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India: Confronting Global Racism

Lalatendu Das - January 16, 2022. Published in The Statesman

The conservative populists want to fight against any challenge to the erosion of white rights.

Russia: The US Has Lost Its Greatness

Robin Koerner - September 2, 2021. Published in Moskovskii Komsomolets

Within America and around the world there is a growing opinion that the power and greatness of the United States can be spoken of only in the past tense, and long ago at that.

Canada: The Storming of the US Capitol Wasn’t about White Supremacy, Whatever Canadian Pundits Say

Rejeanne Lacroix - January 8, 2021. Published in National Post

Cambodia : ‘Black Lives Matter’ Alienates the Audience It Should Influence

Robin Koerner - August 13, 2020. Published in Khmer Times

Despite the access to technology and wealth of information we have, people still judge on face value and the bottom line is, BLM hasn’t purported inclusivity.

France: ‘White Privilege’ Is a Problematic Notion in the Fight against Racism

Robin Koerner - July 20, 2020. Published in Le Nouvel Observateur

The notion of “white privilege” therefore sets up a false symmetry: The inferiorization of one part of the population is genuinely a major scandal, but it does not automatically result in the superiority of the other part.

Nigeria: Trump as the Epitome of White Privilege

Lalatendu Das - June 21, 2020. Published in The Guardian

The raison d’etre for Trump and many of his key supporters is “domination” of Black and Brown America.

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