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Models of color around the world
Kiara Kabukuru above Anne Fiona below Enyelisa de la Rose Lais Ribeiro Cici Ali shanina shaik Jessica Strother Senait Gidey Jourdan Dunn Model Brenda M. Joan Smalls Raquel Pinto Yasmin Warsame lais ribeiro Cindy Bruna grace mahary Brianna […]
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Micaela Reis
Angolan and Portuguese ancestry http://youtu.be/tSKXJWQ-bp4 the beauty pageant titleholder who was a Top 10 finalist at Miss Universe 2007 and placed first runner-up to Miss World 2007, becoming Miss World Africa. She was the highest placed Miss Angola at both Miss Universe and Miss Worldbefore the win of Leila Lopes in Miss Universe 2011 She was also named Miss World Continental Queen of Africa. […]
Read MoreAddicted To Beauty
And now – the ultimate western extravagance; cosmetic surgery, is taking hold. It is the latest teenage craze on the streets of Tehran, the post nose-op plaster. A crackdown on western influences in fashion may make you think Iran is an unlikely hotspot for cosmetic surgery. Record numbers of people are going under the knife […]
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Protest in South America
A black youth is murdered in Brazil every 23 minutes. In toto, 77% of murder victims in Brazil are black and 93% of the time, they are men. Brazil has the second largest population of black people outside of Africa. South American Chilean protesters offered advice on protection from the police to the American BLM […]
Read MoreProtest in North America
According to the New York Times, at least 120 American cities participated in the BLM movement. Even small towns with Klan histories became sites of protest too. Adding to the BLM protests are Calgary, Canada; Fredericton, Canada; Halifax, Canada; Moncton, Canada; Montreal, Canada; Ottawa, Canada; Peterborough, Canada; Saskatoon, Canada; Toronto, Canada; Vancouver, Canada; Hamilton, Bermuda; […]
Read MoreProtest in the Middle East
These two Syrian artists painted the mural to memorialize Floyd “to call for peace and love” worldwide. Lebanese protesters offered advice on protection from the police to the American BLM movement. A list of Countries that protested: Mashhad, Iran; A group of university students in Tehran, Iran, held a George Floyd demonstration to show support […]
Read MoreProtest in Asia
A list of countries protesting: Hong Kong activists are standing by to offer guidance from afar. Demonstrators on the front lines in Seattle this week were seen using umbrellas, which were so widely used as shields against Hong Kong police’s tear gas and pepper spray in 2014 that they became a defining symbol of the […]
Read MoreProtest in Africa
The African Union Condemns the killing of George Floyd. Countries in Africa where protests were held recently. Accra, Ghana; Nairobi, Kenya; Monrovia, Liberia; Abuja, Nigeria; Lagos, Nigeria; Cap town, South Africa; Pretoria, South Africa; Pretoria, South Africa; Tunis, Tunisia. Some of them peacefully marched to the U.S. Embassies. There were tweets from Uganda, Tanzania, and […]
Read MoreBLM: Protesting around the world
Cities (outside the US) where protests have been held:Buenos Aires, Argentina; Perth, Australia; Sydney, Australia; Brussels, Belgium; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Calgary, Canada; Fredericton, Canada; Halifax, Canada; Moncton, Canada; Montreal, Canada; Ottawa, Canada; Peterborough, Canada; Saskatoon, Canada; Toronto, Canada; Vancouver, Canada; Copenhagen, Denmark; Bordeaux, France; Paris, France; Berlin, Germany; Munich, Germany; Athens, Greece; Thessaloniki, Greece; […]
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Department of Justice Proposes Limiting Internet Companies’ Protections
The Justice Department proposed a rollback of legal protections that online platforms have enjoyed for more than two decades, in an effort to make tech companies more responsible in how they police their content. The department’s changes, unveiled Wednesday, are designed to spur online platforms to be more aggressive in addressing illicit and harmful conduct […]
Read MoreStatues of Christopher Columbus being vandalized across America
One Statue was thrown into a lake, one beheaded, and another pulled to the ground. Boston, Massachusetts, saint paul, Minnesota; San Francisco, California; Richmond, Virginia, Houston, Texas, and Miami, Florida are just a few places Christopher Columbus statues were vandalized. Some demonstrators have said they targeted Columbus statues to stand in solidarity with Indigenous people. In recent […]
Read MoreAl Sharpton Demands Colin Kaepernick Be Re-Hired
Rev. Al Sharpton said at George Floyd’s funeral that the NFL needs to get Colin Kaepernick back in the NFL. “Well, don’t apologize — give Colin Kaepernick a job back,” Sharpton said. His remarks were met with loud applause from the congregation. “Don’t come with some empty apology. Take a man’s livelihood. Strip a man […]
Read MoreMemorial service for George Floyd in Ghana, West Africa
The president of Ghana requested that Mr. Floyd’s name be permanently mounted on the wall of the Diasporan African Forum at the W.E.B. Du Bois Centre in Ghana’s capital, Accra. President Akufo-Addo declared 2019 the Year of Return, with a special invitation to all Africans in the diaspora, especially the descendants of slaves, to come […]
Read MoreBLM: Caribbean/West Indies Protest
Protesting Locations: Port au Prince, Haiti; The protesters marched with banners, demanding justice for George Floyd while demonstrating for better working conditions. Two journalists were reportedly injured in clashes. Kingston, Jamaica: held a protest in front of the U.S. Embassy. Hamilton, Bermuda: 7,000 protesters took a knee on June 7th. It was the largest gathering the […]
Read MoreThe President of Ghana
Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and former presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John Dramani Mahama have condemned the act. The minister for Tourism Arts and Culture Barbara Oteng-Gyasi said the situation in the United States was so serious that it was not limited to only African Americans, but also visiting Africans. Formerly known as […]
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