Arooj Khan and Yacine Gherouat unpack the similarities in the lived experiences of Paris-based and London-based Muslims Read More
Light skin, the antidote to everything wrong with blackness
Edward Ademolu asks if skin bleaching tablets for foetuses in Ghana are any different from embryonic engineering in the west Read More
British, Kenyan and South Asian: a postcolonial migration story
Darryl Telles describes the challenges faced by South Asians who moved to East Africa during British colonial rule Read More
Theresa May’s real Easter message: colonial nostalgia and hypocrisy
By Ali Meghji Easter celebrates the resurrection of Christ. But Theresa May’s Easter message displayed another type of resurrection, that of a nationalism which reeks of Empire, colonialism, and religious superiority. The Prime Minister spoke of the role that Christian values have to play in British society. Yet, Christian values, just like any other… Read More
Theo and the distinctly sexual flavour of French racism
by Guilaine Kinouani Content warning: contains detailed descriptions of sexual abuse On 2 February, a 22-year-old black French man named Theo was allegedly violently raped with a police truncheon, gang assaulted and racially abused by four French police officers in the Parisian suburb of Aulnay-sous-Bois. So severe were the anal injuries sustained by Theo that… Read More
Invasion and Resistance: Aboriginal and Maori fighters take up arms against the British
by Karen Williams While little attention is paid to black and Asian prisoners transported during the colonisation of Australia, there is even less information about local Aboriginal people and the neighbouring Maori fighters who were exiled to or within Australia. Their exile happened as part of their wider experiences of organised resistance against colonisation and… Read More
The new Jungle Book tries to bypass racism by erasing identities altogether
by Rajeev Balasubramanyam George Orwell called Rudyard Kipling ‘the prophet of British imperialism… morally insensitive and aesthetically disgusting.’ And yet eighty years after Kipling’s death, Disney’s adaption of his Jungle Books (itself a remake of the 1967 original) has become a global success and the second highest grossing film of this month. Have we really progressed… Read More
Zac Goldsmith embraces racial stereotypes and colonial tactics in a bid for the minority vote
by Danika Parikh By now you’ve probably seen Zac Goldsmith’s election material aimed specifically at various South Asian communities in London. The fliers, delivered last week to people’s homes and aimed at British Indians, Tamils, and Sikhs list Goldsmith’s support for controversial Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with his “record of engagement with the… Read More
France, Terrorism and the Dual Nationality Drama
by Iman Amrani This week the French National Assembly voted to back Hollande’s proposal to strip convicted binational terrorists of their French nationality. The debate has become so divisive that two weeks ago, French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira resigned after publicly disagreeing with the President and it continues to dominate the French headlines as it looks… Read More
ART AND EMPIRE @ TATE BRITAIN
by Zarina Muhammad Institutions can never satisfactorily deal with confronting colonialism’s past and present. That is a fact. They never go far enough. There is never any real denouncement, never any sincere apology, or rather, confrontation of the subject. I went to see Artist and Empire with some brown friends and we were loud and… Read More
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