Alongside their role as 'child brothels', these residential schools were also a land grabbing, genocidal mechanism to destroy Indigenous nations, as Estes writes about here..
https://t.co/e9xvznJsyd
Nick Estes: 'My relative calls St Joseph’s “a smorgasbord” for pedophiles and rapists who preyed on and terrorized Native children.. He describes beatings and nights of terror as priests took their pick of the children as they slept'
https://t.co/onfMbvjhXa
i'm at a bit of a loss because although the anti-trans hatred in the media seems quite bad this week, it has seemed quite bad almost every week for the two years i've worked in lgbt+ media. what is missing, as always, are articles written by trans writers. here are some:
Full conference programme for #IR43 now available: https://t.co/k0vpsoqob5
Registration remains open: https://t.co/Tzq75kBpMF
Conference is online only and free to attend, theme is "Religion, Race and Representation."
Keynote by @IChatterjea and workshop by @malorynye
Reminder: the registration for the 43rd Implicit Religion conference remains open: https://t.co/Tzq75kBpMF
Papers on BLM, Islamaphobia, Critical Race Theory, Race and Racism in Medieval Christianity, Food, National Dress & more.
Keynote by @IChatterjea, workshop by @malorynye
I don’t think the role of racism in British electoral politics can be understated.
The Labour Party needs to find a way to materially challenge racist discourse or it will continue to decline.
Labour needs to change the discourse instead of constantly stepping towards it.
I was honoured to be invited to #StephenLawrence's extraordinary & poignant memorial service in 2018. And while Stephen's racist murder has brought about *some* much needed change, I still think about Doreen Lawrence's words in a BBC documentary about her son's death #GeorgeFloyd
Today is the third National #StephenLawrence Day – a day commemorating Stephen Lawrence who was killed in an unprovoked racist attack in South London.
13 September 1974 - 22 April 1993 -
Rest in Peace ❤️🙏🏾
#stephenlawrenceday
Registration details: https://t.co/Tzq75kBpMF
43rd Implicit Religion Conference, 21-23rd May. Online and free, register for access code.
Theme: Race, Religion & Representation
Keynote by @IChatterjea of @SORAAADWorkshop
Workshop on decolonising the curriculum by @malorynye