Anti-Racism
France’s Islamophobia and its roots in French colonialism
France’s Islamophobia and its roots in French colonialism
The Australian who carried out the terrorist attack in Christchurch was influenced by French Islamophobes, but just how far back does the country’s antipathy towards Islam go?
More than two weeks have passed since the terrorist attack in New Zealand, which killed at least 51 people, and topics such as white supremacy and Islamophobia have found themselves in the media limelight.
Acts of terror are committed by individuals actings under a range of influences but in the weeks following the attacks, it has become clear the attacker drew inspiration from the European far-right, particularly the Identitarian movement, and the ideas of French far-right author, Renaud Camus.
Christchurch terror attacks: Victim’s family say community needs to root out racism and hate
Christchurch terror attacks: Victim’s family say community needs to root out racism and hate
They say the tragedy has given Muslim New Zealanders a voice – a platform they did not have before.
After dealing with the initial shock and grief at losing his father, Moustafa now wonders how to prevent it happening again.
“[The shooter] wanted us to turn on each other. He has failed.”
Government changes in hate speech policies and gun laws were a good start, he said.
“But I feel like these things will only tackle the symptoms of the issue. We really need to get to the root of the problem.
MAN CHARGED FOR POSTING PLANS ON FACEBOOK TO KILL JEWS IN MASS SHOOTING
More than a week later he posted to the same account: “We can’t vote away what our fathers tried to, we must spill blood.”
A Washington state man was charged with two felonies for posting plans on Facebook to commit a mass shooting against Jewish targets and selfies of Nazi salutes.
Dakota Reed, 20, was arrested in December, weeks after the Anti-Defamation League tipped off the FBI about social media posts threatening to kill Jews praying in a synagogue or kids in school, the Washington-based Herald.net reported. He was not charged with a hate crime.
Reed appears to have kept up seven separate Facebook accounts under variations of the same name for his hateful messages.
“I’m shooting for 30 Jews,” read a post from Nov. 11. “No pun needed. Long ways away anyways. See you Goys.”
More than a week later he posted to the same account: “We can’t vote away what our fathers tried to, we must spill blood.”
Reed also claimed to be a member of the Ku Klux Klan and said he wanted to emulate Dylan Roof, the white supremacist who killed nine worshippers in a South Carolina church in 2015.
Using a cartoon, he illustrated in another post that he needed guns to kill (((rats))). The echo symbol is a reference to Jews.
Reed has been out of jail on $50,000 bond since December.
Snohomish County prosecutors charged him last week with two counts of threats to bomb or injure property. A hate crime charge can be added. Reed has been out of jail on $50,000 bond since December. Snohomish County prosecutors charged him last week with two counts of threats to bomb or injure property. A hate crime charge can be added.Reed has been out of jail on $50,000 bond since December.
It is “unacceptable that people who have said things that are clearly antisemitic” and remain within the party, Khan said.
The British Labour Party must act against antisemitism, and expel antisemitic members, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said according to the Irish Examiner. This was shortly after the Jewish Labour Movement voted “overwhelmingly,” that it had no faith in Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership.
It is “unacceptable that people who have said things that are clearly antisemitic” and remain within the party, Khan said according to the report.
On Sunday, The Jewish Labour Movement passed the motion of no confidence because of Corbyn’s handling of antisemitism complaints.
“The Labour leadership have allowed a culture of antisemitism, obfuscation and denial to take hold of the Party,” the group tweeted in early March.
Corbyn, a veteran campaigner for Palestinian rights and a critic of the Israeli government, has long been accused of failing to tackle antisemitism in the Labour Party.
A group of Kiwi business leaders have called for a more inclusive country following the Christchurch mosque attacks
A group of Kiwi business leaders have called for a more inclusive country following the Christchurch mosque attacks
A group of New Zealand’s top business leaders have come together to take a public stand against racism in the workplace
The leaders have published an open letter calling for a more inclusive country following the Christchurch mosque attacks on 15 March.Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt said he applauds the leaders who have signed the open letter for speaking out and “giving nothing to racism t’s up to all of us to stand up to racism. Our employers have a crucial role in making sure workplaces are safe and inclusive environments free from discrimination in all forms said Hunt.The message these business leaders are send is an important one. Tackling racism requires all of us to step up. These business leaders promise to be champions of change in our community Two years ago, the Human Rights Commission launched it’s Give Nothing To Racism campaign The campaign asked Kiwis to acknowledge that racism and prejudice starts small and it needs their support to survive.
NBA’s Kyle Korver writes on his struggle with white privilege and calls for denouncing racism ‘at every level’
NBA’s Kyle Korver writes on his struggle with white privilege and calls for denouncing racism ‘at every level’
NBA player Kyle Korver revealed Monday in an intensely personal essay that he has struggled with the privilege he’s been granted as a white man, and he tasked himself with becoming a “part of the solution” against racism.
“I know that, as a white man, I have to hold my fellow white men accountable,” Korver, a guard for the Utah Jazz, wrote in his article titled “Privileged” in The Players’ Tribune.
Korver described two incidents involving black players in the NBA that made him reflect on racism and his own privilege.
NBA player Kyle Korver revealed Monday in an intensely personal essay that he has struggled with the privilege he’s been granted as a white man, and he tasked himself with becoming a “part of the solution” against racism. “I know that, as a white man, I have to hold my fellow white men accountable,” Korver, a guard for the Utah Jazz, wrote in his article titled “Privileged” in The Players’ Tribune. Korver described two incidents involving black players in the NBA that made him reflect on racism and his own privilege.
Race & kids: how students respond to racism & a strategic plan for equity
Race & kids: how students respond to racism & a strategic plan for equity
A racist sign shared between two white students at an Issaquah high school left many reevaluating the role racism plays in schools, especially for minority students.
Rena Mateja Walker Burr, a Cleveland High School student and member of the NAACP Youth Coalition, Sebrena Burr, former President of the Seattle Council PTSA, and Marlon Brown from Racial Equity Consultants talk about what it’s like navigating the school systems for parents and students of color, and how students are making their voices heard.
Natasha Thahane on life in America: I experienced racism when people found out I was from Africa
Natasha Thahane on life in America: I experienced racism when people found out I was from Africa
Natasha Thahane on life in America: I experienced racism when people found out I was from Africa
Young actress Natasha Thahane left her job on The Queen to follow her academic ambitions to study directing and producing in New York but that part of her life, while it looked glamorous on Insta, wasn’t always great.
Many times it was because of the racism she faced.
Speaking to Drum, Natasha said that, in addition to being humbled by the lifestyle she had to live that side, it wasn’t pleasant to be a victim of “in your face” racism.
“It wasn’t long before I started experiencing racism when people found out I was from Africa. They made comments about my hair, the way I looked. One lady even moved when I came to sit next to her on the subway.”
Calgary Muslims unite to launch anti-racism task force
Calgary Muslims unite to launch anti-racism task force
Organizers say the Calgarians Against Racism, Violence and Hate (CARVH) task force, established by the Muslim Council of Calgary is being driven by incidents like the New Zealand mosque terror attack and a changing political climate in Canada They also point to Quebec’s controversial Bill 21 which would ban public employees from wearing symbols of faith, like hijabs, headscarves and turbans.A changing climate across the country and around the world have shaken Calgary’s Muslim community into action with what organisers call a heightened level of urgencyTo be honest I’ve never walked into the Masjid (Mosque) and felt so scared like I do now said Suzan Najmeddine with the Calgary Islamic Centre When I get a call now I think ‘there’s a shooter It’s terrible to think we can’t just go to our Mosques and pray said Najmeddine People mistake our worshipThe forming of the task force has brought together Muslims in Calgary from different organisations and sects, which organisers say was no small feat.
BDS promoter sentenced to 6 months in prison for racist rant on flight
BDS promoter sentenced to 6 months in prison for racist rant on flight
Simone O’Broin was filmed on the flight last November threatening to organize a boycott against Air India unless flight attendants served her more wine.
A British activist promoting boycotts against Israel was sentenced to six months in jail for her drunken racist tirade on an Air India flight Simone O’Broin was filmed on the flight last November threatening to organize a boycott against Air India unless flight attendants served her more wine on the flight, that ended with her arrestShe pleaded guilty to assault and being drunk on an aircraft at her trial last month at Uxbridge Magistrates Court, the London based Jewish Chronicle reported O’Broin, who worked as a head researcher for the anti-Israel Badil organization as late as 2011 was filmed by fellow passengers telling flight attendants that she is a leader of the f***ing boycott movement clapping in the air in front of a crew member. She added If I say boycott f***ing Air India, done. Do you understand me? You can’t give me a wee bottle of wine Do you treat business class passengers like that? Who are international criminal lawyers for the Palestinian people.