Friday, May 3, 2024

Topic: racism

‘Africa is not a testing lab’, Ivorian player Drogba to French doctors who suggest Covid19 vaccine test in Africa

Doctors and politicians in Europe have been accused of racism for suggesting that a potential vaccine for coronavirus should first be tested on people in Africa.

I want people to be aware of racism like one I’ve encountered: DU student who was called ‘Coronavirus’

"They threw the balloons only at us, even though they were male students, aiming at our private parts. They saw that I had Mongoloid features after I took off my pollution mask. After that, they screamed, ‘Aye, coronavirus! I was shocked,” said one of the Northeast students from Hansraj College, Delhi University.

A breakup album, but with your country – Riz Ahmed’s ‘The Long Goodbye’

Riz Ahmed is an Emmy winning British actor and goes by the alias Riz MC when he performs as a rapper. His Post 9/11 blues (2006), Sour Times (2011) and the album Englistan (2016) which features songs like Benaz, demonstrates his social commitment. This new album, ‘The Long Goodbye’ reinstates this dedication.

Parliamentarians and activists demand UN deceleration on elimination of Casteism

The first Global Forum on Discrimination based on Work and Descent (DWD), was convened on 20th September in New York, which took place concurrently...

Black Tunisians demand equality, in face of racism

Slavery was formally abolished in Tunis and in part of what forms modern-day Tunisia in 1846. On October 9, Tunisia's parliament adopted a landmark law penalizing the use of racist words, the incitement of hatred and discrimination. These crimes are now punishable by three years in prison and a US$5,600.

42 Quotes From The Autobiography of Malcolm X That Are More Relevant Than Ever

“It has always been my belief that I, too, will die by violence. I have done all that I can to be prepared.” [