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· December, 2010

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Stories about Ethnicity & Race from December, 2010

Jamaica: Kartel & Cake Soap

“I never understood Bleaching, I can't understand how this is an actual phenomena in the same place that gave birth to Marcus Garvey”: The Phoenix in a Gas House explains.

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco
15 December 2010

Azerbaijan: Hospitality vs. privacy

Aaron in Azerbaijan [Eng] shares his thoughts on the local practices and traditions relating to hospitality in Azerbaijan, comparing them to those found in the West. The blog notes how...

Written by Aygun Janmammadova
15 December 2010

Armenia: Facebook Storytelling

Writing for Ararat Magazine, Global Voices author Simon Maghakyan says that that one Facebook Group is attempting to use the popular social networking site to teach children Armenian history. The...

Written by Onnik Krikorian
14 December 2010

Armenia: Smoking the Pipe of Peace

Ararat Magazine features a post by Global Voices’ Caucasus editor on Calumet, an ethnic lounge bar in Yerevan, the Armenian capital. Offering a laid back environment for local civic activists,...

Written by Onnik Krikorian
14 December 2010

Armenia: Police target Emos

Although understood to be a fairly conservative and traditional country, reports that police in Armenia were targeting Emos, a stereotypically melancholic sub-culture associated especially with teenagers, caused alarm and outrage among bloggers and Facebook users.

Written by Onnik Krikorian
12 December 2010

Azerbaijan: Stepanakert

Marut's Blog posts photographs taken during the Soviet era of Stepanakert, capital of the breakaway territory of Nagorno Karabakh. An autonomous oblast situated within Azerbaijan before the collapse of the...

Written by Onnik Krikorian
12 December 2010

Macedonia: Introducing the Hunza Affair

On the Nationalities Blog, Anastas Vangeli, aka Vuna, analyzes from the perspective of Orientalism an ongoing Macedonian political affair: fraternization with the “Hunza people” from the remote mountainous region of...

Written by Filip Stojanovski
12 December 2010

Côte d'Ivoire: Anger and Sarcasm in Citizen Media after the Elections

After a hopeful start, the presidential elections in Cote d'Ivoire took a dramatic turn that led the country in a seemingly hopeless political stalemate. While the crisis persists, the Ivorian blogosphere seems to be split between either taking the events with a hint of humor and sarcasm or debating passionately the political and legal implications of the latest events. Julie Owono explains:

Written by Julie Owono
Translated by Lova Rakotomalala
11 December 2010

Belarus: Search for National Identity

At OpenDemocracy.net, Natalia Leshchenko writes that “Belarusians have come to the point where they need a shared, universally accepted, veritable and satisfying understanding of themselves as a nation, and a...

Written by Veronica Khokhlova
10 December 2010

Bermuda: The Black Male Perspective

Breezeblog directs “anyone concerned about where Bermuda is headed amidst the spiralling gang violence, social dysfunctionality and hypocrisy” to an article written “from the perspective of a young black man”.

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco
8 December 2010

Azerbaijan: Armenia's Wikileaks?

The Önər Blog [AZ] comments on claims in Azerbaijan that Wikileaks cables painting the country in a bad light are the work of Armenians. In fact, the blog notes, at...

Written by Onnik Krikorian
8 December 2010
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