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Archives for March 2016
Comparing black people to monkeys has a long, dark simian history
Charles W. Mills and Wulf D. Hund | 29 Feb 2016 | MAIL & GUARDIAN Simianisation is a brutal strategy which has historically manifested a lethal combination of sexism and racism. In the history of European cultures, the comparison of humans to apes and monkeys was disparaging from its very beginning. When Plato – by quoting Heraclitus – declared apes ugly in … [Read more...] about Comparing black people to monkeys has a long, dark simian history
Struggling Egypt looks across the Sahara to Africa’s rich potential
Dianna Games | 29 February 2016 | BUSINESS DAY THE tourist town of Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt is battling to keep the doors of its hotels and restaurants open. The millions of tourists who normally patronise this picturesque town, which sits between the Red Sea and the Sinai Desert, have dwindled to a trickle after the crash of a Russian airliner with 224 people on board … [Read more...] about Struggling Egypt looks across the Sahara to Africa’s rich potential
Plotting and planning for a Zimbabwe without Mugabe
David Pilling and Andrew England | February 29 2016 | BUSINESS DAY FOR much of January, Harare was awash with rumour. While President Robert Mugabe was on holiday in Southeast Asia, a toxic succession battle within the ruling Zanu (PF) party erupted into view. First, there was a mysterious break-in at the office of his vice-president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, a frontrunner to … [Read more...] about Plotting and planning for a Zimbabwe without Mugabe
When Integrating A School, Does It Matter If You Use Class Instead Of Race?
Anya Kamenetz | February 29, 2016 | NPR "Stronger Together" is not the name of the latest social-media fitness app. It's a grant proposed in President Obama's new budget, reviving an idea that hasn't gotten much policy attention in decades: diversity in public schools. If the request is approved, $120 million will go to school districts for programs intended to make … [Read more...] about When Integrating A School, Does It Matter If You Use Class Instead Of Race?
Teen Girls And Social Media: A Story Of ‘Secret Lives’ And Misogyny
February 29, 2016 | NPR Social media and dating apps are putting unprecedented pressures on America's teen girls, author Nancy Jo Sales says. Her new book, American Girls, opens with a story about one 13-year-old who received an Instagram request for "noodz" [nude photos] from a boy she didn't know very well. "When I was a girl and the things that would come up … [Read more...] about Teen Girls And Social Media: A Story Of ‘Secret Lives’ And Misogyny