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INTERVIEW racism : Didier Awadi: 'Artists too often have big egos'

Didier Awadi: 'Artists too often have big egos'

The Senegalese hip hop pioneer, 38, invites his fellow rappers to speak out and campaign for a harmonious continent with his latest album 'Presidents of Africa'. Plus an exclusive video interview from Dakar

by Alexandre Polack @ // 25/01/08

racism, africa, integration, senegal, western africa, illegal immigrants, art

FEATURE racism : 'I am a skinhead from Moscow'

'I am a skinhead from Moscow'

Russian magistrates, politicians and media are concealing more and more racist attacks on foreigners

by dennis maschmann // 31/08/07

racism, russian federation, right wing extremism, krasnodar, post-soviet states, multiculturalism, world affairs

INTERVIEW racism : 'France does not look at itself'

'France does not look at itself'

The latest right-wing French government has appointed three top politicans with immigrant backgrounds. But the nation’s political personnel still accounts less and less for the products of immigration, says Karim Zéribi, former advisor to French Interior Minister Jean-Pierre Chevènement

by max disbeaux et markus f. gläser // 04/07/07

racism, paris, immigration, europe, france, jean-pierre chevènement, politics

racism : Sandra Camps: Barcelona's journalist as Africa's social worker

Sandra Camps: Barcelona's journalist as Africa's social worker

Her reports on dwarfism and the mass tide of immigrants to the Canaries are gracing German screens - the Catalan journalist gives a voice to those without

by Fernando Navarro Sordo @ // 05/03/07

racism, barcelona, violence, third world, india, germany, nigeria

INTERVIEW racism : The state in Africa

The state in Africa

Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga, a researcher at the Centre for African studies in Paris, speaks about corruption in subsaharan Africa and a state imported from Europe

by albert padrós // 31/07/06

racism, corruption, european democracy, congo, democratisation, identity, war

racism : Dieudonné Kabongo: lethal comedy

Dieudonné Kabongo: lethal comedy

As the former Zaïre prepares to have its first democratic elections in 45 years, Congolese-born comedian Dieudonné Kabongo talks about Africa and the disillusionment of young immigrants who try their luck in Europe

by célia pascaud // 29/07/06

racism, elections, belgium, education system, congo, democratisation, identity

racism : Don't be a Jew!

Don't be a Jew!

The anti-Semitic expressions that are still present in European languages demonstrate just how much the fear and distrust of Jewish people has been engrained into our society

by Adriano Farano @ // 22/02/06

racism, money, tower of babel, jews, idioms, expressions, languages

racism : A message of hope for the Balkans

A message of hope for the Balkans

The Csango, ethnic Hungarians of the Moldavian region in Romania, have a history marked with bitter struggles for the recognition of their rights. They boast cultural and religious roots interwoven with those of all Europe.

by maurizio tani // 13/01/06

racism, balkans, communism, moldova republic of, hungary, central and eastern europe, romania

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Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel (updated)

The Israeli calendar of national holidays is structured following the religious calendar. You can't miss the holidays because everyday life gets restructured. My Israeli friends joke that all major Jewish holidays have the same idea: "They tried to annihilate us. They failed. Let's eat." Now, obviously, the Holocaust ...

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A foreigner experiences racism in Vilnius

In the popular news portal Delfi, a young Spanish lady is telling her experiences in Vilnius, where she was often stared at or received offensive comments from strangers for supposedly looking "dark", "Indian" or "Arab". Once she was greeted with "Heil Hitler". She was also disappointed that people at ticket ...

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Racism, "arts" and European politics

The French comedian and anti-Semite Dieudonné declared in the end of March that he will run for European Parliament in the upcoming elections. Dieudonné, son of a French sociologist and a Cameroonian book keeper, can look back on a long history of political engagement: He run for President in France ...

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Assets for moving in space

Today I've been contemplating two "assets" I "own", which I normally don't reflect upon: white body and EU passport. What is in common between them? They facilitate certain movement in space and produce certain expectations in others. And, of course, I've been contemplating this in relation to ...

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Obama impersonator from Philly featured in French ad campaign

In this video, produced by the Conseil Représentatif des Associations Noires, a man who looks remarkably like the new US president is filmed jogging in Paris. He is stopped by French police in the video and asked for his papers. The point the video tries to make is that the ...

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