BELOW is the full text of the Unity Agreement signed by President Robert Mugabe, the leader of the main faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), Morgan Tsvangirai and the leader of the smaller formation of the MDC, Arthur Mutambara - the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe respectively.
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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ZIMBABWE AFRICAN NATIONAL UNION-PATRIOTIC FRONT (ZANU-PF) AND THE TWO MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) FORMATIONS, ON RESOLVING THE CHALLENGES FACING ZIMBABWE Continue reading ‘Zimbabwe Unity Agreement - Full Text’
This video chronicles the life and times of the noted African-American historian, scholar and Pan-African activist John Henrik Clarke (1915-1998). Both a biography of Clarke himself and an overview of 5,000 years of African history, the film offers a provocative look at the past through the eyes of a leading proponent of an Afrocentric view of history. From ancient Egypt and Africa’s other great empires, Clarke moves through Mediterranean borrowings, the Atlantic slave trade, European colonization, the development of the Pan-African movement, and present-day African-American history
I am not in agreement with the title of the article “As Racism Wanes, Colorism Persists” but the article is worth reading. It adds to the body of information that shows colorism to be an issue that does not get enough attention. Even Africans do not like looking at their color prejudiced conduct. I think racism is not really waning; In most cases it is more covert and therefore difficult to prove but nonetheless still of major concern.
–Heru
As Racism Wanes, Colorism Persists
By Brent Staples
August 22, 2008
A few years ago, I sat down to read Back Then: Two Literary Lives in 1950’s New York, by the novelist Anne Bernays and her husband, the biographer Justin Kaplan.
I was cruising along, as calmly as you please, when I came to an eye-opening passage about the once-famous New York lunch-counter chain, “Chock full o’ Nuts.”
The passage read: “The owner of Chock full o’ Nuts, a white man named William Black, advertised in the tabloids for ‘light colored counter help,’ an example of nth-degree discrimination.”
I knew that employers had once ruled out black applicants with ads that listed whiteness as a job qualification. I knew from growing up in a black community during the 1950’s and 60’s that my lighter-skinned neighbors (and even one of my relatives) got jobs at dress shops and other businesses that turned away darker-skinned applicants.
August 16, 2008: Usain Bolt wins the 100m Final in Beijing and sets a new 9.69 world record
Lightning-fast Bolt wins Olympic 100m BEIJING - Track and field needs a new hero. It got one Saturday night who can fly. In the most outrageous display of speed to ever burn across the Olympic Games, Usain Bolt of Jamaica rocketed to gold in winning the men’s 100m dash in 9.69 seconds — not only a new world record but the first time in the history of human beings a man has run the distance under 9.7 seconds without a significant tailwind.
Bolt wins 100-metre gold, shatters record
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt ran an electrifying 9.69 seconds in the 100-metre sprint to set a new world record and take Olympic gold at Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing on Saturday night.
This is an incredible modern-day story of a native peoples’ victory over Western globalization. Sick of seeing their environment ruined and their people exploited by the Panguna Mine, the Pacific island of Bougainville rose up against the giant mining corporation, Rio Tinto Zinc. The newly formed Bougainville Revolutionary Army began fighting with bows and arrows and sticks and stones against a heavily armed adversary. In an attempt to put down the rebellion the Papua New Guinean Army swiftly established a gunboat blockade around the island. But with no shipments allowed in or out, how did new electricity networks spring up on the island? And how were the people of Bougainville able to drive around the island without any source of petrol or diesel? Watch as the world’s first eco-revolution unfolds within the blockade. A David and Goliath story for the 21st century. A multi-award winning documentary.
Speech by White American Tim Wise……..who says that the problem is not exclusively, the far right, the neo fascists, not the skinheads, not the neo-nazis, but it is the colour-blind model of race relations that says that we should not notice black or white, but love one another, get along and sing kubayaa. He says that if we are not allowed to notice colour then we do not recognize the consequences of colour….. Decent video on white privilege that can generally be applied also to light skin privilege…The dominant theory of good race relations is colour/race-blindness which is indeed horribly flawed and racist in itself.
Decent video that exposes a lot of things that people generally take for granted. It is easier for persons that have physical characteristics that are given preference and false privilege to take these issues for granted, but it is important for all people to address the perceptions around race, colour, hair texture and other physical characteristics.
BEIJING - Track and field needs a new hero. It got one Saturday night who can fly. In the most outrageous display of speed to ever burn across the Olympic Games, Usain Bolt of Jamaica rocketed to gold in winning the men’s 100m dash in 9.69 seconds — not only a new world record but the first time in the history of human beings a man has run the distance under 9.7 seconds without a significant tailwind.
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