LONDON (AA) – The British monarchy should apologize for its connections to the transatlantic slave trade if it “truly cared about beginning to rectify its role,” says an anti-monarchy campaigning organization. The transatlantic slave trade, which is viewed as one of the darkest chapters in history, lasted for more than 400 ye...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A hunk of wood and metal bar sit in the center of a near pitch dark room in the basement of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, illuminated by the space’s few rays of light. On their face, they appear to be driftwood and scraps — items of little […]
VIENNA (AA) — At least 1,479 racist incidents were reported across Austria last year, according to a report released on Tuesday. More than half of racist incidents, 68%, took place on online forums, social media, and video platforms, according to the annual report by the Vienna-based rights group Civil Courage and Anti-Racism Work (ZARA). A [&...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Thousands of sub-Saharan African students in Tunisia are still fearful after a surge of racist attacks following comments by President Kais Saied against illegal immigration, and are seeking concrete steps to protect them. The violence erupted after Saied blamed “hordes of illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisia’s top diplomat sought to “reassure” sub-Saharan African migrants on Monday, in an interview with AFP days after comments by President Kais Saied drew accusations of racism. Last week, Saied called for “urgent measures” against “hordes” of sub-Saharan migrants, whom he accu...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisian President Kais Saied called Thursday for his government to take care of “legal” migrants from sub-Saharan Africa while doubling down on controversial remarks that illegal immigration was causing “demographic” change. “People who are legally in Tunisia should be reassured,” Saie...
ANKARA (AA) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) has called for law enforcement reform at all levels to stop dehumanization of Black people. The Council released a statement on Tuesday, saying that they welcomed the Memphis police department and local prosecutors’ relatively quick action to dismiss and charge the perpetrating...
ANKARA (AA) -The Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM), a neo-Nazi organization, is among those who have benefited from Sweden’s broad description of freedom of expression that makes the burning of Islamic religious scriptures “legal from a Swedish point of view.” Rasmus Paludan, an extremist Islamophobic Swedish-Danish politician...
NICE, France (AA) – A restaurant in Paris has been accused of segregating non-white guests from white ones, local media reported. The CoCo restaurant seated a young customer of Asian origin at a table on the upper floor, as shown by a video the customer made earlier this month and posted on TikTok. When the […]
GENEVA (AA) – The German Teachers’ Association head has called for quotas for students with an immigrant background in German schools. “We have an integration problem in Germany,” Heinz-Peter Meidinger told the German daily Bild. If integration is to be successful, “mandatory preschool support, nationwide language...
