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Monday, February 06, 2006
Dr Martin Luther King V Malcolm X: the past still part of the present
Simon Woolley speaks on a Radio 4 Great Debates series he took part in, discussing the differences and relevance today of the ideas generated by two of the greatest African Americans that ever lived: Dr Martin Luther King and Malcolm X...
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Sunday, May 01, 2005
Black communities could determine who wins and who loses
The clarion call from Bradford to Luton, from Brixton to Bristol is that our communities don't have the luxury not to vote. Our message for the political establishment is unequivocal: ignore us at your peril.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Colonialism is alive and kicking
News events of the last few weeks - ‘Prince Harry the Nazi, and ‘Mark Thatcher the mercenary – have shown us that sadly colonialism or at least a colonial mindset is alive and kicking in the UK.
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Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Multiculturalism: Let the debate begin
Without doubt Britain is at a critical crossroad in terms of how it deals with race relations. The ‘war on terror' and disproportionate focus on immigration and asylum has radically shifted the debate to the Right.
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Monday, April 05, 2004
Positive discrimination: a means to an end
Everyone benefits when a nation’s potential, Black or white, has the opportunity to be fulfilled. And ... it is worth remembering that there is no BME community in the UK that wants charity or a hand out.
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Monday, March 08, 2004
Goodhart: Bad Blood
Of course the pseudo intellectual David Goodhart couched his thoughts in the essay ‘Too diverse?’ with a little more subtlety. He argued, ‘…as Britain becomes more diverse that common culture is being eroded’.
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Monday, February 02, 2004
A week is a long time in politics
Understanding that our communities must constantly endure disappointment and still be ready for the next battle is knowledge and a source of great empowerment. Giving up, therefore, never becomes an option
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Friday, January 16, 2004
Hackney South: Yet another seat bites the dust
Despite three very talented Black women standing on the Labour Party’s all women short list–Dora Dixon-Fyle, Carol Williams and Dawn Butler, Sedgmore voted for a white woman
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Monday, October 20, 2003
Black History Month: Making tomorrow’s history today
Britain’s Black communities must also take responsibility for radical change by getting actively involved as agents for change. It is no longer an option for the majority of Black people to put our heads in the political sand
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Friday, September 19, 2003
BBC's Black Flash: celebrating Black British history
In the last 30 years Black male identity in the UK has been defined by sport. In a world that too often demonised, brutalised and belittled the Black man it was only sport and perhaps music that offered a platform
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