britain
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Monument of British Slave Trader Replaced With Statue of Black Lives Matter Protester
Last month, as global protests were held against systemic racism and police brutality, one of the side effects was folks re-evaluating the casual monuments of racism that exist within their communities. While efforts to remove Confederate monuments have been raging for years, the fight to remove these racist statues is not limited to just America.…
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Britain’s Trade Minister Will Apologize to Ivanka Trump for Leaked Memo Calling the White House ‘Dysfunctional,’ and I’m Confused
Alright, so boom. Some dude from Britain is apparently coming to Washington, D.C., or calling the White House to apologize to the president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, after some memos were leaked claiming that the Trump administration is “dysfunctional” and “inept.” Here’s how the Hill explains it: The memos from British Ambassador to the U.S. Kim Darroch,…
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John Ridley Erased Black Women in His Series Guerrilla Because of His Interracial Relationship
John Ridley’s upcoming Showtime series, Guerrilla, starring Idris Elba, Freida Pinto and Babou Ceesay, is supposed to be about black women during Britain’s black power movement who attempt to free a political prisoner. But at the center of the story is a character played by Pinto, a woman who is not black. During a recent Q&A…
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UK Votes to Leave the European Union
The United Kingdom will no longer remain in the European Union, voting 51.9 percent to 48.1 percent in favor of the “Brexit” referendum. Prime Minister David Cameron announced, shortly after the decision became clear, that he will not remain in office and will step down by October. “I do not think it would be right…