Opinion
Awa Konate, BA Poltiics and African Studies By now, most of us (if not all) have heard of Rachel Dolezal; an NAACP president and professor of African-American studies, and also a white woman who, for nearly a decade, pretended to be Black. Yes, people, you were bamboozled, and ultimately the
Opinion
Paloma Rao, LLB Law Ever since I remember, the seemingly straightforward question has thrown me. I remember being six years old in my school in Spain (which I had only recently joined), and being interviewed by older children for a survey. When I replied ‘Liverpool’ in my thick Scouse accent,
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Ammanymous In a condolence speech about a recent mass shooting, President Obama stated that, “We spend over a trillion dollars [annually], and pass countless laws, and devote entire agencies to preventing terrorist attacks on our soil…” Embedded in his chastising speech calling for common sense gun legislation, the Commander-in-Chief succinctly
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Nikheel Gorolay, MA Intensive South Asian Studies N: I imagine Black History Month is keeping you very busy, but I’m interested in any shifts you’ve noticed in the public discourse surrounding Black History. Do you think it’s spurring ongoing conversations on Black culture throughout the year, or
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Ella Linskens, BA Arabic This was my first time in the Bertha Doc House since the Curzon Bloomsbury opened in the Brunswick. If you’ve been to any Curzon around London, you’ll recognize the stylish interior and the combined bar and ticket desk. What is unique about this Curzon
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Alizeh Agnihotri, BA Development Studies Twerking is a dance form popularized through mass media and an act that went unnoticed in my daily life. I paid no attention to the repercussions it caused towards the African community. When I sat for the “Twerk Talk”, not only was I blown away
cambodia
Racha Sobratee, BSc Economics Travel guides describe Mondulkiri as being similar to Wales, which is the reason why I contemplated canceling my grueling 18-hour flight to Eastern Cambodia and hopping on a Megabus instead. But boy am I glad I didn’t because Mondulkiri is nothing like Wales. Its capital,
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Annemari de Silva, MA South Asian Area Studies ‘No Colour Bar’ is an exhibition coordinated by Friends of the Huntley Archives at the LMA at the Guildhall Art Gallery that has been running since July this year. It explores the artistic and activist Black British culture that burgeoned from the
Books
Atika Dawood, BA Arabic and Linguistics On Friday 16th October 2015, Meeta Rani Jha hosted a discussion around her new book ‘The Global Beauty Industry: Colorism, Racism and the National Body’, exploring subjects such as the ‘whitewashing’ of the beauty industry, the reaction to Nina Davuluri winning Miss America 2014,
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Mel Plant, BA Arabic and Turkish For all the many hours of rolling news footage, thousands of articles, protests and debates, it’s hard to find someone who is sure they know, well, anything about Syria – and if you do manage to find a so-called expert, with all the keys
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Caitlin Clark, BA African Language and Culture I’ve had my first experience of the Kenyan health system thanks to a handy bacterial infection which I picked up from some sort of contaminated food. It started pretty much about an hour after we ate in our usual trustworthy restaurant while
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Miriam Hickley, BA Arabic and Persian My second week in Fez managed to exceed all the wonder, fear and horror of my first week. What could possibly be worse than having your head plunged between an old woman’s breasts? Well, just you wait and see. However, again I’d