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Wat opvalt aan de berichtgeving is dat die bol staat van onjuistheden, verkeerde terminologie en negatieve framing. Zo hebben de NOS en EenVandaag het over “uitgeprocedeerden” terwijl WAH-woordvoerder Khalid Jone in beide items toelicht dat 108 WAH-leden inmiddels een verblijfsvergunning hebben gekregen. De meeste andere WAH-leden zitten nog in hun herhaalde asielprocedure. Dat ze na een eerste afwijzing van hun
Verder lezen Reageren?Apparently, some animals in Burma had a particular loathing for White people. According to the Fitz William Pollok and W. S. Thom’s 1900 guide to wild sports, buffaloes were especially ill-disposed to White skin. Informing would-be imperial hunters of the animal’s general ferocity, they warned that, “Even the tame cow, that will allow itself to be driven about and thrashed
Verder lezen Reageren?The project includes one of the most popular trends in social science right now, “intersectionality”. While intersectionality is usually used to explain how political, cultural, gender, and other identities intersect to offer diverse perspectives, Wels’ team wants to add species to the framework. He specifically uses the examples of the colonial plundering of Africa’s environment and the global outcry surrounding
Verder lezen Reageren?Sex workers are running out of safe online spaces. Craigslist is no longer displaying personal ads. The controversial classifieds site Backpage, which many escorts used to screen clients, has been seized by the FBI. Adult content is disappearing off Google Drive, and many sex workers say they’re being forced off social media. With the news that President Trump has signed
Verder lezen 1 ReactieTrump signed an executive order Monday directing federal agencies to promote employment for those on public assistance. The president called for enforcing work requirements that are already in the law and reviewing all waivers and exemptions to such mandates. Also, the executive order asked agencies to consider adding work requirements to government aid programs that lack them. “The federal government
Verder lezen Reageren?A judge on Thursday sentenced an Alabama teenager to 65 years in prison for a series of crimes, including murder, even though a police officer was the one who actually killed the victim. Lakeith Smith, now 18, was convicted under the state’s accomplice liability law in March. Based on that law, a person can be convicted of felony murder if
Verder lezen Reageren?The Dutch Golden Age stood out as a period when the seven united provinces commanded the unparalleled ability to mobilize labor and project violence across the world. In the history of the Atlantic World this period can be characterized as its “Dutch moment”. For a few decades The Netherlands were a crucial factor in the military and economic balance of
Verder lezen Reageren?Van alle vragen was dit de meest pijnlijke en onverwachte: “Waarom koos je ervoor om homoseksueel te zijn?” Toen de tolk deze vraag in het Arabisch vertaalde, was ik totaal in shock en sprakeloos. Ik had nooit over mijn homoseksualiteit gedacht als een keuze. Ik was erop gestuit zoals ik in mijn puberteit merkte dat ik baardgroei kreeg, en had
Verder lezen Reageren?Pas later zou Paul Erasmus getuigen dat Richardson een agent was van het apartheidsregime en dat hij Stompie wellicht vermoord heeft omdat de jongen meer wist over zijn dubbelleven. Voor Stratcom was de moordzaak puur goud. De campagne om Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s naam te besmeuren was toen al op stoom gekomen. Hoewel ze zelf de eerste domino omstootte die zou leiden
Verder lezen 1 ReactieLeading public scientific institutions in imperial Britain, such as the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and the British Museum, as well as ethnographic displays of “exotic” humans, relied on a global network of colonial collectors and go-betweens. By 1857, the East India Company’s London zoological museum boasted insect specimens from across the colonial world, including from Ceylon, India, Java and
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