The Real Problem with Racism in Society: Moving Beyond Incidents in Soccer Stadiums

The Real Problem with Racism in Society: Moving Beyond Incidents in Soccer Stadiums

Those who say that the stadiums should be closed for 6 months, those who propose honorary citizenship for the goalkeeper struck by the rudeness of those who think it is right to address him as a monkey. There are those who call for outright defeats, those who pontificate that the goalkeeper should not have returned … Read more

Akwasi Receives Overwhelming Support Amid Racist Messages: ‘Winners Speak Out’

Akwasi Receives Overwhelming Support Amid Racist Messages: ‘Winners Speak Out’

ANPAkwasi NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 09:04 Rapper and broadcaster Akwasi has received many messages of support after his participation in a television quiz The smartest person and the wave of racist messages that followed. He wrote this on Instagram. Among other things, he posted a photo of a note under a windshield wiper with the text “I … Read more

Bordeaux Decolonization Efforts: New Plaques to Commemorate Slave Trade Role

Bordeaux Decolonization Efforts: New Plaques to Commemorate Slave Trade Role

The city of Bordeaux has long been criticized for not assuming the role it played during colonization, as the first colonial port and third slave port, between the 17th and 19th centuries. For around fifteen years, efforts have been made (rooms on slavery and trafficking in Aquitaine museum, plaque on the quays in 2006 etc). … Read more

Yusef Salaam Sworn into New York City Council: A Look Back at His Extraordinary Journey

Yusef Salaam Sworn into New York City Council: A Look Back at His Extraordinary Journey

Elected last December to the New York City Council, Yusef Salaam, 49, took office on Tuesday as the new representative of the Harlem district, 34 years after being wrongly convicted of the rape of a jogger in the case of the “Central Park Five”. A look back at his extraordinary journey. Published on: 01/04/2024 – … Read more

Inmate Charged with Stabbing Derek Chauvin: Attempted Murder and Assault

Inmate Charged with Stabbing Derek Chauvin: Attempted Murder and Assault

An inmate has been charged with attempted murder for stabbing Derek Chauvin, the police officer convicted of killing African-American George Floyd, 22 times, federal prosecutors said Friday. Serving a 22 and a half year sentence, Chauvin, 47, was attacked on November 24 in the library of a federal prison in Tucson, Arizona, surviving his injuries. … Read more

Scandal Behind Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s New Book: Dutch Translation Names Alleged Racists in Royal Family

Scandal Behind Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s New Book: Dutch Translation Names Alleged Racists in Royal Family

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with their newborn son Archie at Windsor Castle on May 8, 2019 (Dominic Lipinski/Pool via AP) It mistakenly identified the two relatives who allegedly made racist comments about the skin color of Harry and Meghan’s son The Dutch translation of Endgamea book about British royalty written by Omid Scobie, caused … Read more

200 Rohingya refugees arrive on the coast of far western Indonesia

200 Rohingya refugees arrive on the coast of far western Indonesia

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported the arrival of 200 Rohingya refugees overnight Tuesday-Wednesday to the far west of Indonesia, bringing the total number of arrivals to this country since last week to more than a thousand members of the persecuted minority in Burma. The Rohingya, most of whom are Muslims, are … Read more

Music. Between Bob Marley and the Nubians of Egypt, a love story

Music.  Between Bob Marley and the Nubians of Egypt, a love story

Zizo learned to sail a felucca at age 10, the age to learn to row the Nile under the scorching Aswan sun. It’s a traditional rite of passage. Being a boatman was one of the main means of earning a living and an intergenerational profession among Nubians, but in the 1980s, this activity also required … Read more

New York Attorney General’s Office Report Highlights Persistent Racial Gap in Homeownership and Real Estate Market Discrimination

New York Attorney General’s Office Report Highlights Persistent Racial Gap in Homeownership and Real Estate Market Discrimination

And report released this week by the New York Attorney General’s Office (OAG) once again puts “the finger on the sore spot” in a persistent racial gap, in almost all regions of New York: The large proportion of homeowners are white, nearly doubling the number of African-American and Hispanic owners. Furthermore, another devastating reality is … Read more