racism

On the Harry & Meghan interview and the UK press Members Public

Some reactions from UK media to the accusations of racism levelled during the Oprah interview.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
tabloids

Meeting an islamophobic troll Members Public

What happens when a muslim writer meets his persistent troll? An insight into the way the lonely and struggling can be sucked in by a feeling that they are part of something special.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
trolling

The radical politics of Peanuts Members Public

What happened when Peanuts introduced a black kid [http://hubpages.com/hub/How-The-Peanuts-Comic-Strip-Got-Its-First-Black-Character] ? > I remember telling Larry at the time about Franklin—he wanted me to change it, and we talked about it for a long while on the phone, and I finally sighed and said, “Well, Larry, let’

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
comics

Crowdfunding media diversity Members Public

An interesting RSA-backed initiative to increase diversity in the media [http://www.rsablogs.org.uk/2014/fellowship/big-idea-diversity-in-media/]: > In order to address and to reverse decades of under-representation of ethnic minority voices in the media, the team at Media Diversified [http://mediadiversified.org/about-us/the-team/] is running a crowdfunding

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
diversity

UKiP, Community Care and Blog Comments Members Public

Ah, the social media world is full of chit-chat after the felling of a Labour parliamentary candidate [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7571078/General-Election-2010-Labour-candidate-sacked-over-Twitter-rants.html] by his own brazen stupidity and contempt for the electorate Twitter. But, here in sunny Sutton, we’ve been having a bit of

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

The Bleedin' Obvious: Asylum seekers causing unrest Members Public

I find it faintly depressing that a committee of MPs can state the obvious and have it reported as news. The latest example of this is the new report into the asylum seekers problem. The report comes to the conclusion that people’s trust in the system has failed and

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Adam Tinworth
immigration

The Sound of the Underground Members Public

…is the sound of racial abuse and fist on flesh [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2651617.stm]…? Far from proven yet, but probably not a good thing for the careers of the made-on-TV band [http://www.girls-aloud.co.uk]. At least, I hope it isn’t. If

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
law