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“You can’t role hard with President Trump for a year and then come back to the neighborhood like ‘Hey, that was really weird right?” – Trevor Noah Omarosa Manigault Newman was the only African-American female working in the White House, and there has been some controversy about her departure. According to April Ryan – a […]

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Though it is something that has regained renewed fervor with the pushing of hijabi models like the gorgeous Halima Aden taking the fashion world by storm, and the banning of the niqab and other Muslim dress in Canada, the subject of the hijab and Muslim women has always been a hot topic—the barometer by which […]

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CNN recently released footage of young men from sub-Saharan Africa being auctioned off like cattle into slave markets. This has been an ongoing issue for years (since the early 2000’s), and unfortunately isn’t a unique issue, despite how infuriating and senseless it is. But what’s even more infuriating is that the International Organization for Migration […]

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Racism is everywhere, it is a pervasive system and culture that permeates every single country on this earth. Whilst daily headlines may make it appear that racism is exceptional to certain countries- especially as some countries have a more coloured history involving colonialism, laws that actively practise racism etc. do not be fooled, racism is everywhere. When I read about a Norwegian singer Sophie Elise and the reactions received to the music video for her debut single “All Your Friends” in summer, I was saddened but not surprised.

$257, 434, 250. That’s how much Jordan Peele’s film Get Out grossed at the Worldwide Box Office. 200 million dollars, with only a 4.5 million budget.   If you aren’t familiar with Jordan Peele’s film (seriously?) it can be best described as a social thriller, heavily touching on racial themes of America’s consistent infatuation with […]

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City Hall. Central London. Dressed in an Alexander McQueen powersuit, Naomi Campbell met Sadiq Khan for the first New Vogue discussion interview. A momentous occasion with two, iconic British Citizens, yet, I was sceptical. Sceptical that the new British Vogue interview would be yet another bland, boring fashion video. However, I was greatly surprised after […]

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