Kenan Malik

New book: Not So Black and White (Hurst). “Unsettles the pieties of contemporary race-talk” - Paul Gilroy. “A magical accomplishment” - Remi Adekoya.

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

“Foreignness is being asked to do more than describe legal status. Legal status may affect legal consequences. But why should it alter the moral weight of the act?” Anye-Nkwenti Nyamnjoh in
@africasacountry
https://t.co/cHhmbFbUrL

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

Being obnoxious, even hoping that someone had died painfully, is not, or should not be, a crime

https://t.co/4pUb3IaHij

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

@MichaelRosenYes In this game, England were the better team until they scored, and then decided to display their imposter syndrome

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

Wouldn't it be good to have an England manager that had faith in the team rather than deciding simply to park the bus once England take the lead...

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

“South Africa reveals in the starkest form what happens when the anger created by the betrayal of working-class hopes is exploited by sections of the elite to deflect from their own role in that betrayal.” My @ObserverUK column: https://t.co/Kv6tZtWFjM

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

Sunday photo
Khayelitsha township, Cape Town

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

Sunday photo

Rainbow over Aberdovey

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

Sunday photo

Sun, storm clouds and the London skyline in silhouette (taken from Shooters Hill)

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

“South Africa reveals in the starkest form what happens when the anger created by the betrayal of working-class hopes is exploited by sections of the elite to deflect from their own role in that betrayal.” My @ObserverUK column: https://t.co/Kv6tZtWFjM

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

I guess some people are so trapped by racial thinking that they find it impossible to imagine that there are people for whom a footballer’s skin colour is irrelevant.

[sherrif Corey @CoreySherrif]

@kenanmalik @ObserverUK In other words you prefer a team with as few as possible white players
You must be conflicted over England

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

When even Sepp Blatter thinks he is able to take the moral high ground...

[Joseph S Blatter @SeppBlatter]

Red cards are not overturned by political phone calls. They are overturned by rules, evidence and independent bodies. If a U.S. President intervenes with the FIFA President — and a player is suddenly cleared before a World Cup knockout match — the question is unavoidable: Quo vadis, FIFA?

Football must never become a playground for political power. #FIFA #WorldCup #GianniInfantino #DonaldTrump

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

“Much of this debate reflects a yearning for simple notions of belonging. Identities, though, are always messy, elastic and contradictory, because human societies and relationships are, too.” My @ObserverUK column: https://t.co/A814Rre0pl

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

Well, that was worth staying up for
#MEXENG

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

I guess one of the privileges of being the first recipient of the Fifa Peace Prize is being able to decide who gets a red card on the pitch.

[Ben Jacobs @JacobsBen]

🚨 Exclusive: The White House made a direct call to FIFA to ask Gianni Infantino to review Folarin Balogun’s red card.

FIFA approached for comment and referred to the findings of its independent committee.

FIFA sources insist White House influence could not affect the decision due to the powers contained in Article 27 and the independent nature of the disciplinary panel.

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

@TychyWordpress @ObserverUK Yes, I reread it not so long ago. Well worth the reread.

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

“Much of this debate reflects a yearning for simple notions of belonging. Identities, though, are always messy, elastic and contradictory, because human societies and relationships are, too.” My @ObserverUK column: https://t.co/A814Rre0pl

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

@arash_tehran Thank you

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

Thank you

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be…

The land that never has been yet -
And yet must be…

Langston Hughes

https://t.co/2pJLxyV6WU

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

Happy 4th July @ 250

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits. https://t.co/RqBi4UDJAY