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Deborah Gabriel is a journalist, author and lecturer with a keen interest in social justice and equality.  She is the  editor of People with Voices, a social enterprise that provides both an online publication and free journalism training for groups under-represented in the mainstream media. Read more
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Where did colourism originate from? Why do people bleach their skin? Where does the desire to be lighter and whiter originate from? Order a copy of 'Layers Of Blackness' today to learn the answers to these probing questions. Read more
Liberia needs Ellen Johnson Sirleaf not another male dictator
09-Jul-2009

So the knives are out for President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, wielded by her bitter rivals who are attempting to unseat the popular leader and to stop her from standing for re-election in 2011. I hope they do not succeed. Read Full Story

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Labour late in coming clean over migrant housing
07-Jul-2009

The Labour government has left it a bit late to come clean over the fact that new migrants to the UK do not jump the housing queue – a myth that has contributed towards a great deal of unwarranted hostility and which has helped fuel division within society. Read Full Story

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Michael Jackson's amazing legacy
26-Jun-2009

As a child of the sixties era, like my older brother and sisters I was an ardent fan of the Jackson Five when they burst onto the music scene in 1968. We never missed an episode of the TV show The Jacksons and loved to hate their arch rivals The Osmonds. Read Full Story

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Women outperform men in HE but who wins in the pay stakes?
11-Jun-2009

A new report by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) shows that women enter higher education (HE) in greater numbers than men and get better grades but in reality white British men are still ahead in the pay stakes.
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Martin is the scapegoat for a flawed political system
24-May-2009

When banks began collapsing and the world entered an economic crisis, I was secretly pleased. I was glad that the flaws in a system fuelled by incessant greed had finally been exposed. Read Full Story

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Neo colonialism lies at the heart of World Conference against Racism boycott
21-Apr-2009

It is both ironic and tragic that many of the western countries who participated in the enslavement and colonization of African peoples, which at the 2001 World Conference Against Racism was designated a crime against humanity, which has left a legacy of racism, are the very ones who have boycotted and walked out of Durban II. Read Full Story

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My admiration and respect for whistleblower Iris Josiah
10-Apr-2009

I am full of admiration and respect for Iris Josiah, a whistle blower who put her neck on the line by speaking out against injustice in our so-called system of criminal justice in the UK. The black magistrate chose to speak out against racism in the sentencing of black defendants and for her integrity was ostracised and passed over for promotion. Read Full Story

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