
Jonathan Jansen’s Burden
A profile of Jansen, vice chancellor of Free State University, on a leading online media outlet in South Africa, says more about the problem with liberalism in South Africa.
A profile of Jansen, vice chancellor of Free State University, on a leading online media outlet in South Africa, says more about the problem with liberalism in South Africa.
Writer and journalist Gary Younge in a 2007 column in “The Nation”–that’s still worth repeating–on Black
Some Brooklyn business. You know I live here. Read it here.–Sean Jacobs
The Black American writer, James Baldwin, draws parallels between oppression in South Africa, Algeria and the United States.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoqsw3n8D6g&w=500&h=307&rel=0] My man Gary Younge, New York-based feature writer and columnist for The Guardian, has a
This time, R.W. Johnson, the British-South African writer, had gone too far even for the London Review of Books ' editors. They took down a post of his.
Black Diamonds is a recently released short documentary by Dutch filmmaker, Saska Vredeveld (view the film
John Oliver, a “correspondent” for the comedy news show, “The Daily with Jon Stewart,” has been
How much damage, if any, did "Coming to America" do to a generation of young Americans' views of Africa and Africans?
Few other authors in the 19th and 20th centuries made greater contributions to Hollywood’s racist images
We also aim to educate. Over the next few months, Allison Swank will commence a new
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGpikgxn-VM&w=480&h=295#13m00s] Al Jazeera’s media criticism TV program “The Listening Post” has a useful analysis of the
This is appropriate in Lebanon.
What’s up with John McCain’s home state? The state legislature has just passed an immigration law
Poor whites don't even make up 5% of the poor. Contrast that to more than 60% of blacks. But that's not a story for foreign media.
The popular Australian show, "Hey Hey It's Saturday Night!," on Channel 9, thought it would be okay to revive blackface.
Who are the real victims of crime and violence in South Africa?