April 11, 2011 /
Elly Odhiambo
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BUSINESS WORK & EDUCATION
Recent reports in the media have indicated that there are a growing number of African people returning to their motherland from Europe because of high levels of job insecurity. Common convention especially within some right-wing migration discourses; often describe the African bit of the South-North travel as an economic experience inspired by a one-way ticket…
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March 31, 2011 /
Deborah Gabriel
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BOOKS
Nigger for Life is an insightful anthology of poems that both document and articulate Hall’s experience as a black man in the U.S and in an uncompromising and unapologetic style of delivery, asserts that you cannot escape the confines of race, hence the title of the book. When I first glanced at the book’s cover…
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April 4, 2009 /
Deborah Gabriel
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BOOKS
Using critical race theory as a basis to examine the education system in the UK, David Gillborn argues that the system is not designed to promote equality in education, but rather to maintain the achievement gap that exists between white pupils and pupils from minority backgrounds. For anyone unfamiliar with critical race theory, as Gillborn…
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April 4, 2009 /
Deborah Gabriel
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BOOKS
Whiteness is an important subject, a process that is rarely mentioned or considered, despite its significance in critical race theory. In short, without whiteness there would be no white supremacy, nor the racism upon which it feeds. This book does exactly what the cover says – it simplifies a complex issue. But the best thing…
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