I have been, or rather I am always thinking about what my feminism means to me. How it informs my PhD research; how it shapes my interactions; how I frame my reactions to situations, what it means to be every day a feminist. I tried to explain this “every day a feminist†… [Read more...]
On Childhood and Racism…
Yasmin Gunaratnam’s recent piece in the Independent on “How should we prepare our children for racism†reminded me of what it was like growing up black in the 1980s England. I don’t recall my parents sitting me down for “the talk†about racism. I know that my parents … [Read more...]
Thug Notes: What’s in the subtext?
I recently read a wonderful summary of Eduardo Bonilla-Silva’s definition of coded racism that describes it as: “new racism that entails individuals saying and doing things that perpetuate racial stereotypes and inequalities, but they do so in such a way that the offender is … [Read more...]
Dreadlock thefts and mild outrage
I do try and be critical when I read yet another story by Western media that attempts to barbarise African behaviour but upon reading about South African thieves forcefully cutting off people’s dreadlocks I must confess that my critical analysis took a back seat to my more … [Read more...]
Race and ICT4D: My Public “ThinkSpace”
I am halfway through my MSc in Practising Sustainable Development (ICT4D specialism) and while as part-time student I still have quite a bit of time before I have to start my dissertation; it is hard not to start the thinking process. Â For a long time now I have been interested … [Read more...]
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