A good question to ask is where am I going with this? what results am I looking for?, what will happen differently when the results are in? As a child I never celebrated black history, I dont remember much about any historical figures, I dont remember my mum, dad or granparents telling me about role models or heroes [...]
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Where I am Going
Posted in Bristol, History, Research, education, facts and feelings, maafa, multiculturalism, racism, slave trade, slavery on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Culture Clash
Posted in Bristol, Politics, multiculturalism, racism, windrush on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Culture Clash franchise rolls on. Jamaicans in Bristol in the latest in the line of films that begin circa 2005. The first film was commissioned to look at conflicts between Somali and Caribbean heritage young men in the area. (An issue that has had history though does not prove to be a endemic problem. [...]
Posted in the interests of journalistic Objectivity….
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 [...]
Obama Speech: ‘A More Perfect Union’ (Black & White Dirty Laundry)
Posted in Politics, dirty laundry, multiculturalism, racism, slave trade, slavery on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Morrissey in racist comment shocker!
Posted in racism, tagged bnp, morrissey, nme, racism, rasict on December 2, 2007 | 26 Comments »
1. Morrissey has song titles and lyrics such as ”Bengali In Platforms” and “National Front Disco”.
2. In Johnny Rogan’s biography of Morrissey he claims in his late teens the singer, wrote “I don’t hate Pakistanis, but I dislike them immensely”
3. At the 1992 Madness Madstock! reunion concert at Finsbury Park, London, Morrissey appeared on stage draped in the Union [...]
What does Multiculturalism actually mean anyway? Photo Essay: Parts 4 & 5
Posted in racism, tagged bnp, multiculturalsim, nick griffin, oxford university, racism, racists on November 27, 2007 | 7 Comments »
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Representation and Bristol’s approach to acknowledging slavery history
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 [...]
BECM Apology Debate 10 May 06 – (Part 2)
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, [...]