‘I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.’
— Martin Luther King 28th August 1963
‘We must recognise that we can’t solve our problem now until there is a radical [...]

Filed under: barackobama, education, poverty, racism on March 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment »

On May 20th, 1987, Edward Earl Johnson, one of the overwhelmingly disproportionate number of African Americans awaiting execution on death row, was put to death in a gas chamber in Mississippi. He had been the subject of a BBC Documentary, Fourteen Days in May, which had intimately captured the final two weeks of his life, [...]

Filed under: andrewnoakes, crime, racism, uspolitics on November 20th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

For the first time since 1995, rugby euphoria is gripping South Africa. Signs point to the abandonment of a long-rumoured plan to ditch the coach (who, incidentally, really is called Jack White) and produce a racially representative team by brute-force political means. I imagine the response among English rugby fans will be simple: great news. [...]

Filed under: jonathanbirch, racism, rugby, southafrica, sport on November 8th, 2007 | No Comments »