Racism

Unlikely backers legitimize Black History Month observance

Unlikely backers legitimize Black History Month observance

Black History Month observances seek to correct factual inaccuracies that continue oozing across America perpetuating a litany of misunderstandings that fuel racial discord in...
Mama Grizzly Palin Mauls Smokey the Bear

Mama Grizzly Palin Mauls Smokey the Bear

Even Mama Grizzly, who brags about using helicopters to blast wolves with assault rifles, knows the mantra of that famed American outdoors icon Smokey...
United States: Black-White educational divide no longer down to poverty?

United States: Black-White educational divide no longer down to poverty?

The explanation that African-American males perform poorly in school as a result of poverty and marginalization has been thwarted by a recent research study...
Kevin Prince Boateng: The story of a genius in the making

Kevin Prince Boateng: The story of a genius in the making

If imitation is the measure of success then I am a genius, a paraphrased quote from Oscar Wilde credits mavericks and loners whose behaviour...
Gabon deports several Whites for racism

Gabon deports several Whites for racism

Authorities in Gabon recently expelled several European nationals for racism. Those expelled are mainly expatriates who worked in the oil sector. According to the...
Tea Party ‘Talk’ tainted by racial bigotry

Tea Party ‘Talk’ tainted by racial bigotry

Tea Party members across America bristle at charges that racial bigotry flows within their ranks but the core rhetoric of this insurgent conservative political...
Homophobia:  The violence of intolerance

Homophobia: The violence of intolerance

Seth Walsh was thirteen years old when he walked into the garden of the home he shared with his family in Tehachapi, California last...
The tragedy of remaining a slave: The art of Black on Black hatred

The tragedy of remaining a slave: The art of Black on Black hatred

Diatribe it is not. Certainly not vitriolic. Anger at a sad situation? Maybe. Fury at our inability to be free? Perhaps. Here I am,...
Of Gaddafi and Arab racism towards Blacks

Of Gaddafi and Arab racism towards Blacks

"We don't know what will happen, what will be the reaction of the white and Christian Europeans faced with this influx of starving and...
Sydney, Australia

Australia and New Zealand: Where are the natives?

I recently traveled through two beautiful countries, Australia and New Zealand. And as English speaking countries that share a common geographic location, I expected...
Africans are primitive, pet-eaters and child-killers…

Africans are primitive, pet-eaters and child-killers…

A veteran novelist, VS Naipaul is stirring controversy over his recent book on Africa and its people. Since the tasteless headline of The Economist...
Racism: UN accuses France

Racism: UN accuses France

The irony of the land of human rights. The UN has expressed concerns over the "political speech" and recent actions of the French government....
Second class French citizens?

Second class French citizens?

A proposal to strip French citizenship of foreign-born offenders who put the lives of public officers in danger, by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has...
Racism towards Blacks in Morocco and Maghreb, a taboo topic

Racism towards Blacks in Morocco and Maghreb, a taboo topic

In Morocco, and north Africa, there is a serious problem of racism towards Black people. Called “Black Africans,” they are considered descendants of slaves...
U.S. news media still can’t get it right on race

U.S. news media still can’t get it right on race

The information age in America provides citizens with a dizzying array of broadcast, print and web choices but it continues the practice of purposefully...
Sudan: Khartoum rejects South Sudanese oppression claims

Sudan: Khartoum rejects South Sudanese oppression claims

Khartoum government has refuted allegations that it oppresses southern Sudan. This follows demonstrations by people from southern Sudan living in Uganda on the streets...
Somaliland: Racist killings and marginalized Gabooyos

Somaliland: Racist killings and marginalized Gabooyos

Ahmed Shide Jama, in his late 60s, is the leader of one of Somaliland's marginalized minority groups, the Gabooyo. He lives in the Daami...
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Texas Education Board Makes Stupid Move

Racism continues to roil through the sinews of American society from conservative political candidates and TV news personalities openly calling for the repeal of...
US and Brazil seek to eliminate racial and ethnic discrimination

US and Brazil seek to eliminate racial and ethnic discrimination

Hundreds of Americans and Brazilians gathered in Atlanta, the cradle of the American civil rights movement, to address issues of race and social inclusion...
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US Federal Judge Assists Retaliation Against Whistle-Blowers

Exactly two years after three men won a historic $10-million verdict – the largest ever for a discrimination lawsuit against the Philadelphia Police Department...
SA police prevents extremist attacks ahead of World Cup

SA police prevents extremist attacks ahead of World Cup

South African police on Thursday foiled a plot by right-wing extremists to bomb black townships countrywide ahead of the Soccer World Cup as several...
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Indignities implicit in Arizona immigration crackdown

Common sense, Albert Einstein once observed, is the collection of prejudices. Taking a twist on Einstein’s observation, recent legislation approved in the U.S. state...
Mauritania: An African state where Blacks are “second class citizens”

Mauritania: An African state where Blacks are “second class citizens”

Students have been up in arms, since March 25, against the Arabization of Mauritania, as expressed by members of the government on March 1,...
Arabization and a history of Black-African marginalization in Mauritania

Arabization and a history of Black-African marginalization in Mauritania

Overtaken by an overpowering sense of relentless cultural oppression and marginalization, Black-Mauritanians continue to express their resentment after two recent speeches, by the Prime...
Drug War Racism Ravishes America

Drug War Racism Ravishes America

A minor change in court processing procedures in Philadelphia, streamlining the handling of arrests for pot possession, sparked a major controversy recently that totally...
Mauritania: “Arabization has nothing to do with Islam”

Mauritania: “Arabization has nothing to do with Islam”

The Mauritanian government, Sunday, spoke out on the burning issue of Arabization, which was raised by the Prime Minister and Minister of Youth and...
Mauritania: Arabization hateful of African culture?

Mauritania: Arabization hateful of African culture?

Tensions have risen to a fever pitch on the campus of the University of Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania, since the month of March. Arabization...
South Africa: British minining investments threat over racial tensions

South Africa: British minining investments threat over racial tensions

South Africa could lose out in mining investments if the simmering racial tensions between its white and black populations spiral out of control, industrial...
Claire Denis

White Material: A tale of White superiority

A white woman refuses to forgo her last coffee harvest in an African country during a civil war. Her desire takes precedence over the...
Vogue Paris versus Italian Vogue: Messages for Black people

Vogue Paris versus Italian Vogue: Messages for Black people

Rose Cordero has graced the cover of Vogue Paris. This is the first time in eight years, after the Ethiopian Liya Kedebe, that a...