Race issues
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Moonlight is a powerful affirmation for gay black men: we’re supposed to existThe whitewashed heterosexual culture I grew up in didn’t speak to me. But this film lays all the answers I needed in my childhood at my feet
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Moonlight's Mahershala Ali: anti-Islam prejudice 'not a shock' if you have grown up blackOscar-nominated Muslim actor reveals additional discrimination he has faced since converting to Islam in 1999
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We need to talk about sense and sensitivitySome publishers now employ ‘sensitivity readers’ to check books for potential offence – a step that can only have a chilling effect on creativity
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Are Soas students right to ‘decolonise’ their minds from western philosophers?Outraged headlines erupted when students launched a campaign to challenge the great western philosophers. We went to the source of dissent – London’s School of Oriental and African Studies – to investigate
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Trevor Phillips: political correctness ushered in the populist waveThe equality expert has taken flak for challenging ideals he used to champion
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Adele’s tribute to Beyoncé was a frank admission of privilege. I salute itSpeaking at the Grammys, the white, working-class Londoner shattered the taboo of race and class with a display of solidarity
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Stage is set for Brit awards to finally prove it is not 'so white'Organisers faced criticism in 2016 when no black artists were nominated but after a shakeup this year promises to be different
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How The Buddha of Suburbia let me in to a much wider worldI recognised Hanif Kureishi’s depiction of a young man’s uncertain cultural identity immediately, and it began to show me how to be at home everywhere
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Pope appears to back anti-Trump protests in letter condemning populismPontiff tells activists he supports their fight against ‘gutting of democracies’ in letter that appears to take aim at US president
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Donald Trump news conference: what was all that 'ranting and raving' about?Here’s a breakdown of the issues Trump meandered through in his exchange with reporters on Thursday on Russia, race politics and, of course, the media
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'Least racist person' Trump asks black reporter if black caucus are 'friends of yours'President tells journalist April Ryan to arrange him a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus after she asks about his ‘inner city’ policies
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PewDiePie angrily accuses media of 'out-of-context' reports on antisemitic videoThe YouTuber, who lost support from Walt Disney Company and Google for posts featuring neo-Nazi ‘jokes’, claimed Wall Street Journal was ‘scared’ of him
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Supreme court seeks new judges who will 'improve its diversity'Law society hopes court will better ‘reflect society’, as all of current panel are white and majority are privately educated men
Beyoncé, Bowie and political protest at a more diverse night for Brits