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Foregrounding marginalised voices
Joseph Guthrie is a musician, and writer. Originally from south London, most of his education was set in central Florida (United States). His nomadic life has seen him return to the UK in 2010 and later reunited with his spouse after moving to the United States again in the autumn of 2018. When he’s not tending to the IT infrastructure of some company during the day, he’s working on his creative portfolio of music, photography, and literature. He also contributes to music blog Sampleface and recently became a contributor to the gaming site Autosave. Tweets @TheAuracl3
After a long year of their monumental trolling, abject bigotry and outright villainy Joseph Guthrie considers the ten people who should absolutely be cancelled for 2019. 2018: the year where everyone aged ten or twenty years in 365 days. There were an incalculable number of trending current events in 2018, ranging from the inspirational to the intensely… Read More
Joseph Guthrie delivers a scathing response to Theresa May’s open letter on the Brexit deal Dear Theresa, You’ve done it. You’ve completed the Trump University module ‘How to ruin everyone’s lives and sell it back to them as a good thing’ and now you’re going to try to force feed this Brexit deal down every Britons’ throat, including the… Read More
by Joseph Guthrie “Patriotism ruins history,” Johann Wolfgang van Goethe once famously quipped and whether you agree or not, it is at the very least the penultimate tool that many people utilise in order to extrapolate their sense of superiority over the rest of humanity. It has been used to “justify” atrocities from the genocide… Read More
by Joseph Guthrie The Olympics: a sporting event where astonishing feats of athleticism are performed inside stunning venues, boasting some of the finest architecture, this year residing in a picturesque city, which is awash with bombastic international pageantry and a litany of corporate branding. Quite literally the festival of sport, the Olympic Games are simultaneously… Read More
by Joseph Guthrie Last month on a balmy Friday night I was treated to the launch of Siana Bangura’s debut book of poetry, Elephant. Elephant captures Bangura’s compassion for life – her own and those of the people around her wherever her travels have taken her. However it is her refusal to apologize for her blackness, her… Read More
…or the incessant need for *PWIs to make black icons “safer” by Joseph Guthrie Throughout my lifetime, there are three things that have continued to remain a permanent mainstay in society: Politicians are the masters of manipulation. It’s always darkest before dawn. When an iconic black activist dies, mainstream media rush in to distort said… Read More
by Joseph Guthrie When the news broke about Akon’s initiative to bring solar power to 600 million Africans, social media was awash with praise and mainstream media felt compelled to spread the word. The Senegalese-American recording artist/entrepreneur officially became the face of the plan that he had dropped hints about for a year. Upon first glance,… Read More
by Joseph Guthrie When it comes to award shows and how they never fail to cave to the pressure of industry politics, few things actually surprise me. The 56th annual Grammy Awards ceremony held in Los Angeles was every bit of the mixed bag I expected it to be, delivering a few brilliant moments amidst… Read More
PART TWO Editors’ note: We asked 10 writers for their opinion on the classifications and terminology used to describe people. We stressed there was no right or wrong answer. Below are their answers: Read Part One: Ethnic Minority? No, Global Majority. I’ve wondered for quite a while how Race politics has transformed from the passions… Read More
by Joseph Guthrie I usually begin my letters with the typical pleasantries but my patience with you has indeed worn thin and I’d rather just get right down to business. I have questions that require answers and I hope you are prepared to answer them. Frankly, your fight against racism is nothing but lip service and… Read More
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