Kyle Rittenhouse had joined armed men who presented themselves as “vigilante groups»Eager to protect the town of Kenosha, in the north of the country, shaken by riots after a police blunder A delicate trial opens on Monday in the United States where a young white man is due to plead guilty to murder charges for … Read more
Published on : 19/10/2021 – 10:34 – The city of New York approved on Monday the removal of the statue of one of the founding fathers of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, because of his slave past. The third American president held in his plantation in Virginia more than 600 slaves. His statue will have … Read more
A huge statue of former Confederate General Robert Lee was removed from its pedestal on Wednesday in Richmond, capital of the Confederate States during the Civil War. Quite a symbol.– Under the gaze of hundreds of people gathered on Monument Avenue in Richmond, a crane on Wednesday removed the gigantic equestrian statue of former Confederate … Read more
The American metropolis has decided to remove from its city council chamber the statue of the third president of the United States, which “represents some of the most shameful pages in the long and nuanced history” of the country. The work will be transferred to a museum.– Figures of slavery continue to fall in the … Read more
Reissued for its fiftieth anniversary by a duo of New York comedians, this board game inspired by Monopoly aims to awaken players to racial inequalities across the Atlantic. It is in line with “engaged” and “socially conscious” games.– In Monopoly, all aficionados know the rules, it’s about building your own real estate empire from a … Read more
Elizabeth II and the British royal family support the anti-racism movement “The lives of blacks matter”, said his spokesman Ken Olisa, AFP reported. Olisa, Her Majesty’s representative in the British capital and the first black man to do so, told Channel Four television that he had discussed racism with members of the royal family since … Read more
In addition to being remembered as the European of surprises, of the iron group completely wiped out already in the second round, obviously of the pandemic, of the first time with an itinerant formula, Euro 2020 played in 2021, more only that inscribes him by right in the history of football peculiarities, is also the … Read more
A statue in New York now commemorates the African American George Floyd who was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis in 2020. It was unveiled on the “Juneteenth” holiday. On June 19, the abolition of slavery was commemorated for the first time this year with an official national holiday. On June 19, 1865, … Read more
It is the first time at the European Championship that the players of Italy participate in the gesture of the activist movement that fights racism against people of color Five players from Italy also knelt before the kick-off against Wales in support of Black Lives Matter, the activist movement born in the United States and … Read more
Romanian footballer Nicolae Stanciu did not kneel in support of the Black Lives Matter movement before the start of the preparatory match in England. He expressed his solidarity with his teammate from Prague’s Slavia, Ondřej Kúdela, who received a ten-match penalty from UEFA for allegedly racist insulting his opponent Glen Kamara from Rangers. Romania’s players … Read more