The headline of the article is kinda exclusionary in itself - when they say "the problem nobody's talking about", what they mean is "the problem that white people and white-dominated media aren't talking about" MIC
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This sounds excellent. Spread the word if you know anyone who might want to contribute.
"… So much of Black History Month takes place in the passive voice. Leaders “get assassinated,” patrons “are refused” service, women “are ejected” from public transport. So the objects of racism are many but the subjects few. In removing the instigators, the historians remove the agency and, in the final reckoning, the historical responsibility … There is no month when we get to talk about [James] Blake [the white busdriver challenged by Rosa Parks]; no opportunity to learn the fates of J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant, who murdered Emmett Till; no time set aside to keep track of Victoria Price and Ruby Bates, whose false accusations of rape against the Scottsboro Boys sent five innocent young black men to jail. Wouldn't everyone–particularly white people–benefit from becoming better acquainted with these histories?" Africa is a Country
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Interesting. Sincere opinion or typical Motlanthe diplomacy?
"During a question and answer session later in the day, however, Motlanthe expanded that to say he endorsed “Oom Kathy” [Ahmed Kathrada]’s support for the renaming of Table Bay Boulevard after FW de Klerk, describing it as “the right thing to do”." Daily Maverick
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[TW for graphic descriptions of violence]
"I still suffer from memories of the British apartheid system [in Kenya] and numerous instances of arbitrary killing and brutality by British forces, Kenya police and Kenyan African Rifles. In reality we protected land-grabbing British farmers and enriched UK companies.
Young troops were encouraged to shoot any African on sight in certain areas. Prize money was offered by senior officers for every death." Africa is a Country
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Rational economic policy and now rational immigration policy! What further surprises can we expect from the new Greek government? Greek Reporter
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A few wince-worthy turns of phrase, coming as this does out of an Israeli context, but some good theorising about terrorism as a political strategy.
"Why are [states] so sensitive to terrorist provocations? Because the legitimacy of the modern state is based on its promise to keep the public sphere free of political violence. A regime can withstand terrible catastrophes, and even ignore them, provided its legitimacy is not based on preventing them." Guardian
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Nice piece about colour technology in movies, and how filmmakers haver responded to technological developments. (I enjoyed the video showing Kubrick's use of bright reds)
Atlantic
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Great piece about Ponte tower in Joburg, and it's place in a city of migrants. Roads and Kingdoms
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From a couple of years ago, but timely nevertheless.
"The European crisis, in other words, had nothing to do with thrifty Germans and profligate Spaniards, but with policies aimed at boosting German employment, which also forced up German national savings rates. These excess savings had to be absorbed within Europe, and the subsequent imbalances were so large (because German’s savings imbalance was so large) that they led to today’s circumstances." Foreign Policy
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Putting game theory to work
"Imagine what would happen if the federal government were to offer a million-dollar reward and promise safety to anyone — Islamic State militant or not — who provided information that led to the rescue of American hostages, and the capture or killing of their kidnappers. Holding an American hostage would then become fraught with peril, no matter where the kidnappers might hide, as anyone, even one of their own, might turn on them at any time." NY Times
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I'm sure this is old news to people who know their Middle Eastern history, but I wasn't aware of the extent to which Jaffa was destroyed as a centre for Palestinian population and culture.
"In November 1947 the UN published its plan for dividing Palestine into an Arab and a Jewish state. Jaffa was made a Palestinian island within Jewish boundaries. In the fighting that followed, paramilitaries commanded by Menachem Begin, a Tel Avivan who later became Israel’s prime minister, rolled barrel bombs down the alleyways into Jaffa’s cafés and fired mortars into residential districts. By the time Israel declared independence on May 14th 1948, prompting Arab armies to move in, Jews had chased Jaffa’s Arabs out of the city, leaving less than a 20th of the population behind." Economist
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This sounds excellent. Spread the word if you know anyone who might want to contribute.
"… So much of Black History Month takes place in the passive voice. Leaders “get assassinated,” patrons “are refused” service, women “are ejected” from public transport. So the objects of racism are many but the subjects few. In removing the instigators, the historians remove the agency and, in the final reckoning, the historical responsibility … There is no month when we get to talk about [James] Blake [the white busdriver challenged by Rosa Parks]; no opportunity to learn the fates of J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant, who murdered Emmett Till; no time set aside to keep track of Victoria Price and Ruby Bates, whose false accusations of rape against the Scottsboro Boys sent five innocent young black men to jail. Wouldn't everyone–particularly white people–benefit from becoming better acquainted with these histories?" Africa is a Country
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Interesting. Sincere opinion or typical Motlanthe diplomacy?
"During a question and answer session later in the day, however, Motlanthe expanded that to say he endorsed “Oom Kathy” [Ahmed Kathrada]’s support for the renaming of Table Bay Boulevard after FW de Klerk, describing it as “the right thing to do”." Daily Maverick
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[TW for graphic descriptions of violence]
"I still suffer from memories of the British apartheid system [in Kenya] and numerous instances of arbitrary killing and brutality by British forces, Kenya police and Kenyan African Rifles. In reality we protected land-grabbing British farmers and enriched UK companies.
Young troops were encouraged to shoot any African on sight in certain areas. Prize money was offered by senior officers for every death." Africa is a Country
>>><<<
Rational economic policy and now rational immigration policy! What further surprises can we expect from the new Greek government? Greek Reporter
>>><<<
A few wince-worthy turns of phrase, coming as this does out of an Israeli context, but some good theorising about terrorism as a political strategy.
"Why are [states] so sensitive to terrorist provocations? Because the legitimacy of the modern state is based on its promise to keep the public sphere free of political violence. A regime can withstand terrible catastrophes, and even ignore them, provided its legitimacy is not based on preventing them." Guardian
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Nice piece about colour technology in movies, and how filmmakers haver responded to technological developments. (I enjoyed the video showing Kubrick's use of bright reds)
Atlantic
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Great piece about Ponte tower in Joburg, and it's place in a city of migrants. Roads and Kingdoms
>>><<<
From a couple of years ago, but timely nevertheless.
"The European crisis, in other words, had nothing to do with thrifty Germans and profligate Spaniards, but with policies aimed at boosting German employment, which also forced up German national savings rates. These excess savings had to be absorbed within Europe, and the subsequent imbalances were so large (because German’s savings imbalance was so large) that they led to today’s circumstances." Foreign Policy
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Putting game theory to work
"Imagine what would happen if the federal government were to offer a million-dollar reward and promise safety to anyone — Islamic State militant or not — who provided information that led to the rescue of American hostages, and the capture or killing of their kidnappers. Holding an American hostage would then become fraught with peril, no matter where the kidnappers might hide, as anyone, even one of their own, might turn on them at any time." NY Times
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I'm sure this is old news to people who know their Middle Eastern history, but I wasn't aware of the extent to which Jaffa was destroyed as a centre for Palestinian population and culture.
"In November 1947 the UN published its plan for dividing Palestine into an Arab and a Jewish state. Jaffa was made a Palestinian island within Jewish boundaries. In the fighting that followed, paramilitaries commanded by Menachem Begin, a Tel Avivan who later became Israel’s prime minister, rolled barrel bombs down the alleyways into Jaffa’s cafés and fired mortars into residential districts. By the time Israel declared independence on May 14th 1948, prompting Arab armies to move in, Jews had chased Jaffa’s Arabs out of the city, leaving less than a 20th of the population behind." Economist
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