World Archives - Uncommon Ground Media

Why Criticising China’s Wet Markets Isn’t Racist

April 10, 2020 | by Thomas Clements | 0 Comments

Being squeamish about animal welfare is better than being squeamish about criticising China over their wet markets, which many Chinese people oppose too. Read more

When Quillette’s Latest Attempt to Legitimise Race Science Met Actual Scientists

June 6, 2019 | by CNLifestyle | 0 Comments

A Quillette article claims studies prove that inherent racial differences exist and 'race science' is legitimate. What does the science actually say? Read more

America’s Cultural Phobia of the N-Word

April 11, 2019 | by Gabriel Andrade | 0 Comments

After a professor at Ausburg University was suspended for pronouncing the word in quoting James Baldwin's work, could our culture use more introspection? Read more

Islamophobia and the ‘Racism’ Factor

November 7, 2018 | by Ralph Leonard | 3 Comments

Is Islamophobia simply a new permutation of racism? A closer examination at what racism is, and the many forms it has taken in the past, could clarify. Read more

The Solipsism Of Identity Politics

September 18, 2018 | by Guest Writer | 1 Comments

Taken to its logical conclusion, identity politics is solipsistic in nature, diminishing understanding of the world beyond the self. To fully understand marginalisation, one needs to have experienced marginalisation first-hand. This assumption is increasingly fundamental to today’s practice of identity politics, evident in the higher credence that many people claim ought to be afforded to […] Read more

Return Political Conversation to Principles, Not Identities

November 6, 2017 | by Christine Louis-Dit-Sully | 2 Comments

Focusing on identities in our political conversations is divisive and restrictive. How can we shift the conversation back to principles? Read more

Academic Decolonisation: the Slippery Slope of Dismantling Knowledge

September 7, 2017 | by Alka Sehgal-Cuthbert | 5 Comments

The discourse surrounding academic decolonisation furnishes today's intellectual and moralistic justifications for racism. Read more

“Where are you Really From?” Is Curiosity about Ethnicity Racism?

August 1, 2017 | by Iona Italia | 4 Comments

Many rush to say that inquiring into someone's ethnicity is inherently racist? Why is that so? Is curiosity regarding background a bad thing? Read more

The Half Caste – Why We Are All Mixed Race

May 10, 2017 | by Iona Italia | 2 Comments

We are all racial mongrels. Our pasts, our heritages are never our own. They are always borrowed from others, from those who went before us. Read more

When You “Look Muslim”: Middle Eastern Minorities Also Targets of Anti-Muslim Bigotry

April 1, 2017 | by Tara Abhasakun | 0 Comments

Because of political polarisation, it appears as though the conflation between "Middle Eastern," "Arab," and "Muslim" is not going away any time soon. Read more

Filtered (11)

Latest Comments

Suzanne Ingleton on Martine Rothblatt: A Founding Father of the Transgender Empire
It began with Rene Descartes and was called the Age of Enlightenment-Another Patriarchal mirror of truth.
Stella Perrett on The Bravest Women in Britain – Speakers Corner
You can see Hatun regularly on YouTube. They film her ongoing confrontations with Muslim men at Speakers Corner (wearing her…
Bill Sanderson on The Bravest Women in Britain – Speakers Corner
It's good to be reminded of this courageous woman Stella, and would that the police had acted more alertly when…

Category: World