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Monday, May 14, 2007
Afro descendants in Latin America gearing up for reparations battle after centuries of oppression under white supremacy
Cultural anthropologist, Dr Andoni Castillo, spoke to Black Britain during his visit to London about Britain’s slave colonies in Latin America and why Afro descendants are establishing a reparations committee…
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Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Skin colour: should it matter?
Black, white, light, dark - should skin colour matter? Does race exist or do we all belong to one human family? Why does dark skin matter to some people- even of African descent? Read on for the answers...
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Monday, March 19, 2007
Does being mixed race mean being mixed up?
A documentary made ten years ago which explores issues of cultural identity for mixed race people is being broadcast on the Community Channel on Wednesday March 20 at 8.30pm. But to what extent have attitudes changed in a decade?
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Monday, February 26, 2007
Racism threatens to wipe out the Jarawa –India’s indigenous black people from Africa
They are beautiful, dark-skinned black people, with natural Afro kinky hair and are shorter than the average height. They came from Africa around 60,000 years ago but today are threatened with extinction because of their blackness...
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Monday, January 15, 2007
Has Martin Luther King’s dream for racial equality turned into a nightmare?
Today, Americans will hold numerous events commemorating the life of Dr Martin Luther King Jnr, who strived for racial justice and equality during the Civil Rights movement. But for many African Americans, the dream has become a nightmare.
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Monday, November 06, 2006
Why we are both Black and African - understanding the true meaning of black identity
Esther Stanford explains how Black acquired derogatory meanings and why we must interrogate our history to understand the true meaning of Black in terms of our identity and cultural inheritance.
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Monday, October 23, 2006
Caste discrimination a worldwide problem for all black people and collective resistance is needed to defeat it
Few people are aware that India’s 160 million untouchables or Dalits are descendants of Africans who once ruled the Indus Valley. But caste discrimination affects all black people, who are regarded as untouchables, even in the US and UK.
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Monday, September 25, 2006
Why the Jewish model of assimilation is a poor example of true multiculturalism
In an a recent interview with the Telegraph, Chief Rabai Sir Jonathan Sacks argued that multiculturalism has led to segregation, implying that ethnic minorities should unite under a dominant British identity, but many are opposed to that view.
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
How Bolton’s Unity centre came to divide its black communities
Last week the government launched its new Commission on Integration and Cohesion and today Black Britain looks at Bolton in Lancashire as an example of why the priority is for cohesion amongst our black communities first and foremost.
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Monday, August 07, 2006
Deconstructing the Liverpool black identity
A debate centred on the issue of black identity called Shades of Blackness takes place at the Merseyside Maritime Museum today. It’s Chair, Professor Stephen Small talks to Black Britain about the unique experience of black Liverpudlians.
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