Posted in Politics, abolition, dirty laundry, media, multiculturalism, slavery, tagged New World Order, Obama, US Elections on November 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There’s something in the air
On Obama day.
Something shifted in the ether
between I and I, you and me.
There’s something in the air today
here in the UK,
as across the globe
Black folk exchange glances with new scopes
Audacious hope
They now hold,
feeling bold.
There’s something,
New self-love?
Shared knowing?
New Pride is tangible for sure.
Maybe Love for their new white sisters and brothers,
emanates from [...]
Posted in media, racism, tagged morrissey on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Story from BBC.
Morrissey saves anti-racism gig
Morrissey recently sued two magazines for suggesting he was racist
Singer Morrissey has stepped in to save an anti-racism music festival from possible financial ruin.
The Rock Against Racism concert is taking place in London on Sunday and organisers said it was facing a £75,000 deficit after a main sponsor withdrew.
But the [...]
Posted in 2007, Bristol, Economics, Politics, abolition, dirty laundry, education, maafa, media, slave trade, slavery on February 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A FEW COMMENTS FROM THE OTHER GUY!
DISCLAIMER: Too much of this entry is about finance, and doesn’t take account of human life and dignity neither past nor present. Apologies if it offends. It’s making a point about something which has been reduced to monetary values.
Given how much the Bristol Corporation (now Bristol City Council) and [...]
Posted in media, tagged Big Brother, Celebrity Big Brother, Channel 4, Danialla Lloyd, Emily Parr, Endemol, Jade Goody, race row, Shilpa Shetty on January 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sorry Mr Orwell. Time to spin in your grave again!
What “delights” will Celebrity Big Brother (or Big Brother Celebrity Hijack – or whatever the bloody hell it’s now called!) have in store for us this time I wonder?
The first race row was ’Poppadomgate‘ courtesy of the intellectual tro that is Jade Goody, Daniella Lloyd and Jo O’mara, (or whatever [...]
Posted in 2007, Bristol, Politics, abolition, maafa, media, slave trade, slavery on December 30, 2007 | 7 Comments »
As the embers of the 2007 begin to fade into 2008, our reflections of the year that has been a commemoration of the slave trade abolition are filled with a mix of disappointment and optimism.Bristol, as one English city steeped in and materially enriched on the people-trafficking two centuries ago, has seen itself in the [...]
Posted in Politics, media on December 6, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Asa – Fire on the mountain top.
The inspiration is tragic, but the result is beautiful. As is Asa.
Why it’s here. Positive Representation, Poltically intact.
It’s an African sista, or a black female artist if you like. And her voice… well!
Furthermore, the message also is one that we all need to hear. See Lyrics [...]
Posted in dirty laundry, media, tagged depression, dirty laundry, minority affliction condition, news on November 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Whenever I see a black person in a negative news story, (which by media studies deconstruction definition will be 99.9999% of the time that a black person actually ever appears in the news!), my heart sinks. I feel an uncontrollable mixture emotions ranging from sadness, anger, depression, paranoia and vulnerability. When I become self-aware of my feelings at [...]
Posted in 2007, Bristol, abolition, media, racism, slavery, tagged Bristol, representation, slave trade, slavery on November 16, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Bristol and the slave trade is a complex web as I feel it’s a heady mixture of the need for acknowledgment and recognition of the impact & legacy / the need to seperate fact from myth and the lack of evidence thereof / and the very human emotional need for healing and the effects on identity.
When [...]
Posted in 2007, Bristol, abolition, media, slave trade, tagged abolition, Bristol, slave trade on November 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
My reflection of the (so called) abolition year so far, is that I wonder how many sympathetic and unsympathetic people would admit to having ’slave trade fatigue’.
I say that because, even as a (hopefully) conscious proud African who takes very seriously the need for African history to be leant and African stories to be told, [...]
Posted in 2007, Africa, Bristol, Politics, abolition, dirty laundry, maafa, media, multiculturalism, racism, slave trade, slavery on May 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
PART 2
- LISTEN TO THE DEBATE BY CLICKING ON THE SPEAKERS’ NAMES BELOW-
or go to PART 1
BRISTOL,UK
SHOULD BRISTOL APOLOGISE FOR THE SLAVE TRADE? -
PART – 2 – AUDIENCE AND PANEL DISCUSSION – 10th May 2006
(the audio files, are in MP3 format)
Chapter
Length
Audience – Call 1
inc. Richard Hart
9mins 30sec
Panel – Repsonse 1
Toyin, Isabel, Mike, [...]
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