Archive for July, 2008
Race: White Privilege, Black Disadvantage
In a recent article - “Saying Sorry For Slavery Isn’t Enough” - that I wrote for the Guardian about the US House of Representatives’ apology for slavery, one of the readers made a comment to the effect that he/she is white and is sick of hearing about race.
This type of comment is one that particularly [...]
Vogue Italia Black Issue - Attention Seeking or Change Leading?
There’s been a whole heap of noise about Vogue Italy’s Black issue, which features all black models. It is apparently the publication’s highest selling issue.
Was it simply a publicity stunt, an effort for Vogue Italy to exploit the issues around the use of black models in fashion for their own gain or was it a genuine [...]
Obama & The Rest Of The World
If the rest of the world could vote in the American elections, Barack Obama would certainly win. The adulation that he was greeted with on his tour of Europe, the Middle East, Iraq and Afghanistan show as much. Obama symbolizes a great deal to a world fed up with President Bush.
Americans, however, seem not to [...]
WE ARE MOVING
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I will no longer be posting to this blog site…
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Satire or Stupidity?
The New Yorker magazine has come under intense fire for publishing this cartoon of a turban-wearing Barack and a militant, afro-toting Michelle.
On first view, I can see why. Without understanding its context, it is easy to see this as a cartoon that seeks only to confirm all of the worst rumours about Barack Obama and [...]