German pensioner battles neo-Nazi ‘muck’ via AFP/ Yahoo News Wielding just nail-polish remover, a camera and an “Against Nazis” tote bag, Irmela Mensah-Schramm is a …
Context matters
“Concerned citizens” as an entity and a category scare me. More often than not, this is a label utilized to push for reactionary and often …
I am ambivalent about the use of the label “hate crimes”
I don’t know how pervasive this label is in other parts of the world but in Europe, it is used all over media. From Fears over …
On appropriating “WASP Cache”
I find it amusing (read: rage inducing) how ignorant one can be about the effects of colonialism in this perceived “appropriation of WASP cache”. How …
Tiger Beatdown: A year in personal failures: how I didn’t single-handedly stop racism within feminism or in The Netherlands
Tiger Beatdown: A year in personal failures: how I didn’t single-handedly stop racism within feminism or in The Netherlands My “End of the Year balance” …
Also (yes, this is a rant)
I wish people who have not spent a considerable amount of time in Latin America would stop imparting their wisdom about what a “post racial” …
Dutch bus company tips police about “African women who look like illegal immigrants”; twelve are deported
Just came across these news, Connexxion Helps detain illegal immigrants (sic). The link is in Dutch and, as usual, it can be parsed through Google …