racism

The beautiful Elle Varner addresses the prejudice that people still face in their relationships in the official video for “I Don’t Care”, the latest single taken from her debut album Perfectly Imperfect. [...]

The family of slain American teen Travyon Martin has come to the UK to thank the British public for their support and to meet with Doreen Lawrence, the mother of Stephen Lawrence, the British teen killed nearly two decades ago. [...]

Phil Mushnick, a columnist with the New York Post who has been with the paper for nearly 40 years, is under fire for racially insensitive comments he made regarding the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets and Jay-Z, one of the team’s minority owners. In his May 4 column, Mushnick suggested that the Nets change their name to [...]

A spokesperson for Channel 4 has confirmed that actress Lauren Socha, who plays “Kelly” on the succesful TV drama Misfits, will not to be returning to the show for a fourth season, Digital Spy reports. The news comes on the heels of the actress’ sentencing for racial assault. [...]

Days after a controversial campaign video from France soundtracked by The Throne’s “N!ggas In Paris” hit the news and had many in an uproar, new photos and video from Sweden showing the country’s Minister of Culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth at a party featuring a cake depicting the torso of a stereotypical African tribal woman have [...]

PC Alex MacFarlane, the Met police officer allegedly heard racially abusing 21-year-old Mauro Demetrio in a recorded mobile phone conversation after the August 2011 riots, is to be charged with a racially aggravated order offence by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). [...]

Renowned writer, performer and poet Dean Atta opened many an eye and gained much attention with his recently penned poem “I Am Nobody’s Nigger”; inspired by the [much delayed] sentencing of Stephen Lawrence‘s murderers, and the discovery that the n-word was the last the teenager heard before being stabbed to death in a racist attack [...]

Renowned writer, performer and poet Dean Atta took inspiration from the recent sentencing of Stephen Lawrence’s killers and penned entitled “I Am Nobody’s Nigger” as an ode to the murdered teenager, who was stabbed to death almost 19 years ago in a racist attack. [...]

A thoughtful message for the future, Russell Simmons‘ latest blog entry on Global Grind tackles the resistance of some to racial integration and diversity. In particular, the third paragraph of his message resonates with me after seeing the senselessly prejudiced comments on some of the video interviews SoulCulture have spread online this year. Whether it’s [...]

Earlier this week one of Washington’s finest – Wale – dropped into London town for some promo so SoulCulture caught up with him for a follow-up chat, having already featured him in last month’s Chocolate City Special… What did we talk about? Nigerian pride and ‘inter-black’ racism. You know, the usual. Interview by Marsha Gosho [...]