Politics – VKY

The Multiracial White Heritage: Interview With Forest Feltrop

The United States is a nation plagued by racism where improbable racial laws have been into effect for centuries in order to secure the elitist position of the Euro group. Therefore, both black and white groups have taken advantage of this racial policies to manipulate or further their political agenda. Despite the rigidity of this…
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My Exchange With Mulatto Vanguard (Video)

I had the pleasure of exchanging with Mulatto Vanguard, a biracial activist on social media and in real life. We had the opportunity to exchange on race, politics and the importance of healing. The conversation was extremely important. Even if both of us are mixed-race, we do not belong to the same category. Vanguard is…
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z Once Made Fun Of Tina Turner’s Domestic Abuse: How Black People Enjoy Oppressing Each Other

Since the announcement yersterday, social media users and celebrities alike paid homage to Tina Turner. She is, once again, another black music legend who passed away. Among the many tributes, Beyoncé shared a heartfelt message to the icon. Knowles is not known for her creativity since most of her songs are either samples or, just…
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Tina Turner, Blackness And Africans: A Complicated Legacy

Tina Turner died yersterday at 83 years old. According to her daughter-in-law Afida Turner who spoke to French media a few months ago, her health was already deteriorating. The last years have been very tough for Turner. In a matter of five years she lost two sons, her eldest, Craig who committed suicide, and Ronnie,…
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Social, Cultural and Political Aspects of the MGM African/Black Identity

After four hundred years of slave trade and kidnapping, the descendants of the enslaved Africans are no longer the same at all. Often, when speaking about the first groups brought to the Americas, modern historians refer to them as the Atlantic Creoles, hence a term which highlights the racial, social fabrication of these enslaved Africans…
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Quadroons, Octoroons and MGM Whites: The Other Faces of Colonialism and Slavery

When speaking about racism, slavery and colonialism, the brutality of these events are still vague but they also only focus on two strict sides which are black and white. In reality, in most cases, the factor of ambiguity is never really taken into account by a great portion of researchers. The main purpose of slavery…
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Why “Haitian Flag Day”Should Be Celebrated By The Entire African Diaspora

Today, May 18, 2023 is Haitian Flag Day, which celebrates the creation of the Haitian flag during the revolution. I aim to be clear that I am not Haitian. This date should not just be restricted to the Haitian community, but extended to the entire African diaspora; Haitian history is African history.We are talking about…
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Diasporic Identities Or The Various Modern Mixed-Race Categories: From MGM To Multiracial Whiteness

Biracials are mixed people. But not all mixed people are biracial. This ambiguity regarding racial admixture needs to be highlighted for the sake of academic research. Contrary to popular belief, the mixed-race category is much more plural than one thinks and it could be divided into these selections: The Non-mixed Black Africans or Afro-descendants Who…
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If Mediterraneans Are The “N*ggers of Europe”, Why Do Northern Europeans Want To Appropriate Their History?

If Mediterraneans Are The “N*ggers of Europe”, Why Do Northern Europeans Want To Appropriate Their History? If the world was divided into fraudulent spheres of “blackness”, deemed inferior, and “whiteness” referred to as superior, the process of decolonization shall be applied to both white and black Europeans, especially in the Mediterranean world. As ancient history…
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Why The Terms “Afro-Arab” and “Black Arab” Are Not The Same

The late 2010s saw the emergence of many voices which had been silenced for many years. The discussion regarding the political violence endured by the black American community also encouraged many other racial groups trapped within the duality of intersection to speak out. Though we knew they already existed, the Afro-Arab and Afro-Latin communities became…
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