Posted by: emagineitall on: January 29, 2008
When you are about to lose your former colonies, lock them into unfair trade dealsTRADE: Africans Stuck With EU Deals (IPS)
Animal genocide (breaks my heart!) Sea lions massacred in Galapagos (BBC)
Another way to envision the world: “plurinational” WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Diversity, a Birthright Waiting to Be Recognised (IPS)
Posted by: emagineitall on: August 14, 2007
Via no snow here I found a fascinating article that helps me illustrate the importance of context to race, ethnicity and discrimination. It is also a good opportunity to introduce the black-white continuum* and the importance of recognizing (shades of) diversity on a greater scale.
In Arabs and the Racial Lessons of 9/11 Carol Chehade discusses [...]
Posted by: emagineitall on: August 8, 2007
“Yo, you white, girl!”
On a hot June day in a Colombian fast food joint in Queens, I expressed my preference for a mocha over a cafesito colombiano con leche.
“You a little bit kinda white.”
On another occasion, I explained I was doing research for my masters degree and what cultural anthropology was all about.
“Now Colombia has [...]
Posted by: emagineitall on: August 7, 2007
I recently watched a program on Aljazeera International about Marseilles, France (available on youtube). This southern French port has a large immigrant population. In fact, the minorities outnumber the ethnic French. Marseilles is France’s New York: an immigrant port city that has undergone the majority minority transition.
Marseilles’s largest immigrant group is Muslim. The program explains [...]
