Friday, January 27, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Black Politics in England
via: BBC 4 Analysis
A New Black Politics?
David Goodhart meets the politicians who claim to advocate on behalf of Britain's black communities and asks how the ideologies of black politics have changed since the 1980s. The programme hears from David Lammy MP, Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Tory activist Shaun Bailey, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Trevor Phillips, 1980s Black Sections politician Linda Bellos, and Stafford Scott, who was a community leader during the time of the 1985 Tottenham riots."
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| Image via Wikipedia Trevor Phillips |
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| Image via Wikipedia David Lammy
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Compare and contrast: The UK and The US
This post from the amazing, Afro-Europe eloquently explains the phenomena that we love to explore., Lola Adesioye expresses her view on why Being black in the UK doesn't mean the same as being black in the US!” Ms. Adesioye explains 3rd culture children, global citizenship and she even sings about it...
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Lola Adesioye
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Pandering to The Elephant in the Room
Readers of this blog are familiar with the Elephant metaphor constructed in so many posts on this site. The Elephant in the American room is race. The social construction of race in America intertwines issues of intelligence, economics, civilisation and integrity between Europeans and many post-modern "others". The sharpest dichotomy between races exist between blacks and whites in America. Also, side note, the genius who scheduled a Republican debate on MLK Day deserves a steak dinner.
The public display of racial pandering that exists in the Republican primaries is predictable, unfortunate and telling. The racial undercurrent running through the Republican Primaries is a clear indication of the effectiveness of the Southern Strategy of the post-modern Republican party. Rachel Maddow's clip illustrates how the Elephant is now sitting at the table. Know who else is sitting at the table with Ms. Maddow? Reverend Al Sharpton, that's who. He actually makes some good points.
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