Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
 

 
International Political Forum

‘Take Up the Word’: Santomean Scholar Calls For Push Back On Racial Stereotyping By The Media

In our everyday lives we are often exposed to stereotypical images of all kinds and, a lot of times, we do not even realize it.  We have grown used to seeing women as a “sexual object”, the black person as the “criminal...
by Global Voices
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Why Lupita’s Oscar Win Matters

The various awards won by Twelve Years a Slave are hugely significant, but Kenyan Lupita’s Nyong’o’s win for best supporting female could be particularly paradigm-shifting. In 2002, Halle Berry became the fi...
by Christopher Clark
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Now Is The Time For An Israeli Spring

A majority of Israeli Jews (59%) would support the government discriminating against the country’s Arab minority if it formally annexed the occupied West Bank, according to a survey published by Haaretz newspaper on the 2...
by Nadim Souss
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International Political Forum

A Beleaguered Beautiful Game

Football is turning increasingly ugly but its defects are merely symptomatic of the wider flaws of a modern capitalist society out of control. Football. A divisive topic at the best of times, an obsession for some and an irri...
by Kishan Koria
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WATCH: The Danger of a Single Story

Chimamanda Adichie, a Nigerian novelist, sheds a piece of wisdom that is sadly not echoed more frequently to individuals, media and communities all over the world. It is the misunderstanding that fuels war, fear, isolation and ...
by Jessica Trevis
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Ignorance causes Islamophobia in the Netherlands

A video showing a young Dutch man talking about Moroccans, and why he thinks that extreme-right politician Geert Wilders is correct in saying that they should return to what he thinks it their ‘home’, went viral a...
by Bauke Danielle Schram
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International Political Forum

The Growth Of UKIP Should Be A Wake-Up Call For Traditional Parties.

The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) is taking the country by storm. Some polls claim that the British Eurosceptics will beat all three traditional political parties in the upcoming EU election. Even if this prediction ...
by Daniel Cavanillas
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