Learning Black History Is Learning American History

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington


For the past 10 years during Black History Month, I have written an article on why studying Black history ― and other histories of people of color ― is important and necessary. The answer over the years has remained the same: It’s important because too many...

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Transgender Rights Are Human Rights

Just to be clear, the definition of transgender is ”a person whose sense of personal identity and gender does not correspond with their birth sex” and not, someone who will enter a bathroom and will present an immediate threat to anyone. I just felt that clarification was...

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Watch a new trailer for a film on Easter Island's indigenous… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

On Easter Island a silent genocide of the Rapa Nui people has been occurring. One of the surviving tribes, the Hito Clan, occupies a 5 star hotel built upon the ancestral land illegally expropriated from them, confronting police violence, criminalization and the courts.
visit:...

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7 Times Aziz Ansari Was The Much-Needed Voice Of Reason

Though Aziz Ansari usually plays the silly guy on screen, he’s also known for calling out our serious injustices.


Whether it’s tackling racism in his “SNL” monologue or bringing attention to the sexism women face every day, Ansari has schooled everyone on issues in the no B.S. kind of way...

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Jennifer Lopez Talks Dating Younger Men And Those Pesky Drake Rumors

In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres Tuesday, the 47-year-old pop star and actress objected when the talk show host suggested she has a thing for younger men. 


“I don’t date younger men. It’s not like you have to be younger, it’s not about that. You just meet people and if I go out with...

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Same-Sex Marriage Laws Linked To Powerful Drop In Teen Suicide Rate

Living in a community that recognizes gay marriage can improve the mental health of all teens, according to a new study.


State marriage equality laws enacted in the years before the 2015 Supreme Court ruling were linked to lower rates of suicide attempts among all high school students but...

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Blood Donors Gave Me The Chance To Be A Mum

When you become a mum, your birth story is a testament to you. A sentimental story of how you brought your baby into the world and an experience us mums should all be proud of.


Yet, I almost wasn’t able to tell my birth story. After a very fortunate and simple three hour labour,...

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LFW: Let's Talk About Ethics Baby

London Fashion Week blew in and out of town in a flurry of colour, sequins and PVC. The great and the good of the fashion world descended on the capital to view the latest collections form the best in British design talent and there were some beautiful shows from Mary Katrantzou to Erdem to...

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Trump Is Exhausting, So Treat Yo' Self

Feeling overwhelmed, scared, despondent, disappointed, hurt, terrified or generally sad about the current state of affairs in the USA? Waking up to hear a press conference like the one Trump delivered this morning can leave you feeling exhausted. Consuming the news and having strong...

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Ahwazi Arabs forced to drink contaminated water amidst… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

In a new report, Mostafah Hetteh reveals that the Iranian regime’s strategy of diverting water from the Karun river is having devastating effects on al-Ahwaz’s Arab population. Mostafah explains that the plans have cut off the Ahwazi Arab population’s water supply...

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Obang Metho condemns ‘Life Grabs’ and the Second… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Speaking at MRG’s London office as part of a nationwide tour, Executive Director of the Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia, Obang Metho, sheds light on the systematic violation of indigenous land rights by Ethiopia’s autocratic regime, resulting in the alleged torture and imprisonment...

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The "bitter sweet" ruling of the Court of Appeal · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

On Thursday, 25th of July 2013, The Court of Appeal in Belize met and gave its final judgement on the appeal of the 2010 Supreme Court case on Maya land rights in Belize.
In a Landmark decision handed down by the Supreme Court of Belize on June 28th, 2010, Chief Justice Dr. Abdulai...

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Photo story – Marginalised Sidi community rebuilds a… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Descended from African slaves, India‘s Sidi community struggles with a conflict of identity. They are unable to pinpoint their country of origin, yet are also marginalised from Indian society as a result of the nation’s discriminatory caste system.
Earlier this month,...

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Photo exhibition highlights fragile Dukhobor culture · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

On 20th of March, 2014 Europe House hosted a photo exhibition entitled “Dukhobors in Georgia” by the famous Georgian photographer Natela Grigalashvili. The exhibition was held within the framework of the Regional Art and Culture project in the South Caucasus.
The Dukhobors are a...

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Ethnic cleansing and oppression practices of Iranian regime… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Written By Rahim Hamid and Mehdi Hashemi
Since the former eras of the Pahlavi dynasty until the emergence of the Islamic Republic regime we have seen that the Arab villages of Ahwaz region in the south and south west of Iran have always been subjected to ethnic cleansing policies...

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Trump Administration Proposes Social Media Checks On Chinese Visitors

A new proposal from the Trump administration would increase screenings on visitors from China. 


The notice from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection details a proposition to ask Chinese visitors on business or tourism visas for their social media handles before they travel to the...

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New Year, New Phone, Same Me

In January, my iPhone was confirmed dead by the Apple Store in Saint Laurent du Var. It had gone dark the day prior, unresponsive when I woke up to a New Year in France at my girlfriend’s cousin’s house. I could’ve accepted this as some Sign Apparent, taken a healthy break from connectedness...

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Here's The Secret To Starting A Business Overseas

I Came Very Close To Giving Up…


While retire overseas is my beat, it’s not my personal agenda. I didn’t move overseas to retire but to run a business, first for someone else, now for myself.


Some 18 years ago when I left my hometown Baltimore, Maryland, headed for...

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'Blacks For Trump 2020' Is Trump’s Latest Con

They had the best, closest and most visible spot in the crowd behind Trump at his much-touted recent pep rally in Melbourne, Florida. “They” being the handful of blacks that enthusiastically waved the “Blacks for Trump” signs behind him. The black Trump boosters didn’t stop there. They...

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In Campaign-Style Rally, Trump Promises New Immigration Action, Obamacare Replacement

Addressing an adoring crowd of supporters in Melbourne, Florida, on Saturday, President Donald Trump promised new action to restrict immigration next week, and a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act soon after that.


“I’ve ordered the construction of a great border wall, which will...

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Russell Simmons Leads 'I Am A Muslim Too' Rally in New York

Music mogul Russell Simmons led thousands of New Yorkers in a show of solidarity for Muslim Americans at the “I Am A Muslim Too” rally on Sunday in Times Square. 


Simmons headlined the event, which was co-organized by the Foundation For Ethnic Understanding and the Nusantara Foundation in...

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I'm Sorry - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Breaking up is hard to do.


Robert was a nice guy. He was kind, good looking, caring and the guy-next-door your parents would approve of.


I couldn’t put my finger on it, but he wasn’t for me. He was one of the hearts I broke over the years and I felt so bad for breaking up...

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Merging Brands In Luxury | The Huffington Post

Today marks the beginning of London Fashion Week, where top designers and fashion houses will showcase their new collections, informing trends for next season. Designers have previously shown pieces from a range of sub-labels, but today they are more likely to exhibit a single, unified...

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Rock Band Fronted By 15-Year-Old Girl Rejects Industry Traditions

The music industry is constantly in flux and if bands aren’t able to adapt to the shifting landscape it’s easy for them to fall by the wayside. Traditional routes of signing with major record labels is simply not enough to guarantee success or artistic fulfillment. But when has it ever?...

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Enforced addiction to narcotics kills thousands of Ahwazi… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

The political and social Governor Deputy, Farajollah Khabir, in a seminar which has been held in welfare center department under slogan so-called promoting social welfare and combating poverty in Ahwaz, announced that there are 150,000 drug addicted individuals in entire Ahwaz region.
He...

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Congolese journalists learn to report on indigenous groups · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Goma – Democratic Republic of the Congo. On September 30 – 4 October, 2014, with the generous support of Irish Aid, 25 Congolese journalists were trained by MRG on how to report sensitively on indigenous groups. The training that took place in Goma – the capital...

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One indigenous woman’s perspective on discrimination… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

In the public hospital in Otavalo in Ecuador, indigenous women have seen a major change in their maternal and child health services and this has increased their trust in the system. In the past, discrimination was a major problem, and women were not allowed to use their traditional...

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24 years of Forcible Eviction… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Over 75 Muslims expelled from their native districts of Northern Sri Lanka by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) within a short period of time in October 1990 have still been living in a state of protracted displacement out of the Northern Province for the past 24 years.
The...

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Young minority leader preserves Yezidi identity and… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Boris Murazi-Tamoyan, 24 years old, is an active community leader representing the Yezidi minority of Armenia. Boris was born in Armenia; has graduated from the Academy of Television and Radio, as well as served for 2 years at the national military. He speaks Armenian and Russian languages...

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Outbreak of communicable diseases claim the lives of Ahwazi… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Owing to lack of sanitation, severe restrictions in access to health care, dirty and unsanitary environment of prison besides overcrowding of prison’s wards have resulted into outbreak of fatal contagious diseases among prisoners in Shushtar prison in Al-Ahwaz region, the prisoners’...

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Trump And The 75th Anniversary Of The Japanese Internment

Today marks the 75th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of the executive order that authorized the internment of 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese descent during World War II. As we contemplate the actions of the Trump administration in matters pertaining to...

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Barron Trump, Before He Was Famous

It’s been a pretty hectic week for President Donald Trump. It should come as no surprise after his controversial and abysmal first three weeks as the 45th President of the United States. At this point we’re really hoping for impeachment or some incriminating evidence to come out and ruin...

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SOUL FOOD: THE SMELLS OF GRIEF

Peter was a fresser, a Yiddish term for someone who loves to eat! Our lives joyously revolved around food. In the morning Peter would say, “what’s for dinner?” If it was fish, the corners of his mouth would instantly go south. If it was steak, his face would erupt into a...

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Video Captures Courthouse Beating Of Inmate Accused of Killing Chicago Child

The man accused of killing an 11-year-old Chicago girl was attacked by another inmate before a courthouse hearing, and it was captured on surveillance video.


Antwan Jones, 19, was pummeled as he waited for his bail hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Wednesday....

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Auditions For Broadway's 'Harry Potter And The Cursed Child' Are Happening Next Week

Broadway babies and Harry Potter super-fans, listen here: “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” auditions are happening. In New York. Next week. 


That’s right, according to a listing on Backstage, tryouts for J.K. Rowling’s play picking up where the final book’s epilogue left off, will be...

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These Asian Men Are Sexy And They Know It (And They Can Dance, Too)

Asian men are sexy and they know it. 


In a new video from comedy duo Seventh Grade, Asian guys with some serious dance moves get down to “Pony” by Ginuwine and effectively thrust aside Steve Harvey’s recent remarks about women not finding Asian dudes attractive. 


And here’s another...

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Why We're Not Equal- A Controversial Look At Gender Inequality

It’s only midnight and baby M is crying. I’m not sure why but she’s beyond settling herself back to sleep. As I get up to her to soothe her, Mr MBAW rolls over but doesn’t stir. It’s 1.30am by the time I can get M back down. I’m not sure if she feels...

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Five Incredible Beauty Dupes To Save You £££'s!

Who doesn’t love a good dupe?! I am a big fan of luxury beauty brands and products but sometimes, a girl has just got to save those pennies!


Estee Lauder Double Wear (£31)


Every single person I know, who has had the pleasure of owning the Estee Lauder Double Wear foundation,...

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Love Isn’t Something We Say, It’s A Way We Behave.

As the world reels from President Trump’s disaster of a press conference earlier today the state of facts are now (somehow?) in question. The ideas of love, inclusion, and identity politics have been thrown out in favor of a repressive authoritarian agenda. This strange state of affairs can...

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Extreme poverty causes rise in suicide rates among Ahwazi… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Sociologists believe that the social identity is one of the important parts of one’s identity in every society. Once such aspect of an individual’s identity is crushed or isolated for whatever reasons, it would cause that individual to gradually fall into depression and lose his/her hope...

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Report on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

During the last 12 years my research studies were devoted to the problems of indigenous peoples residing in Ukraine. In modern conditions of the Russian agression and occupation of the Crimea, those problems become urgently actual for Crimean Tatars and other indigenous people...

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Belize: Photo story - Oil drilling on Maya and Garifuna land · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Toledo, Belize, is the ancestral homeland of indigenous Maya people and Afro-descendant Garifuna people.  Under human rights law, the government of Belize must recognize and protect the rights of Maya and Garifuna peoples to their traditional land.
But without consulting Maya or...

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Lao minority fight to retain their language · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Um Simeng is the only person in her family who doesn’t speak the Khmer language.
“When I need to run an official errand I have to take a translator with me,” says the 55-year-old ethnic Lao woman, resting in the shade beneath a small wooden hut in Kok Lao village, Ratanakiri province....

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Chagossians protest MPA outside UK Court of Appeal · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Click on the gallery to see photos of a protest on 31 March by Chagos Islanders outside the UK Court of Appeal in central London. The Court met to hear a challenge to the creation of the Chagos Marine Protected Area.
In 2010 the UK government created the world’s largest...

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Adalah demands establishment of health clinic in Kohleh… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Due to lack of clinics, village residents from Kohleh and Makhool villages in the Naqab have to travel to the town of Al Kseifeh, 9 kilometres away, to receive medical treatment.
On 31 December 2014, Adalah sent a letter to the Israeli Deputy Health Minister and to the Clalit...

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Karlie Kloss In Yellowface And Expecting More From Our Allies

In the past five years, grassroots activism has defined citizen unrest and resistance towards government, politicians, and the police. The Trump presidency era adds a layer of political and activist urgency, ensuring that every part of culture become political. It seems that brands,...

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News Roundup for February 17, 2017

Welcome to the end of American democracy, everyone.


1. What could have been Donald Trump’s attempt to save face yesterday turned into a nuclear level meltdown. It was glorious and terrifying to watch. More here.


2. Former British PM is calling for the people of Britain to change their...

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The Women's March is So Much More Than a Trump Protest.

The obvious question I’ve been asked when someone learns I’m attending the Women’s March on Washington is “why?” Why would hop on a bus, presumably crammed with estrogen fueled feminists for an uncomfortable 12 hour ride (each way) only to attend the...

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2-Year-Old Killed In Chicago Shooting Streamed On Facebook Live

A 2-year-old boy and 26-year-old man are dead and a pregnant woman is injured after a gunman opened fire on their car in the Lawndale area of Chicago on Tuesday, according to The Chicago Tribune. The woman was filming the trio on Facebook Live when the shooting occurred.


The video begins...

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Mike Pence Ignored A Lead Contamination Crisis In His Backyard

Last December, East Chicago Mayor Anthony Copeland wrote a letter pleading with then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to grant his city, which is facing a lead contamination crisis, an emergency declaration to allow it to address the problem.


Pence said no, suggesting the $200,000 in assistance...

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The Number Of Anti-Muslim Hate Groups In The U.S. Tripled In 2016

The number of anti-Muslim hate groups in the U.S. nearly tripled in 2016 partly because of Donald Trump’s rise to political power, suggests a new report.


There were 34 such groups in the U.S. in 2015 and 101 last year, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Annual Census of Hate...

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Talking To My Toddler - A World Of Guesswork And Interpretation!

Communication is an amazing thing. Nowhere is this more apparent than when watching your little person developing from having no vocabulary at all at birth to being able to have a chat with you at aged two! Whilst we have helped him learn new words as best we could the real magic is the...

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We Were Able To Create A Fashion Label Available To All - Things Aren't So Easy These Days

I grew up in modest background to the sound of whirring sewing machines and with a mum and a nan who always looked the most stylish in our town and as good as anything in the old magazines that were always lying around in the doctor’s surgery. If these clothes in the magazines had...

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Take Today To Tell People You Love Them

Valentine’s Day, another holiday hijacked by Hallmark to ensure you are spending money to prove how much you love your significant other. While many people hate Valentine’s Day with a fiery passion, the ideals of the holiday are actually pretty inspiring when you take a moment...

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Assyrian villages in Khabour, Syria under ISIS attack · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Assyrian Christian villages along the Khabour river in the Hassake region are under heavy attacks of ISIS. Hundred of people left the region and number of women and children have been kidnapped by ISIS. Clashes continue between MFS, YPG against ISIS.
On Monday around 5am ISIS carried out an...

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Les Populations Autochtones Pygmees Faces Au Processus Electoral… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Tout citoyen a droit de participer pleinement à la vie politique de son Pays. Ceci est l’un des baromètres pour apprécier la démocratie dans un Etat.
Les Pygmées de la RD Congo, singulièrement ceux de la Province du Nord-Kivu lance un cri d’alarme face au risque qu’ils courts, celui de...

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Traditional healers and climate change · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

As elsewhere in the indigenous Americas, there is a very significant distrust of formal mainstream medicine among Bolivia’s largely indigenous population and a particularly strong preference for traditional medicine. National surveys by the Ministry of Health indicate that 60 per cent of...

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Building a 21st century queer totem for Auckland… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

The Manu Project has been conceived by London-based friends and collaborators Lyall Hakaraia and Emma Eastwood.
Lyall Hakaraia is a creative director and curator of Māori descent, who has produced publicly engaging work at art power houses such as the ICA and The Barbican and in the fields...

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The experience of Central Asian migrants in Moscow,… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Case study by Anastasia Denisova
This research is the result of an extended participatory research study between March and April 2014, undertaken by the Civic Assistance Committee and funded by MRG with support from CAFOD.
Trapped in the margins – the challenges of being a migrant in...

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Ahwazi mass demonstration in front of the European Parliament… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

The Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Al-Ahwaz has organized a mass demonstration, under the title “We will never forget our Ahwazi people” in front of the European Parliament in Brussels, the Belgian Capital.
The Demonstration took place on Friday 6th of March to condemn the...

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Asian Family Finds 'Chinks' Painted On Garage Door After Moving To New Home

An Asian family in Oakdale, Minnesota was on the receiving end of an extreme act of hatred. 


The Xiongs, who are of Hmong descent, found the racial slur “chinks” spray painted across their garage on Sunday, the Oakdale Police Department confirmed. 


While the incident has been written up...

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News Roundup for February 15, 2017

It’s your daily news roundup. Read the news and weep.


1. Trump is calling American intelligence agencies “un-American”. If we weren’t worried before, we should be now. More here.


2. Mike Pence was the last to know about Michael Flynn’s contact with Russia. He’s reportedly raging as...

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https://skpsoft.com/outspeak/news-roundup-for-february-15-2017/

David Kanegis: The Death Of Dating

As the New Year approaches I’ve been reflecting on the nature of dating and the often devastating effect it plays in the lives of so many individuals.
Read more: Dating, Baby Boomers, Generation Y, 20s-and-30s, Mind Acrobatics, Introspection, Dating and Relationships, Mind Acrobatic...

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https://skpsoft.com/outspeak/david-kanegis-the-death-of-dating/

New Platform Promotes Images Of Black People Engaging In Acts Of Affection

Type in “couples in love” into a Google search browser and scroll through the images it yields… but don’t hold your breath until you see an image reflecting a black couple. 


That’s not the only web-based offering where imagery showing people of color engaging in acts of affection is...

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After 15 Whitewashed Years, ABC Casts A Black 'Bachelorette'

America officially has its first black “Bachelorette,” and damn is she awesome. On Monday it was announced that current “The Bachelor” contestant Rachel Lindsay, a 31-year-old attorney from Dallas, will be the next lead of “The Bachelorette.” (So… guess it’s safe to say she doesn’t...

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French Vogue Makes History With First Transgender Cover Model

For the first time in the magazine’s 97-year history, Vogue Paris put a transgender model on its cover ― Brazil’s Valentina Sampaio. 


Sampio appears on the magazine’s March issue, which is the second biggest cover of the year for any fashion magazine. The issue hits newsstands on Feb. 23....

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EXPOSED: The Truth About Top Surgery

CN: surgery, surgery pictures, images of wounds, top surgery.


So it’s about time I updated you on my surgery. What surgery? Well, on 19th December 2016 (that is a date I will never forget!) I had a double mastectomy, or “top surgery”. It is a surgery many trans* men and...

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How To Be A Happier Mama

Offspring; the apple of your eye, your sweet little darlings, sponges of love, thieves of sleep and all round controllers of life. They give you joy you’ve never experienced and love you’ve never known. But that doesn’t mean they’re not bloody hard work, their moods...

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Do Social Norms Determine What You Wear?

I recently mentioned on  my Instagram this exact question after finding myself not wearing certain items of my wardrobe.


My contemplation started like this:


“Do you ever feel like you can’t wear something because it’s not common practice in your social environment?


I...

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Celebrate The Many Forms Of Love With Outspeak

While the traditions of Valentine’s Day demand that you gush sweet nothings to your significant other and drop way too much cash at a classy restaurant, we’re doing things a bit differently here at Outspeak. Why? Because “love” shouldn’t be limited to...

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Breakthrough EU resolution supporting Nineveh… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

In a unprecedented move European Parliament adopted a resolution regarding Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian (CSA people) in Middle East supporting safe haven in the Nineveh Plain and Syriac Military Council, MFS and further condemning acts of ISIS.
Strasbourg, EU – European Parliament, EP adopted...

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African History Month 365 Days Concepts · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Click on the link below to read an article that praises Dr. Carters G. Woodson Negro History Week that he created in 1926.
The African History Month365-Days Concepts present a case to enhance his legacy, including all the descendants of slavery from Christopher Columbus’s...

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MRG report on health launched at UNICEF event · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

MRG’s annual flagship report State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2013, which this year focuses on health, was launched in Argentina this week on the Day of the Children of the Mountains 2013. The cacique of the Amaicha del Valle community, Dr Eduardo Nieva, spoke...

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https://skpsoft.com/outspeak/mrg-report-on-health-launched-at-unicef-event-%c2%b7-news-%c2%b7-minority-voices-newsroom/

SWM 2015: China - Urbanizing the Trung – one of China’s smallest… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Embargo: 2 July 2015 00.01 (GMT+1)
Case study by Ross Perlin
This research is a result of several years of field work in the north-west corner of Yunnan province, one of the most multicultural and multilingual areas in China. The most recent observations and interviews are from November...

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The unequal application of hate crime legislation in… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Case study by Eszter Jovánovics
While the conviction, almost five years on, of four people in 2013 for the serial killing of six Roma in 2008 and 2009 is a welcome step in the fight against Hungary’s endemic hate crime, the community is still poorly protected against a rising wave of...

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Bedouins, a lifestyle in disappearance · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Improvements in the economy and technology have prevented Jordanian Bedouins from keeping a truly nomadic existence, and their way of life is slowly disappearing.
Currently, around only 15 families permanently live in tents in the protected area of Wadi Rum (South-West Jordan),...

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https://skpsoft.com/outspeak/bedouins-a-lifestyle-in-disappearance-%c2%b7-news-%c2%b7-minority-voices-newsroom/

Burberry Somehow Confused Riz Ahmed With Dev Patel And Twitter Let 'Em Have It

World, repeat after us: “Asians do not all look the same.” 


Luxury fashion company Burberry tweeted a photo on Sunday of “Rogue One” actor Riz Ahmed at the British Academy Film Awards. But in a particularly cringeworthy move, the brand identified him as Dev Patel, who’d just won Best...

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https://skpsoft.com/outspeak/burberry-somehow-confused-riz-ahmed-with-dev-patel-and-twitter-let-em-have-it/

News Roundup for February 10, 2017

1. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously refused to reinstate Donald Trump’s travel ban. Trump responded to this ruling in a rational way. More here.


2. El Trumpo’s Mexico border wall could cost as much as $21 billion. No that’s not in pesos. More here.


3....

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https://skpsoft.com/outspeak/news-roundup-for-february-10-2017/

What Mothers Want Most From Their Adult Children

You can’t fire me, I quit.


I don’t know who originally said that, but you know the feeling when you get it.
It’s over.


It’s actually an agreement — a place where there is accord. Neither party wants to be involved anymore.


That’s where I am,...

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https://skpsoft.com/outspeak/what-mothers-want-most-from-their-adult-children/

Think Leslie Jones Can't Play Donald Trump? You're Wrong, Bigly.

When the world got a taste of Melissa McCarthy as White House press secretary Sean Spicer and Rosie O’Donnell floated a Steve Bannon-infused profile picture, the internet demanded an all-female cast to play Donald Trump’s administration on “Saturday Night Live.”


But the internet probably...

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https://skpsoft.com/outspeak/think-leslie-jones-cant-play-donald-trump-youre-wrong-bigly/

Raiders Of The Lost Ark ; For The 35th Anniversary, the Hitherto Unknown But Absolutely Stupendous Black Back Story

Except for those who keep tabs on Hollywood scuttlebutt, it will undoubtedly come as a stunning surprise to most that both the movie and the video game, Spear of Destiny, were derived from the same source. The film mesmerized a generation and was the forerunner of the action extravaganzas...

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https://skpsoft.com/outspeak/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-for-the-35th-anniversary-the-hitherto-unknown-but-absolutely-stupendous-black-back-story/

Texas Mom Gets 8 Years In Jail And Faces Deportation For Illegally Voting

A Texas mother of four legally in the United States is likely to be deported to Mexico after being sentenced to eight years in prison this week for illegally voting.


Rosa Maria Ortega, a legal permanent resident, was found guilty of illegally voting in the 2012 general election and the...

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https://skpsoft.com/outspeak/texas-mom-gets-8-years-in-jail-and-faces-deportation-for-illegally-voting/

Tennessee Bill Seeks To 'Defend Natural Marriage Between One Man And One Woman'

Maybe you thought the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling making same-sex marriage legal in every American state meant marriage equality was a done deal in the U.S. Think again.


A new bill, The Natural Marriage Defense Act, was introduced in the Tennessee House of Representatives by Rep. Mark...

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https://skpsoft.com/outspeak/tennessee-bill-seeks-to-defend-natural-marriage-between-one-man-and-one-woman/

How Do You Know When Your Family Is Complete?

As a child I always knew, or maybe I should say, felt, that I would have children. I would happily tell anyone that would listen that when I grew up I would get married, and have a boy, then a girl and then a surprise. So when I got married and had a boy followed by a girl, I felt my...

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Fast Fashion, Mass Manufacture, And Meaningful Work

It’s easy to forget (particularly for the millenials amongst us) that the way most fashion is made, bought and sold today is a relatively new phenomenon.


When Zara came to New York at the beginning of 1990’s, the New York Times used the term “fast fashion” to...

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Step Inside The Homes Of New Yorkers With WELOVENYC

New York City is so many things to so many people. 8.4 million people to be exact. That’s a lot of personalities and stories hiding amongst the skyscrapers and city lights. But what happens when you step off the bustling streets and into someone’s home? What does New York look...

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https://skpsoft.com/outspeak/step-inside-the-homes-of-new-yorkers-with-welovenyc/

Massive Ahwazi demonstration in Brussels commemorates… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

On Friday 17-04-2015, a massive demonstration was held in front of the European Parliament buildings in Brussels to commemorate both the 10th anniversary of the Ahwazi popular uprising of April 2005 and the 90th anniversary of the Iranian occupation of Al-Ahwaz (subsequently renamed...

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SWM 2015: Libya - Hopes and fears in cities after the fall of… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Embargo: 2 July 2015 00.01 (GMT+1)
Case study by Sarah El-Ashmawy
Of all the North African countries undergoing political change in the wake of the Arab spring, Libya has perhaps experienced the most uncertain and difficult transition. Since the fall of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi from power...

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Guatemala: Edgar Pérez - Genocide and justice · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

In March this year former Guatemalan dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt made international headlines when he was convicted on genocide charges. Sadly, the conviction was swiftly overturned by Guatemala’s Constitution Court. A new trial is set to begin in January 2015, but many fear that...

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https://skpsoft.com/outspeak/guatemala-edgar-perez-genocide-and-justice-%c2%b7-news-%c2%b7-minority-voices-newsroom/

UN rights experts apprised of violation of rights of indigenous… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Kathmandu, 9 Feb
Two non-governmental organizations have submitted an urgent communication to UN rights experts alleging that a Nepali private company has unlawfully acquired the communal trust lands of indigenous Pradhan Newar community of Kathmandu to construct a mega business complex. As...

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Rising hostility against Bulgaria’s refugee population · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Case study by Yuliana Metodieva
Minority groups in Bulgaria, such as Roma and ethnic Turks, have long suffered discrimination and marginalization – and this has also translated into hate speech and bias motivated violence. However, the arrival of thousands of refugees displaced by the...

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https://skpsoft.com/outspeak/rising-hostility-against-bulgarias-refugee-population-%c2%b7-news-%c2%b7-minority-voices-newsroom/

The oppression of Ahwazi Arab people in Al-Ahwaz · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

While Iran’s role in the wars in the Middle East is receiving a great deal of international attention, the situation in its south and south-western provinces of Khuzestan, Hormozgan and Bushehr, which are known to its Arab inhabitants as Al-Ahwaz region, is largely ignored.
Iran has imposed...

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https://skpsoft.com/outspeak/the-oppression-of-ahwazi-arab-people-in-al-ahwaz-%c2%b7-news-%c2%b7-minority-voices-newsroom/

The U.S. Ban On Chinese Immigrants Led To Mexico's Largest Chinatown

With President Donald Trump’s controversial Muslim refugee and immigration ban and his divisive Mexican wall on everyone’s mind, a town in Mexico tells a different kind of immigration story ― one of Chinese descent.


The town known as La Chinesca in Mexicali, Baja California is Mexico’s...

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https://skpsoft.com/outspeak/the-u-s-ban-on-chinese-immigrants-led-to-mexicos-largest-chinatown/

Killer Mike Spotlight - #BlackHistoryMonth

Michael Render, better known as Killer Mike, is one half of the hip hop supergroup, Run The Jewels. The group took the world by storm when they released their debut self-titled album in 2013, and have had a stronghold on the scene ever since. But in addition to Killer Mike’s success in...

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Raising Daughters Without Body Issues When We Never Even Fixed Our Own

Once at a family reunion, when I was 16, one of my aunts, upon seeing me, loudly announced,


“Oh, Lord, look at Sissy, she’s going to be BIG like the rest of us!”


I suppose I must have chunked up a bit since she last laid eyes on me. It was Thanksgiving 1979 and I...

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Investigators Say French Police Who Sodomized Black Man With A Baton Did So By Accident

French investigators said Thursday that the police officers in Paris who sodomized a young black man with a baton did so accidentally, and that the incident does not constitute rape.


The 22-year-old youth worker, identified only as Théo, says a group of four police officers physically and...

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Obama's Legacy: What It Takes To Go First

This post originally appeared on The Well, Jopwell’s editorial hub.



Whether you’re the first one in your family pursuing an advanced degree, the only person of color at the boardroom table, or a history-making first on the level of President Obama and many of his appointees, going first...

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Right-Wing Troll Milo Yiannopoulos Inspires Free Speech Bill

A bill to protect free speech on college campuses, introduced Thursday in Tennessee’s state House, was informally named in honor of Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos, who has sparked waves of student protests over his offensive remarks.


The Milo Bill would require the state’s public...

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Why I Love Warren Buffett

I Just watched the documentary on HBO “Becoming Warren Buffett”. I knew only a little about Warren Buffet, just that he had a lot of money and gave it away to good causes. I thought I won’t be interested in this, because I assumed it would be a show about how someone...

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To The Paramedic Who Saved Our Whole Family

You picked up my lifeless baby from the Hepworth Gallery, Yorkshire, earlier this year.


When you rushed through the doors of the gallery, you instantly injected hope into what was the most awful and surreal moment of my life.


My beautiful baby girl had stopped breathing and started...

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Soho Seventies Glamour Hits The Catwalk At Katie Eary: LFW Men

[All photo’s instagram / feed_my_fashion_ego_ ]


Following on from last season Katie Eary brings sensual, sultry and sophisticated back to London catwalks this time for Autumn Winter 2017.


The fashion press could not wait for the new collection to be seen and watch it-girl Daisy...

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News Roundup for February 9, 2017

We think they meant to report that it’s a shitstorm out there.


1. Kellyanne Conway told Fox News viewers to “go buy Ivanka’s stuff”. Pretty sure you just broke a federal law Kellyanne. Bad! More here.


2. Jeff Sessions has been sworn in as the Attorney General....

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The San in southern Africa – adjusting to urbanization… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Embargo: 2 July 2015 00.01 (GMT+1)
Case study by Inga Thiemann
Southern African countries have urbanized rapidly in the last few decades, with significant impacts on San indigenous populations in the entire region. Urbanization has not only threatened access to land among rural communities...

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SWM 2015: Kenya - Urban migration and the loss of traditional… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Embargo: 2 July 2015 00.01 (GMT+1)
Case study by Rebecca Marlin
Indigenous Endorois had inhabited Lake Bogoria for centuries when, in the 1970s, the Kenyan government forcibly removed them from their ancestral land. Their eviction brought to an end a unique way of life rich with culture and...

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US Capital Energy and Government of Belize Taunt Supreme… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Punta Gorda March 18th, 2014: On October 23rd, 2013, arguments ended in the case between SATIIM and the indigenous communities, and the Government of Belize. Justice Arana reserved judgment.

 
One would expect that a law-abiding and socially responsible company would suspend its...

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Tackling Islamophobia in the United Kingdom · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

In the United Kingdom, extremist organizations such as the English Defence League have launched vocal attacks against the Muslim minority. However, while these groups remain at the fringe politically, their activities comprise only a small fraction of the true extent of Islamophobic hate...

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Rifugio, a new book about Christians of the Middle… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

The birthplace of Christianity lies on the Iranian slopes from Mount Ararat to Mount Lebanon. Since those ancient times, the rugged valleys and gorges have served as a refuge for monastic communities and those in search of solitude. Nowadays, 12 million Christians are assumed to...

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Japanese Artist Yayoi Kusama Is About To Make 2017 Infinitely Better

Is it possible to truly let go of your individualized sense of self and coalesce with the universe? Yayoi Kusama is certain it is.


For the past 70 years, the masterful artist has worked to construct three-dimensional worlds ― technically finite yet aesthetically fathomless ― that invite...

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What Norse Mythology Can Teach Us About Trump's Mexico Wall

In chapter eight of Neil Gaiman’s new book, Norse Mythology, there is a retelling of a story that eerily mirrors the real world of today. It concerns building a defensive wall against an elusive enemy on the premise of that someone else will eventually foot the bill. Sound Familiar?...

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Couple Marries After 41 Years Together, 'Saved The Best For Last'

Bill and Linda Bownds are a lot like other couples: They’re deeply in love, had an adorable meet cute, and dated for 41 years before tying the knot.


Yes, you read that right: 41 years.


The Texas couple has always been “together,” but the two haven’t lived under the same roof until now....

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How black Americans protected fugitive slaves

By Barbara Krauthamer, University of Massachusetts Amherst


Over the past few days, the national climate has grown increasingly tense over the issue of “sanctuary” cities and states. Local communities, including some college and university campuses, have pledged to shield...

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The Face of HIV in Black America Is Far Too Young

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While every day that the HIV/AIDS epidemic continues is a state of emergency for the black community, the annual observance of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) each February 7 allows us to fully focus on the challenge facing us.


One of this year’s themes,...

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GOP Bill To Curb Legal Immigration Disproportionately Hits Nonwhite Americans

WASHINGTON ― For decades, a central tenet of U.S. immigration policy has been that American citizens should be able to reunite with their siblings, parents and grown children who live abroad. The government doesn’t make this easy. But now, emboldened by President Donald Trump’s...

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'The Big Bang Theory' Star Jim Parsons Reacts To Fan Theories

Is Bernadette really a cyborg created by Howard? Is Sheldon actually Spock in disguise? Fans want to know!


“The Big Bang Theory” star Jim Parsons shared his views about the sitcom’s fan theories during a “Late Late Show” clip. Parsons, who plays Sheldon, was skeptical about some, but he...

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Our Different Methods Of Choosing Schools

Our son was due to start school in September 2016 had we not whisked him away for an adventure in Mexico instead. We didn’t know he’d be gallivanting around the world rather than sensibly learning to read in the UK so we went through all the palaver of finding the perfect school...

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Why Bella Hadid's Half-Naked Nike Photo Is Deeply Unsettling

Bella Hadid has shared a photo from her latest shoot with Nike, which shows her posing with recently-departed Givenchy designer, Riccardo Tisci, wearing not much more than his NikeLab Dunk Lux Chukka trainers.


Bella is a grown woman – she can do whatever she wants – and I...

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News Roundup for February 7, 2017

It’s the top five news stories of the day.


1. Another day another Catholic Church scandal. This time it’s sex orgies and horses. See, there’s still some beauty left in the world. More here.


2. San Francisco will pay community college fees for students who reside in the...

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SWM 2015: Somalia - Minorities on the margins of Mogadishu · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Embargo: 2 July 2015 00.01 (GMT+1)
Case study by Michelle Minc
Mogadishu, one of the oldest cities in Sub-Saharan Africa, has undergone tremendous population growth over the last century. This has been accompanied by the development of informal settlements, or obbosibo, which have sprung up...

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… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Réalisé par Mamoudou Lamine Kane, commandé et produit par Minority Rights Group International et NEXUS PROD
Durée: 27:35 mn
Langue: Arabe (sous-titrage en français)
Dans une série d’entretiens, des femmes Haratine parlent des réalités quotidiennes de l’esclavage et de la...

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Appointment of Special Rapporteur reflects important place… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

On 27 March, the Human Rights Council adopted by consensus a resolution proposed by Austria, renewing the mandate of the United Nations Independent Expert on Minority Issues, and converting it into a Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues.
‘MRG welcomes this change of name, which amounts to...

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Minority Voices Podcast - April 2015 · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

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MRG’s April 2015 Minority Voices Podcast features a report back from the jungles of Thailand, where indigenous communities are being displaced in the name of conservation, and folk music from the war-torn Nuba Mountains in Sudan.
Photo: Mue Naw, wife of a...

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Ukraine fails to address hate crime against migrants… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Case study by Irene Fedorovych
The Ukrainian state has been slow to recognize the reality of hate crime in the country. Even now, there continues to be a clear gap between the small number of cases officially reported each year and the much larger number of incidents recorded by NGOs and...

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SWM 2015: Israel/Palestine - Life in a divided city – one Palestinian… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Embargo: 2 July 2015 00.01 (GMT+1)
Case study by Tom Palmer
While 35 per cent of land in East Jerusalem has been expropriated for the establishment of a dozen Jewish settlements, housing around 200,000 Israeli citizens, under the current Israeli master plan only 13 per cent of East...

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Scarlett Johansson’s White Feminism Is Showing In Response To ‘Ghost In The Shell’ Controversy

Maybe one day a white actor cast in a role that’s intended to be played by a person of color will acknowledge the consequences of whitewashing on communities underrepresented on screen. But today is not that day, and Scarlett Johansson is not the actor. 


Speaking with Marie Claire for the...

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How Yethu Creates Safer Stokvels In South Africa

It took me a while to realize saving money means having access to an infrastructure that provides financial security and the tools to keep track of what you have. In the widely developing landscape of South Africa, these tools can be crucial to growing. However, as a result of many factors...

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A New Year's Resolution For Older Single Women

To Date Or Not To DateThe decision whether to date in 2017 or carve out a good life exclusive of a relationship isn’t a simple one. I have several single women friends in their 60s who fall into both categories, but most are simultaneously creating a life without a partner and at the...

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Martellus Bennett Says He Won't Visit White House For Super Bowl Honor

“I’m not going to go,” the tight end said in a postgame interview, following the Patriots’ historic win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. The team overcame a 25-point deficit, the largest in Super Bowl history. It was also the first time the big game had run into overtime.


Asked why,...

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Kevin Hart: What Now? | The Huffington Post

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Comedian Kevin Hart takes center stage in his concert film Kevin Hart: What Now?


Has success spoiled Kevin Hart? Forbes Magazine lists him as 2016’s highest paid comedian with an annual income of $87.5 million, from June 1 2015, to...

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Tech Giants Rail Against Donald Trump's Immigrant Ban In Legal Brief

97 powerhouse companies, including Apple, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Twitter and Microsoft filed an amicus — “friend of the court” — brief late Sunday against President Donald Trump’s immigration ban.


The brief was written in support of the lawsuit filed by Washington and joined by...

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The Internet Freaks Out Over Lady Gaga's Rooftop Super Bowl Leap

The Super Bowl LI audience expected something special from Lady Gaga’s halftime performance, but on Sunday, she didn’t really blow off the roof …

She JUMPED off the roof.


Sometimes, we take situations like this for granted. “Oh, there’s a pop singer perched high above the crowd!...

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Cardboard Box: The Ultimate Baby Toy

We’ve spent hundreds, if not thousands of pounds on expensive toys and gear to entertain our little boy, Sonny, in the nine months since he was born. But what does he love most? His crappy cardboard box, of course.


The box arrived in our house a couple of weeks ago, containing an...

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Is It Okay To Wear The Same Outfit As My 20-Year-Old Daughter?

Open any fashion glossy and you’ll be hit with a barrage of age-appropriate style rules. Don’t wear a hem line that’s too high. You can’t wear that top because the neckline is too low. A leather pencil skirt, at your age? When many of us start experimenting with...

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News Roundup for February 2, 2017

We’re running out of things to say, okay.


1. Trump berates and hangs up on Australian PM but not until after he told him how many people were at his inauguration. More here.


2. New Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch founded a Fascism Forever Club in elite boys’ prep...

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SWM 2015: Mali - Cultural heritage as a vehicle for peace in… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Embargo: 2 July 2015 00.01 (GMT+1)
Case study by Joana Dabaj
The fabled ‘city of 333 Saints’, Timbuktu, is located in the republic of Mali at the edge of the Sahara desert and near the Niger River. Founded in the 5th century, it was long regarded as a centre for the diffusion of Islam...

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MRG's Head of Law visits Batwa communities · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

The Batwa of South Kivu, DRC, have lived in an area now called Kahuzi-Biega National Park (PNKB) since time immemorial. In 1937, a law was passed creating a nature reserve in the area, but the Batwa were allowed to remain in the forest. However, in 1970, a further law was passed...

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Countering racism in South American football · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Case study by Antonio Cicioni and Natalia Torres
It is well known how enthusiastic South Americans are when it comes to football. However, while the region has attracted positive attention for the passion and commitment it invests in the game, this image has also been tarnished by incidents...

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New MRG documentary/Pakistan: Shaheedo Tum Kahan Ho

Shaheedo Tum Kahan Ho gives an account of the targeted killings of members of the Shi’a Hazara community in Pakistan, highlighting how they face discrimination in their everyday lives, while security concerns and death threats make routine activities like going to school or the...

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State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2014:… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Hate crime towards minorities and indigenous peoples is a daily reality in many countries across the globe, says Minority Rights Group International (MRG) in its annual report, but is often ignored by authorities.
The international organisation’s flagship report, State of the...

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SWM 2015: Dubai - Everywhere but invisible – the continued… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Embargo: 2 July 2015 00.01 (GMT+1)
Case study by Derek Verbakel
Dubai’s construction boom has tranformed this desert city into a dense urban landscape of skyscrapers, shopping malls, roads and swimming pools. This extraordinary development has been made possible by the labour of many...

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Asian Names On Resumes In Canada Less Likely To Get Callbacks Than Anglo Names: Report

If you have an Asian-sounding name, the job hunt might be a bit more challenging in Canada. 


A Canadian study released last week revealed that those with names like “Xuiying Zhang” and “Samir Sharma” have a smaller chance of nabbing a job interview compared to those with names like “Greg...

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Martin Shkreli, Before He Was Famous

You may know Martin Shkreli as the “pharmabro” who hiked the price of Daraprim by more than 5,000% overnight. The drug is used to treat toxoplasmosis in HIV patients, but because of his price hikes it is now out of reach for many of those in need. After the price hike Shkreli...

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How To Improve Your health With A Buddy

We live in an “every man for himself” society at a time when we would fare better recognizing the benefits of being “all in it together.” Social solidarity has a lot to say for it when it comes to our health and financial security. At the policy level, there’s...

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Eminem Goes After Donald Trump On New Big Sean Track

The Detroit rap star calls the president “a bitch” and vows to “make his whole brand go under” in a verse on Big Sean’s track “No Favors.”


It features on Big Sean’s new album “I Decided,” which he released on Friday ― and the song also contains references to racism and police...

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Moonlight | The Huffington Post

In just his second feature film, writer/director Barry Jenkins tells a compelling story about sexual repression and ambiguity through the eyes of a vulnerable and confused little boy, who grows up to question his sexual identity as a teen and then finds a thin measure of serenity as a young...

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'Drunk Feminist Films' Lets You Get Smashed And Smash The Patriarchy, Too

There are films we love because they open our eyes to unseen narratives and different ways of being, through carefully woven plots and complex characters. And there are films that we love because, during that one lazy summer between fifth and sixth grade, we watched them over and over and...

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Neil Gorsuch May Miss Chance To Decide The Supreme Court's Biggest Case This Term

The Supreme Court said Friday that it will hold oral arguments in a closely watched transgender rights case on March 28. Justice-nominee Neil Gorsuch likely won’t be there to hear them.


That’s probably good news for Virginia teen Gavin Grimm, the transgender student at the heart of the...

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To My Kids: If You're Ever In Doubt

I have a confession to make.


Your mother is not perfect. You may have suspected that.


Some days I look at you, watch you play and my eyes well up. You are beautiful. You are mine. And I feel gratified and satiated with adoration. I want to stop time and soak up each and every moment of...

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Sustainability And Transparency Are Key To Luxury's Success

Environmental concerns are increasingly top of mind for every business, despite Donald Trump’s denial of global warming. Leading businesses confirmed their commitment to the cause at Davos a couple of weeks ago when they launched FReSH, the Food Reform for Sustainability and Health...

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News Roundup for February 3, 2017

Lest we forget the Bowling Green massacre.


1. Kellyanne Conway made up a fake terrorist attack which resulted in the internet setting up the Bowling Green massacre fund. All donations go to the ACLU. More here.


2. Denver-area mosque had contacted the Federal government about the...

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SWM 2015: Rwanda - Promoting peace through sustainable urban… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Embargo: 2 July 2015 00.01 (GMT+1)
Case study by Paige Wilhite Jennings
April 2014 saw the 20th anniversary of the genocide in which an estimated 800,000 people – three-quarters of the Rwanda’s Tutsi minority, as well as moderates from the Hutu majority – were killed in 100 days. While this...

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Journée Internationale des Populations Autochtones · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Dans le cadre de la Journée Internationale des Populations Autochtones, du 09 Aout 2015, nous avons l’honneur de vous transmettre les images et la note de plaidoyer présentée au gouvernement Congolais via le Ministère Provincial des Affaires Foncières du Nord-Kivu.
Notons que...

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Drawing the line between hate speech and freedom of… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Case study by Phyllis Gerstenfeld
Like the United States, Canada is a diverse, multi-ethnic society with a history of violence against and oppression of indigenous people, but its hate crime laws are still relatively new and evolving. One important difference between the United States and...

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Resilience despite adversity – adapting indigenous… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Embargo: 2 July 2015 00.01 (GMT+1)
Case study by Anne-Marie Tupuola-Plunkett 
Most of the Pacific region’s island states are still predominantly rural, but rapid urbanization is fragmenting indigenous societies and undermining traditional livelihoods. In the process, new forms of poverty...

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More voices against intolerance needed · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Author wants to thank for their contribution to Tamta Mikeladze (Human Rights Monitoring and Education Center, Georgia and Andrew Smith, Legal officer at Article 19, UK).
Violent incidents against religious minorities have been persistent within the last two years in Georgia. In...

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SWM 2015: Lebanon - The disappearance of Wadi Abu Jmil, Beirut’s… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Embargo: 2 July 2015 00.01 (GMT+1)
Case study by Rania El Rajji
Lebanon’s wars have had a lasting impact on the country’s urban fabric. The infamous ‘green line’ which divided Beirut into East and West between 1975 and 1990 forced various religious groups – primarily Muslims and Christians,...

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The Japanese-American Artist Who Went to the Camps to Help

The living quarters at the War Relocation Camp in Poston, Arizona, where the artist Isamu Noguchi was interned during the Second World War.CreditPHOTOGRAPH BY NSF / ALAMY


In 1941, the Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi was living in Los Angeles, angling for portrait...

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Amazon's Recent Efforts Are About More Than Groceries or Packages

Amazon has been slowly revolutionizing the way we engage in commerce. From one-hour delivery windows, to nearly omniscient home assistants, to drone deliveries, and now finally an automated grocery store, something has to be said for the company’s work. However, this piece isn’t...

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Trump's New Reality Show Is The Worst.

This post originally appeared on fortheloveofwineandcoffee.comI must confess — I love reality TV. It’s like junk food for the brain. When life gets too heavy, you’ve had a rough day and you just want to tune out, reality TV provides the perfect escape. I was really looking...

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Guns In Schools? How Far Donald Trump Will Go To Undo Gun Control

Proposed laws could roll back gun restrictions and expand the locations where gun owners are allowed to carry weapons if President Donald Trump delivers on his campaign promises to pro-gun groups.


In January, congressional Republicans introduced bills that would reduce barriers to...

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Mining the Inner City for the Next Generation of Digital Leaders

For Zakiya Harris, growing up in East Oakland, Calif., meant navigating between two acutely different worlds every day. “I grew up in the hood, but I went to a very affluent school,” she says. “So I spent my days being one of few black people, and I spent my nights being...

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Trevor Noah Is Confused By The Many Flavors Of Caucasian

Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch may look like “just another white dude to Harvard,” but in some circles, he qualifies as a diversity pick, Trevor Noah said on “The Daily Show” Wednesday.


Noah pointed out that Gorsuch could be the sole Protestant on the court since all of...

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Milo Yiannopoulos Speech At Berkeley Canceled Amid Violent Protests

BERKELEY, Calif. ― Violent protests on the University of California, Berkeley’s campus forced school officials to cancel a Wednesday night appearance by right-wing agitator Milo Yiannopoulos.


The Berkeley College Republicans had invited the 32-year-old Breitbart editor and conservative...

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Are My Children Trump Supporters?

1. Placing restrictions on my reproductive rightsThere’s very little as restricting on both one’s ability and will to partake in reproductive activities as expelling a whole human being from the reproductive bits in question, the following emotional and hormonal upheaval –...

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Gender Free Clothing: A Lifestyle, Not Just A Fashion Statement

Gucci, GUESS, Zara – what do they all have in common? They all recently launched their own gender-neutral clothing brands. But it isn’t just a mere fashion statement – gender-free clothing works in harmony with our own individual lifestyles. As the CEO of GFW Clothing,...

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News Roundup for February 1, 2017

America is going down in flames y’all.


1. Uncle Joe Biden has come to the rescue as he and wife Jill have launched the Biden Foundation. Welcome back to our lives Joe. More here.


2. Trump wants to further tighten restrictions on immigrants but just from countries where he...

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Minority Voices Podcast - August 2015 · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

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Welcome to MRG’s Minority Voices podcast.
This month, we’re taking a look at our flagship 2015 report, State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous Peoples, which focuses on cities, and explores the many challenges minorities face in urban areas, from...

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Mort d’un autochtone pygmee dans la prison du district… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

C’est avec consternation que nous avons été alertés ce Lundi, 30 Janvier 2017 de la mort de Barigira Rugayu, un autochtone Pygmée de Burai dans le territoire de Rusthuru à plus ou moins 70 km de Goma, dans la Province du Nord-Kivu.
Selon des sources crédibles, la mort de Barigira...

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Using street theatre to tackle discrimination in the… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Case study by Livia Saccardi
‘They do not accept us. In Haiti we are not Haitians. In the Dominican Republic we are not Dominicans. So where are we from?’
‘She told me that my parents were foreigners, and she did not want to give me my papers. After one week I went back there and I told her...

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SWM 2015: India - Discrimination against Dalit women in Ahmedabad · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Embargo: 2 July 2015 00.01 (GMT+1)
Case study by Rajiv Shah
In Ahmedabad, located in the heart of Gujarat state, Dalits have been an important but often invisible presence for generations, working as scavengers and waste-clearers within the strict confines of India’s caste system....

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SWM 2015: UK - Gentrification brings new challenges for Brixton’s… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

Embargo: 2 July 2015 00.01 (GMT+1)
Case study by Electra Babouri
Brixton is an inner London neighbourhood renowned for its ethnic and cultural diversity. Beginning in the late 1940s, when migrants from the Caribbean began began settling in the area, it has cemented a reputation as a...

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15,000 Displaced Yezidis in Turkey seek mass exodus… · News · Minority Voices Newsroom

The world fails to address Yazidi Crisis; 7000 enslaved, 5000 killed, and a half million displaced; they now plea for resettlement.
Diyarbakir, Turkey – June 27, 2015.  Nearly 15,000 Yazidi displaced refugees in southeast of Turkey are seeking mass exodus to European Union countries through...

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How One Activist Artist Is Using Her Work To Take Trump To Task

What constitutes political artwork? Well, it depends.


For the majority of Americans ― namely those who aren’t straight, able-bodied, cis-gendered, white men ― simply depicting the banal realities of daily life has long been a political gesture. As Los Angeles–based artist Shing Yin...

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Outspeak Wants Your Videos For #BlackHistoryMonth

Today marks the beginning of Black History Month, a time to celebrate and recognize the formative role of black people have played and continue to play in America. It’s typical to recognize what white individuals have done for the country, but the revolutionary work of black Americans...

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10 Holiday Wishes For People Everywhere

May you find joy this year in the loving embrace of family and friends. Or, if not, watching a really good movie, with some really tasty popcorn in your mouth.


May you appreciate all the wonder and bounty in your life. Or, if not, believe that wonder and bounty are seriously...

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