Tag: racism
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TAKE THE KNEE
I am a football fan. An Arsenal fan. In the world cup I support England and Nigeria and, in both teams, it almost always ends in heartbreak because we cheer with our hearts knowing that our boys may not make it… in England’s case we have been waiting since 1966 and although I was not…
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I CAN’T BREATHE
There is so much I want to talk about on here, but I simply could not talk about any other thing, without speaking on what is going on now, about this because this one is heavy and to some extent personal. And I hope the conversation never stops until CHANGE. Never trust people who say…
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Black Panther | A Narrative Retaken
You’ve seen the movie (I have six times, once we bought tickets and did not even go to the cinema), and now that is is on DVD I have seen it near enough everyday with my friends, nieces and nephews, alone… because it is such a movie that resonates with me. You know the story…
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Starbucks | Black Faces In White Spaces
At 4:35 p.m on the 12th of April, Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson walked into Starbucks in Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, to wait for a mate with whom they were meeting. They’d asked the manager to use the bathroom, but were denied so they waited for their mate to turn up. At 4:37 p.m the…
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Shithole Countries, The West & The Media
In a bipartisan meeting about immigration policy in the White House, donald trump asked why the United States allows immigrants from “all these shithole countries”, (in reference to African countries and Haiti) instead of immigrants from countries like Norway. Basically, immigrants from predominantly white countries are preferable to those from predominantly Black countries in his…
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The World Is Full Of Deplorable Men
History is prone to repeating itself because men, yes MEN, do not learn from the lessons of the past. Going by the recent headlines over the past few months, the ways of men have led to the downward spiral of the world today. From the white supremacists protesting the decline of their “supremacy” in the…
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God Is Mocking Us
Its hard. It is so hard. These days its hard not to get angry at everything and everyone. Its hard to breathe because it hurts when the breath settles in and you realise the current state of affairs of the world. Several times this year, our faith in humanity has been tested and several times humanity…
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Dear Marc Jacobs, We See Race, We See Colour
Before I start you should know something, I love Marc Jacobs, I have five Marc Jacobs handbags, or six, all his perfumes, Marc Jacobs Men’s fragrance was my very first of his from way back when and I still use it today, I have revered his collections for forever, have mad love for the Stam bag, Frances…
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Michelle Obama- The Woman. The Power. The Grace.
2008. What a year. What a time to have witnessed. The world was captivated by the newly elected President of The United States. A Black man. The first ever in a country that was built on the backs of his enslaved ancestors, residing in a house built by slaves. We couldn’t quite comprehend the meaning of…