the show.

Emily Parr is removed from the Big Brother house for using a racially offensive word to a fellow housemate.

Tom Sawyer is on a list of the top 160 books for teenage boys. But will they read it?

Family and friends of the late soul singer James Brown gather to protest over derogatory language in music.

Rap label boss Russell Simmons says three sexist and racist words should be banned from hip-hop songs.

Why Jackie Robinson is one of US sport's most vital figures

Dynamite MC interview on slavery and black Britain

How slavery is relevant to young black Britain