Colonialism

The Washington, D.C.-based college will continue to use Colonials until a new mascot label is introduced in its 2023-2024 school year.
/ June 16, 2022
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness told Prince William and Kate on Wednesday that the British commonwealth intends to become independent.
/ March 23, 2022
Awkwafina has left Twitter after addressing critics who said she has avoided accountability for appropriating AAVE throughout her career.
/ February 6, 2022
The punishment of Africa for identifying a variant, rather than praising it for its contributions is reflects a long history of colonialism.
/ December 3, 2021
One of the pieces of artwork known as the Benin bronzes will be returned to Nigeria after being stolen years ago.
/ October 17, 2021
Christopher Columbus committed atrocities against Native Americas. Some believe that he should no longer have a holiday named after him.
/ October 10, 2021
French president Emmanuel Macron says the country will return 26 pieces of African art to Benin to try to right past wrongs.
/ October 9, 2021
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French President Emmanuel Macron and Morocco’s King Mohammed VI have inaugurated Morocco’s first high-speed rail line, the first ever such line in Africa.
/ November 19, 2018
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
Last year, Jamaica decriminalized marijuana, and this year, they’re taking another step forward and making it completely legal. However, what’s […]
/ April 16, 2016
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
With Columbus Day once again upon us, America must ask the question, what are we actually celebrating here?
/ October 12, 2015
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
Taylor Swift’s latest music video, this one for her song “Wildest Dreams” is making waves … but maybe not in the way she expected.
/ September 3, 2015
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The wrinkled faces of the elderly Kenyans who gathered in a downtown Nairobi hotel registered gratitude, relief and joy Thursday as Britain’s high commissioner said what many waited decades to hear.,,
/ June 6, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
LONDON – It is a court case that could reverberate round the world: Three elderly Kenyans are suing the U.K. government for torture inflicted by the colonial regime during the African country’s struggle for independence…
/ October 2, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
PARIS (AP) – Curator Lilian Thuram, former football star and now anti-racism advocate, says in an AP interview that the exhibit made him reflect on his own prejudices about “the other.”
/ November 28, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
BERLIN (AP) – Namibian tribal leaders took possession Friday of the skulls of 20 of their countrymen, taken by German colonial forces more than a century ago for racial experiments…
/ September 30, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
AMSTERDAM (AP) – The “Golden Carriage” was given to Queen Wilhelmina from the people of Amsterdam as a gift in 1898…
/ September 16, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.
OPINION – Gadhafi must now face a reality Africans have been clamoring about for the past fifteen years: that he is an enemy of African unification, not a champion of it.
/ August 23, 2011