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Only a racist votes for a racist party

Only a racist votes for a racist party

We need to be consistent in our condemnation of the BNP and its supporters. If the party is racist then so are its followers and maybe its time to revoke its political party status

Blog Day 2006

Blog Day 2006

In celebration of International BlogDay2006, here are five blogs that are different from my own culture, point of view and attitude.

History repeated

In an article entitled Honour Amongst Thieves Guardian columnist Philip Hensher offers an interesting argument in favour of Western nations keeping hold of historical artifacts and national treasures that rightfully belong to African nations. Using Sudan as an example he states that;
In many instances, national treasures are better off outside their countries of origin [...]

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 Oprah [...]

The R Word

The R Word

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