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Banking on It

December 26, 2018 Longrider 6

A female governor. The Treasury needs to work harder to find a woman to succeed Mark Carney as governor of the Bank of England, according to two […]

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Iz it Cos I iz Black?

November 5, 2018 Longrider 8

Played at their own game. It has emerged that an artistic director at one of the UK’s few black-led theatres has been masquerading as black. […]

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And the Solution?

September 29, 2018 Longrider 10

Okay, so someone is racist… Sinakhone Keodara reached his breaking point last July. Loading up Grindr, the gay dating app that presents users with potential mates […]

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Whut?

August 13, 2018 Longrider 8

Jeebus. Privately, I have been asked what gives me the right to tell this story. With the book newly out, I expect to have to […]

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Not Black Enough

August 4, 2018 Longrider 7

Seriously, the world is going mad. Apparently, the actress for a film of a book is being criticised because her skin isn’t dark enough. Yes, […]

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If

July 18, 2018 Longrider 14

Apparently, Kipling’s “If” is offensive. Students’ union representatives have painted over a famous Rudyard Kipling poem at the University of Manchester in a protest against “racist” and “imperialistic” literature. […]

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Oh! I Can Answer That!

June 29, 2018 Longrider 11

Zulu is racist… But some people see things differently. Almost unbelievably, this week it emerged that more than two dozen signed an open letter to […]