Customers derail Stockholm’s leading department store’s “golliwog” Christmas

Unlike the vast majority of the Dutch and Belgian public who embrace racial sterotypes at Christmas, Swedes, at least Stockholmers put an end to a racist Christmas display in a store window this week.
Reported by Charlotte West and Paul O’Mahony in The Local.se
Stockholm’s most prestigious department store, Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), has had to remove a [...]

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Yearly Blackface: Being in Amsterdam two weekends ago reminded me that I find Zwart Piet very strange.

Part of the Dutch and Belgium Chritsmas tradition is a fellow named Zwart Piet (Black Peter).
Black Peter (Zwart Piet), while now a benevolent companion of Sinter Klaas, was at one time a more sinister character. During the Middle Ages, he threatened to punish the children if they were naughty by throwing them into his sack [...]

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Black Students Excel in the UK From Corporate Mentoring

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BLACK STUDENTS EXCEL FROM CORPORATE MENTORING

The ACDiversity mentoring programme has achieved an 87.50% GCSE pass rate for 2007; this is 27.50% above the Governments benchmark of 60%.
In partnership with some of London’s leading institutions, the “Mentoring and Enrichment Programme” was created for the black youth to support their development and educational growth.
Brenda King, [...]

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November Carnival Submissions: “Reparations:what is the value of what we’re owed?”

Thanks to those who participated. Additions are welcomed and respectful discussion is encouraged. As always, if you have an idea for a future Carnival topic, let us know at Afrospear@hotmail.com.
Jamelle discusses what reparation’s mean and more importantly, how we should really conceive of reparations at The United States of Jamerica.  
Hathor argues that the public needs to understand the [...]

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An email from Dr. Boyce Watkins – Why Universities are Fundamentally Racist

Why Universities are Fundamentally Racist
By: Dr. Boyce Watkins 
Dr. Boyce Watkins is a Finance Professor at Syracuse University and author of “What if George Bush were a Black Man?” He does regularly commentary in national media, including CNN, BET, FOX, ESPN and CBS.  For more information, please visit www.boycewatkins.com.

This was an interesting weekend.  Two things [...]

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NIGGER DAY

It appears that another white celebrity has stepped in some “dog doo-doo” (I crack myself up sometimes…lol), over using the N-word during a tirade. Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman got caught making offensive remarks on an audio taped phone conversation he was having with his son, who is dating a Black woman. Below is a part of the [...]

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Blogging for Justice Submissions

We would like to thank everyone who participated in blogging to protect women and their families from rape. Special acknowledgements to What About Our Daughters and African American Political Pundit. The link below will take you to the submissions.
http://aapoliticalpundit.blogspot.com/2007/11/supporting-black-women.html

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