Featured stories about Ethnicity & Race
Stories about Ethnicity & Race
21 September 2017
Equatoguinean Artist Carmen Bolena Explores Her History and Identity Through Her Drawings
"All of this discovery was restorative for my troubled conscience. It no longer hurts to recognize that I am black. I am and I say it bursting with pride."
18 September 2017
The Conflict in Eastern Ethiopia, Explained
The latest conflict in Ethiopia killed at least dozens of people and displaced thousands. The cause of the violence again was scarce water and land resources.
14 September 2017
The Indigenous Tharu People of Nepal Risk Losing Their Once-Mandatory Art of Tattooing
We don't take anything with us when we die, but I will take these tattoos. It is a gift of this life and this nature to take to my afterlife.
8 September 2017
The Endless Conflict That Plagues the Central African Republic
The signs of a foreseeable genocide are present everywhere at the moment with limited support available from the international community on the ground.
7 September 2017
Yes, Racism Among the US Latino Community Against African-Americans Does Exist
"Conversations have been going on for more than 50 years...This topic involves political, spiritual and cultural aspects."
5 September 2017
Mayan Muslims of Mexico Are Redefining Indigenous Identity
"Indigenous people are not merely empty shells for foreign ideologies to be planted on, but masters and directors of their own story."
A Hashtag Pokes Fun at the Shared Quirks Among Bangladeshis
"You can move an elephant/hippo/rhino with the horns of your car, but not me. #IAmBangladeshi"
31 August 2017
From Afro-Spanish Identity to De-colonial Studies in Anthropology
"Today I want to believe that we are in a different phase, with greater empowerment, visibility, and recognition of African descended populations, although there is still a lot of ignorance."
29 August 2017
Nigeria's President Surprises With a Speech Not About His Health, but About Ethnic Tensions
President Muhammadu Buhari finally returned after three months in the UK on medical vacation, and his first public address flagged online comments that "question[ed] our collective existence as a nation."
26 August 2017
Why I Don’t Identify With Feminism, Even When It's Intersectional
"In a space where my vitality is neither disrespected, ignored nor discarded, I, as a black woman, can thrive."
25 August 2017
Residents of Ethiopia's Oromia Region Strike to Demand Release of Political Prisoners
Normally crowded streets and shops were empty as Oromos stayed home from work.
16 August 2017
Indigenous Nepali Language With Only Two Fluent Speakers Sees Pages of Hope in Newly Launched Dictionary
Kusunda, a dying language of Nepal with only a few speakers, gets a new book containing the history and culture of the endangered tribe which will help save the language.
13 August 2017
Tata Genaro Ramírez: The Farmer Who Revived the Nawat Language in El Salvador
Genaro inspired a new generation of Náhuat teachers, he launched the enthusiasm for the documentation of the language, broke taboos, and made the language known in El Salvador.
China’s Taobao Faces Storm For Selling Personalised Messages Delivered by African Children
"Disgraceful! Taobao should put an end to these shops and investigate vendors for false advertising and malicious anti-black racism!"
8 August 2017
Afghanistan's Government Stood by as Militants Unleashed Hell on a Hazara Village
The capture of Mirzaolang by Taliban-led militants is the latest shocking brutality inflicted on the long-suffering ethnic group.
6 August 2017
A Retired Teacher and Granddaughter of Slaves Gives Her Personal Account of Racism in Modern Brazil
Diva Guimarães asked for the microphone during a literature festival and recounted her experience with how Brazil treats the black population. Video of her talk went viral.
4 August 2017
What Once Was the Main Slave Port in the Americas Is Now a World Heritage Site
The recognition forces Brazil to acknowledge a period of its history that it still struggles to fully confront.
2 August 2017
‘My Freedom Is Mine’ — Caribbean Netizens Discuss Emancipation Day
"I choose to question myself every day and put down other people's loads that are no longer mine to carry. That is my freedom. What is yours?"
1 August 2017
Ethiopia’s Anti-Graft Campaign is Rife with Ethnic Tensions
"There are practically no non-corrupt officials. Those arrested are corrupt, and most of the top officials who are leading the anti-corruption campaigns are also corrupt."
25 July 2017
The Case of Fabiola Antiqueo and Police Violence in Chile
"The current system and the impunity that it protects, is one of the most visible legacies of the dictatorship in Chile"
