Blonde-haired, blue-eyed white people from Ukraine were celebrated for making home-made Molotov cocktails to defend their land, but the brown Arab Muslim, the Iranian, the Afghan, is far too “uncivilised” to have the right to resist. Their resistance is “barbaric” because it comes from an inherently “violent” culture.
The selective application of international law and one’s right to defend themselves from illegal occupation and colonial violence has been revealed to be a complete contradiction in the west, and is no doubt infuriating.
But we need to also understand how these “resistance” narratives are processed in communities.
These narratives do not stay on our screens. They shape how entire communities see themselves.
When Indigenous, Black, and other racialised peoples repeatedly see their histories, struggles, cultures, and resistance framed as dangerous, irrational, or inherently violent, many begin to internalise those messages.
Some distance themselves from their own identities in search of safety, acceptance, or legitimacy.
Others carry a deep, unspoken rage born from exclusion, dispossession, and the constant demand to prove their humanity.
When people are disconnected from their roots, denied dignity, and taught to be ashamed of where they come from, they will still search for belonging. It’s a basic human need to feel a sense of community.
The question is whether we create spaces that nurture healing, identity, and justice, or leave them vulnerable to finding belonging in places that exploit their pain.
GW1 Wrapped up. Not a bad start. Gonna be interesting few game weeks ahead. But I’m fully confident of this team. So might as well roll the transfer. #FPL
@itsme_urstruly My mum always tells me to use fresh coriander when cooking meat or fish. Takes away all the raw smell from meat and fish. And never use ginger with fish. It breaks down the fish into small pieces.
Salah is a family man, prays, doesn‘t cheat, doesn’t go clubbing, doesn‘t (sexuaIIy) assault women, is like the only famous Muslim footballer who speaks up for Muslims/humanity such as the Palestinian cause but gets insulted most by Muslims because he said Merry Christmas 🤣
Ahhh the rush that Nunez gave in this match. Only matched by Allisons header against West Brom. Adios Hermanos! Will hold a special place in our hearts. #YNWA
Israel is starving all of Gaza and there isn’t even a whisper from the media. If you refuse to report crimes against humanity, you are complicit in them.
To clarify:
"Death to the IDF" does not mean "Death to Jews".
Anyone who says it's the same thing is smearing all Jews as mass-murdering psychopaths.
There's a word for people like that: antisemites.
Trent: “I knew for a long time that I would only leave Liverpool for Real Madrid. No one else”
Mo Salah: “I can’t see myself ever play against Liverpool. That would make me sad.”
One is a scouser, another from Egypt.🥀❤️