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2021

This Oprah Photo is Quickly Becoming the Latest Example of Digital Blackface (Refinery 29)

City of lost mosques: how Suzhou tells the story of China’s Islamic past (The Conversation)

Remembering the Black abolitionists of slavery in Yorkshire (The Conversation)

The insurrection at the Capitol challenged how US media frames unrest and shapes public opinion (The Conversation)

The long shadow of colonial forestry is a threat to savannas and grasslands (The Conversation)

Tributes paid to Ethiopian refugee farmer who championed integration in Italy (Guardian)

Aid spending in Africa must be African-led – it needs a Black Lives Matter reckoning (Guardian)

White American Christianity Needs to Be Honest About Its History of White Supremacy (Time)

‘Colonialism had never really ended’: my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes (Guardian)

Nia Dennis wins plaudits for stunning ‘black excellence’ gymnastics routine(Guardian)

Why the West is morally bound to offer reparations for slavery (The Conversation)

Study reveals depth of BAME health inequality in England (Guardian)

Jacinda Ardern faces Waitangi Day reckoning with Māori as progress stalls (Guardian)

The Real Rosa Parks Story Is Better Than the Fairy Tale(The New York Times)

Situating Women in Tamil Mahabharatas(Economic & Political Daily)

He Wants to Save Classics From Whiteness. Can the Field Survive? (The New York Times)

THE RENAISSANCE IS BLACK (Time)

OPINION: The disproportionate impact of the HIV epidemic is rooted in structural racism and anti-Blackness (Thomson Reuters Foundation News)

“In a racist society, formal education will only ever reproduce racism.” (Cire News)

Canons don’t only belong to dead white Englishmen. We have a Māori canon too(Guardian)

Exclusive: Universities face fines as part of ‘twin assault’ on cancel culture (Telegraph)

Will Macron’s new commission face up to all of France’s colonial atrocities?(Guardian)

This ambitious history of the British Empire touches on everything from the Mahabharata to Marx(Scroll.in)

Teaching Black History Has Become a Flashpoint. Three New Docuseries Refuse to Sugarcoat Their Narratives(Time)

Philip Guston’s daughter on his Klan paintings: ‘They’re about white culpability – including his own’(Guardian)

Lucky Luke, the Comic Book Cowboy, Discovers Race, Belatedly(The New York Times)

The question of race in Biden’s America(The Hindu)

A Conversation with Miranda Kaufmann(Epoch magazine)

The First Black Woman to Coach in Pro Baseball Thanks Her Mom for the Job(The New York Times)

Biden administration pauses transfer of holy Native American land to mining firm(The Guardian)

The Little-Known History Behind the People of Color Who Joined the Royal Family Long Before Meghan(Time)

Politicians should not ‘weaponise’ UK history, says colonialism researcher(Guardian)

The Historical Significance of Deb Haaland Becoming the First Native American Cabinet Secretary(Time)

This Is England: Ash Sarkar’s Alternative Race Report(DDN)

Behind the Enduring Relevance of the Suez Canal Is the Long Shadow of European Colonialism(The Wire)

These 5 Black women made history — and here’s why you should know their stories(Ideas TED)

FACTBOX: How big is the racial inequality gap in the U.S. and Britain?(Thomson Reuters Foundation News)

Significant archives are under threat in Cape Town’s fire. Why they matter so much(The Conversation)

The Death of George Floyd Reignited a Movement. What Happens Now?(New York Times)

UK failure to commemorate black and Asian war dead known ‘for years’(Guardian)

What it means to be English is changing – St George’s Day is the perfect opportunity to celebrate this(Independent)

Church to consider removing or altering slavery monuments(Guardian)

Black Americans spend more of the day being kept waiting(The Economist)

Sarah Akigbogun is uncovering the forgotten stories of female architects of color with XXAOC(Archinect)

It was once a KKK stronghold. Last year BLM came to town(The Economist)