Race

Jipoxers

Jipox -(verb) Kiswahili Slang: to boldly assert one’s belonging/membership to a group of people or an event despite irrefutable evidence to the contrary. Jipoxer -(noun) Kiswahili Slang: one who jipoxes. Last year, my blog twin wrote a fantastic response to Angelina Jolie’s adoption of an Ethiopian baby. In the same blog piece she mentioned that [...]

The R Word

The R Word

What happened when the word ‘race’ was mentioned in the Celebrity Big Brother house.

African Women in Politics

Findings of the Hansard Society report, Women on Top 2005, which examines the presence and role of women in political life today .

No Laughing Matter

No Laughing Matter

I see in Science the first black person that makes me want to join the BNP!..tomorrow! The above was said Derek Laud, one of the four black contestants in the Big Brother house. It was in relation to his frustration at Science’s behaviour and personality. According to Derek, Science is immature, ghastly, has peasant ways [...]

It Is Not In Our Genes

It Is Not In Our Genes

Why I get mad when people tell me that our (black people) physiological superiority is the reason why we excel in sports.