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Established in 1975 at a national conference held at Purdue University, the National Society of Black Engineers was created to increase the number of African-American engineers. Their mission is to train black engineers who “excel academically, succe...

February is Black History Month and this year marks the 400th anniversary that blacks were brought to Bermuda as indentured servants. Throughout this month, The Royal Gazette will feature people, events, places and institutions that have contributed ...

Apartheid is the name of the racial institution that was established in 1948 by the National Party that governed South Africa until 1994. The term, which literally means “apartness”, reflected a violently repressive policy designed to ensure that whi...

Oxford University’s Oriel College has decided not to tear down its statue of the British colonialist Cecil Rhodes because of the “overwhelming message” it received that the statue should stay. The true motive appears to have been money. The college r...

•It is now several years since the “Big Conversation” on race made regular headlines — but, as Jonathan Bell reports, popular sites such as Facebook and Twitter ensure debate on the subject remains very much alive. Race commentators see social media...

A national plan is needed to tackle the issue of homelessness in Bermuda, according to Opposition MP Michael Weeks. Opening a take-note debate in the House of Assembly on Friday, the Shadow Minister of Health and Community Affairs said treating homel...

Dear Sir, Cordell Riley has called for a “committee with teeth” (RG, December 3, 2015) and commented “we have to find some way to address that”. “That” is the “deep division between two Bermudas”. But that is not likely to happen since the economic a...

After selling out its initial two-year print run in less than three weeks, Island Flames second edition will go on sale early next year. Jonathan Smith’s book chronicles the story behind Bermuda’s 1977 riots, which saw two tourists and a Bermudian ho...

On the 38th anniversary of the Bermuda riots, Cordell Riley has called for a committee “with teeth” to look into the social problems behind this dark chapter in local history. The social commentator and statistician, who wrote the closing chapter of ...

Bermuda’s civic leaders need to focus as much on tackling the Island’s racial disparity as they do on its economic interests, according to a new report. Keith Lawrence and Raymond Codrington’s 30-page manifesto argues that, while open discrimination ...

Bermudians at the racially troubled campus of the University of Missouri have spoken of their alarm ­— as well as their hope. After tensions peaked this week, Ty-Ron Douglas, an assistant professor at the university, and Kerri Furbert, a student in h...

Ayo Kimathi’s astonishing, repulsive speech at the Liberty Theatre a few days ago seems to have had a silver lining. It was so offensive that it has made it difficult to support what he said. His arguments have been exposed as indefensible. That he...