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The Nature of Racism (and Colorism) in Media, and Why They Need to be Addressed
The Black Lives Matter has been allowed to be more visible the past months. This is to say that the movement did not just suddenly appear. No, the need for black equality and reforming of the corrupt law enforcement system…
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Why Black Lives Matter: Understanding the Movement and its Momentum
#BlackLivesMatter started off as a Twitter movement. African-Americans had been fed up of being shot down and denied the right to plead due to prejudice time and again. They have been denied the right to fair trials, the right to…
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An Overview of the Systemic Discrimination against African Americans
What do we associate with African-Americans? Drugs? Gang violence? Petty theft? This association is called stereotyping. Stereotyping: The association of certain attributes, mostly negative, to a certain community with no logical backup. Narcotics is bad, but narcotics is abused at…
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Why Christchurch is a Water Shed Moment for Both Ends of the Political Spectrum
Growing up, I have always felt that I was desensitized to violence. This was, in some ways, related to my gaming habits, which bordered on the horizon of six to eight hours of play per day. I know that it’s…
Culture
A Journey to Live in Harmony
The sun was about to set beyond the horizon of Rangamati when five madrasah girls stepped out of the bus after a long journey. Albeit exhausted, they were curious to find out what was awaiting them in their very first…
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