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Controversial Serie A Post Sparks Outrage and Racism Debate among Nigerian Football Enthusiasts
Nigeria's social media platforms are abuzz with discussions on racism, ignited by a recent post from the renowned Italian top-flight football league, Serie A. The controversy unfolded when the official…
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#YNaijaSportsExtra: Surprising racist slurs are still used in the football world, see example | #BlackLivesMatter
Last night's UEFA Champions League match between Paris Saint-Germain FC and Istanbul Basaksehir FK, ended in a bit of a drama, as the old age issue of racism bore its…
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Why Trump’s ‘threat of violence’ on the Black community could be disastrous
The murder of an unarmed black man, George Floyd by police officers in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota days ago is an incident that has put the United States in…
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Here’s what we know about the ‘Anonymous Account’ and what they stand for
The one thing about Twitter that many of its users would agree is that, sometimes, there is a mystery that comes with it - it doesn't of itself does that,…
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John Boyega: When did it become a crime to hate racism?
One thing that is very common with celebrities when they say something is that there will always be those that will take what they are saying, or have said, out…
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#IcantBreathe: How the last prayer of an unarmed black man sparked global outrage
It is a scary thought to imagine that the officers who earn a living from the taxes you and other citizens pay to be protected would become a threat to…
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Its 2019 and Russell Bateman’s casual racism just won’t fly
In 2019 I feel there are certain conversations we shouldn’t be having but here we are, having them. It seems we as a society might be going backwards in our…
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Battling racism and hate, Nigerian students in Cyprus have been left on their own
On the first of February, Kehinde Fowosere and Stephanie Ejeh graduated from the Eastern Mediterranean University in Cyprus. They are two of an annually increasing number of Nigerians who make…
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The Thread: Luvvie Ajayi calls out white women for enabling oppression
When Hillary Clinton lost the White House, it came to light just how much a part white women played in that fiasco. Since Donald Trump took up residence at 1600…
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The Thread: The challenges of raising biracial children
It's been rumoured that Nigerian women (or black women, in general) prefer to marry white men because their children will have great hair and that golden, beautiful mixed complexion. Really,…
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The Thread: Nigerians need to shut up about racism
Racism is always a hot button topic across the Atlantic and TwitterNG is full of itchy fingers and ITKs, kinda like that of President Orange so sometimes someone has to…
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[The Sexuality Blog] If there is one essay you should read today, its this one by Munroe Bergdof
Identity politics is a huge thing, especially now in the age of Donald Trump. Sexual, religious and racial minorities are discovering, often in very violent and dehumanising ways, that the…
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“Serena beats her ass and Sharapova ascends to another level of hateration” | Twitter gives Sharapova a good beating
Grand slam winner, Maria Sharapova has released a memoir titled Unstoppable: My Life so far. From the excerpts released, via Daily Mail it appears Sharapova was more concerned with G.O.A.T…
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Some Trump trade loyalists labelled as racists
One of the CEO who quit Trump's manufacturing council, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Wednesday said some White House aides who support free trade "turned out to be racist". His…
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“This fiasco of a man” “The monster” | Twitter reveals horrific atrocities committed by Joe Arpaio, the man Trump pardoned
Last week Friday, President Trump granted his first presidential pardon to Joe Arpaio, former Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. This ranks as one of the many controversial moves Trump has…
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What Trump communicated caused racists to rejoice, he should apologise – Mitt Romney
A GOP nominee for U.S. in the 2012 election, Mitt Romney urged in a Facebook post on Friday that Trump should take "remedial action in the extreme" and "[s]tate forcefully and unequivocally that…
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[The Sexuality Blog] Why do we downplay rape when the person doing it is a white woman?
Look at this headline from an American news platform, reporting on the arrest of a woman for sex related crimes. What is the first thing you notice about it?…
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Trump has no racist bone in him – Senator slams critics
by Adedotun Michael A Republican Senator representing Utah, Sen. Orrin Hatch, in an interview with KUTV has said U.S. President Donald Trump "is someone who doesn't have a racist bone…
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Ezinne Ukoha: White Supremacy will Never be defeated, and that’s exactly the way it should stay
by Ezinne Ukoha The nightmare at Charlottesville, VA that involved a parade of White men lighting their way towards the hell of their own making — ended with the terror…
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Donald Trump condemns white supremacists, says… “Racism is evil”
US President Donald Trump has condemned the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists, calling them, "criminals and thugs." The attack was on Charlottesville protesters where one person has been reported dead,…
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The Thread: The absolute dumb shit White folks believe about Black people
News flash: We are still light years away from the end of racism, never mind the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 and all the progress that has been made in the…
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4 takeaways from Macron’s almost distasteful racist rant
"The challenge in Africa is very different, and much more profound. It is civilizational today. What are the problems in Africa? Failed states. Complex democratic transitions. Demographic transitions, which is,…
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The Thread: “Isn’t that sign language for I own you”? | Black Twitter celebrates one of its very best moments
This viral video of Aramis Ayala, Florida's first and only black elected state attorney, being pulled over by white police officers has given the Black community reason to celebrate another…
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LONG READ: Where the media and advertising meet with racism, prejudice and #BlackLivesMatter
Positives from Racial Stereotyping Racial stereotyping tends to create constructive results in conditions where the adverts are targeted to a particular demographic. Viewers habitually associate a perceptual bias toward people…
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German transport security assaults ‘Nigerian man’ over train ticket (WATCH)
A 48-year-old man believed to be Nigerian was put in a headlock and thrown to the floor at a train station in Munich after he was confronted on the train…
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“America cares more about race than sexual assault” | 7 things we learned from Shanon Lee’s analysis
A dive into the Bill Cosby trial 1 Black America has a hard time seeing "America's Favourite Dad" as a predator On June 5, Bill Cosby’s criminal trial began in…
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Pius Adesanmi: Donald Trump | Africa is not the owner of this corpse
by Pius Adesanmi Africa and similes are now back in big business. Our friends in America’s punditry are all rushing to Africa for explanations of their current predicament. It does…
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Racism is America’s original sin | Chimamanda Adichie says in interview with CNN (WATCH)
by Dolapo Adelana Nigerian author Chimanda Ngozi-Adichie has said she actually finds it surprising that many people in America are surprised that racism is a problem in the country. Adichie,…
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The Thread: How white women use tears to oppress black women
Apparently, apart from blatant racism which is alive and kicking despite what Kendall Jenner's Pepsi advert may have misled you into thinking, there's also 'white tears'. What's white tears? Kelechi…
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The Thread: How many kinds of racism exist?
Racism is that blight that turns everything to rot. Decades after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, racism remains a real headache. There are different kinds of racism. There's outright racism…
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy
YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy