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Local Fashion Brand Urban Zulu Goes Global

Consciousness Admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 17:01:06 +0000

From Africa to the World Johannesburg, 13 April 2022: From dropping out of university due to a lack of funds to teaching himself how to hold a hand needle. Nearly 2 decades later, Urban Zulu Founder, Papy Kaluw says he is not done using his sewing machine. Kaluw is taking Urban Zulu to the world. [...]

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Black explorers we should celebrate instead of Columbus

Consciousness Admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 08:48:46 +0000

Source: http://thegrio.com/ and written by Ronda Racha Penrice There was a time when Christopher Columbus was heavily pushed and accepted as the greatest explorer of this side of the globe. Never mind the little detail of how one could “discover” a place where people already live. But because Europeans long ago staked claim as the dominant voice, [...]

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Rejecting Postracialism: Whiteness, Morality and Decency

Richard Raber — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 08:09:32 +0000

#BlackLivesMatter has illuminated the crisis of contemporary whiteness in its full flesh by giving white people a glimpse into some of the worst of white supremacy; the execution of people of colour by state actors with impunity. Beginning with the contention that most white people view racism conceptually as bad, evil or at least something [...]

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Word N Sound (Johannesburg SA) VS Write About Now Poetry (Houston USA)

Consciousness Admin — Mon, 11 May 2015 18:10:23 +0000

2 Poetry Slam movements | 2 Continents | 2 Cities | 2 Time Zones ONE SPOKEN WORD! Word N Sound Poetry League@ the Market Theatre Laboratory, 3 President Street – Newtown every month- Is Where you will find Word N Sound Poetry Houston Poetry Open-Mics or Slams. Every Wednesday. 7:30 PM at AvantGarden. Houston, Texas – Is where you will find [...]

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