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Aug 3, 20201 min read
Racism: The government and the NHS - partners in Crime?
On the 22nd of July, a 21 year old black NHS worker was the victim of a racially motivated hit and run as he walked to his bus stop after...
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IntersectNews team
Jul 31, 20201 min read
The 'trend' of Black Lives Matter
Performative activism is something which many people, especially teenagers who probably have good intentions, partake in, every time...
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IntersectNews team
Jul 29, 20202 min read
Rapper Wiley dropped for Anti-Semitic Tirade
Rapper ‘Wiley’ MBE, real name Richard Cowie, is considered by many to be the ‘godfather of grime music’. However, recently he has been...
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Jul 29, 20202 min read
Islam: A religion of Peace of Violence?
Islam has many different connotations for people: terrorism, peace, hatred, and love. Unfortunately, recently, Islam tends to be...
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IntersectNews team
Jul 27, 20202 min read
The Holocaust is not your metaphor
Recently, I have seen a resurgence in the insensitive act of people appropriating the tragedy of the Holocaust as a political metaphor or...
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IntersectNews team
Jul 26, 20201 min read
Missing and murdered indigenous women
Missing and murdered Indigenous women is a movement which is raising awareness for Indigenous women and girls in the US and Canada who...
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IntersectNews team
Jul 26, 20201 min read
Belgium bans the hijab
In June 2020, the Belgium government ruled that prohibiting religious symbols is legal under higher education institutions. Hence, the...
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IntersectNews team
Jul 16, 20201 min read
Shein Criticised for Cultural Appropriation
Recently Shein, a popular fast-fashion retailer, received backlash after selling multiple items appropriating culture and religion....
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IntersectNews team
Jul 16, 20201 min read
Discrimination of the Oromo People of Ethiopia
Oromos, the largest ethnic minority in Ethiopia, make up 34.5% of its population. Though these numbers don’t seem to matter when it comes...
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Jul 11, 20201 min read
Hamilton: Consuming Media Critically
Hamilton became available on Disney+ on July 3rd and, viewing the musical within the context of today’s current events, it hit...
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Jul 9, 20202 min read
China’s concentration camps - we’re buying from slavery
In November last year, a data leak revealed China’s ‘brainwashing’ intentions to coerce Uighurs within prison camps, with huge...
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Jul 9, 20202 min read
Global Jewish Conspiracy!
Is what we hear every time there’s an election coming up, a terrorist attack, any form of disaster, and yes, even a global pandemic....
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Datta
Jul 9, 20202 min read
Domino and domination
This Saturday, the 4th of July, Donald Trump made a “powerful” independence speech at Mount Rushmore. He commemorated this “magnificent,...
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Datta
Jul 7, 20201 min read
Are statues a history lesson?
As recent events have unfolded, a debate has sprung up around how statues contribute to popular memory of events. Generally, more...
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Datta
Jul 7, 20201 min read
The Danger of White Cinema
With the BLM movement highlighting the importance of education in combating racism, it is not surprising that many have turned to film in...
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Jul 4, 20202 min read
It’s only right if it’s white
People of colour are tired of watching others profit off of the same aspects of their culture that they grew up being embarrassed of or...
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Jul 3, 20201 min read
Police abolition: New news or not?
The call for police abolition is not a new one. Anarchists and communists have been calling for it for hundreds of years, and as these...
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Jun 28, 20202 min read
Unspoken Colourism in the South-Asian Community
For too long now, the unspoken racism in the South-Asian community has gone unaddressed. According to The Guardian, a WHO study...
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IntersectNews team
Jun 28, 20202 min read
Uighur Concentration Camps
Last years leak of the Chinese Communist Party document to the New York Times offers a chilling glimpse into the 21st centuries largest...
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IntersectNews team
Jun 25, 20201 min read
Let’s talk: Western Colonialism
Colonialism is “the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers,...
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