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Dear Sir, In response to Valirie Marcia Akinstall, black Bermudians have never practised racism in this country. In fact, they have been the victims of racism and continue to be affected by its impact. The data does not lie. I would recommend that Ms...

Roseanne Barr’s case was easy. A no-brainer. Barr earned the title “racist” by tweeting this about Barack Obama’s former senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, an African-American: “muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby=vj”. A textbook exampl...

An anti-racism charity has backed a campaign by the Catholic Church to address racial prejudice. Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda said yesterday it “welcomes and applauds” the Church’s anti-racism initiative set to start next month. A spokeswom...

For anyone with a computer, tablet or smartphone, social media platforms are merely an arm’s length away. They tempt everyone minute by minute, hour by hour to make a wisecrack, a joke or a “profound” comment to show the world how clever they are. Ha...

The island’s Catholic congregation is a reflection of failure to overcome the racial divide, the leader of the Church in Bermuda said yesterday. The Right Reverend Wesley Spiewak, Catholic Bishop of Bermuda, said the low number of black Catholic Ber...

Tonight, my thoughts go back to December of 2014, when our country was being shaken by protests and unrest in the name of Eric Garner, in the name of Trayvon Martin, in the name of so many others. When cities across America became battlegrounds,” How...

An anti-racism charity has threatened to bring back its campaign against a law that grants police the power to stop and search without probable cause. Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda described the policy as a “proven ineffective method of polici...

We keep hearing it and, yes, sometimes get tired of hearing “race”, which seemingly is behind every inclination we have. America’s Cup — race. Politics — race. Flora Duffy celebration, or lack thereof — race. So in the Bermudian vernacular, “I mus...

Family history, bloodlines, heritage ... there is so much of what we share. Yet parallel to this, Bermuda has many stories of what we do not. The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs is looking at all of them for their upcoming book, What We...

In the Riverfront Park of the state capital of Alabama, you will find a series of panels depicting the city’s history. They will tell you when the first white settler arrived, how riverboats transformed Montgomery into a trading hub for cotton “and m...

Bermuda’s battle for civil rights and racial justice is on the right track, former attorney-general Phil Perinchief said yesterday. Mr Perinchief said: “We are maturing as a democracy.” He was speaking as the island marked the 50th anniversary of the...

He was on the front line as history was made and his reports will ensure the events that shaped modern Bermuda will never be forgotten. Ira Philip’s articles for The Bermuda Recorder on the developments that helped change the face of the island are p...