Black people discussing how to be in charge of studying Black issues
My name is Marvin Hokstam By training I am a journalist, but I have transited to educations since relocating from the Caribbean to the Netherlands 11 years ago. I am a non-conformist; I have been using my journalism for activism. And A few years ago I
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Heeeeeeeel hoog in de Zwitserse Alpen waar je alleen komt als je durft tweemaal een kabelbaan te rijden.4 of 5 bergen dus omhoog vanwaar ik m’n auto geparkeerd heb. Als ik uiststap slaat een koude bries me om m’n oren. De wereld aan mijn voeten. Letterlijk
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Y’all probably don’t know, but I got scars on my dick Real talk My dad was a firefighter and he always parked work shit at our house. Cool ass trucks and cars, fire fighter gear and once even a metal slab that they washed dead bodies
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My 9yo son interrupted his mother when she spoke about kings day. He saw me getting irritated as she was teasing me that he was my king too. “I don’t have a king! Nobody can be my king!” I grumbled. My son jumped in “Mom, I’m
Read MoreWhat’s there to rethink?
The name of the conference in Dublin was “Re-thinking anti-racism Practice in Adult Education” and from the getgo I wondered what we would be rethinking? Why would I rethink anything that has to do with racism? What’s there to rethink? Then I walked into the intro-session
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Curacaolanean security guard is adamantly friendly: “Take off your jacket, your belt and your shoes” “My shoes as well?” “Yes sir. You’re wearing boots, so those have to come off” Shrugs Takes me four minutes to unlace my boots and off they go into the scanner
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My Nigerian barber stopped cold mid-cut, to admire a girl who was walking out of the barbershop. I had seen her in the mirror, sitting behind me with her boyfriend. He was speaking to her incessantly, but she was looking around at the other men in
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