News headlines for “Racism”, page 81
Anonymous Afro-Cubans Heroes Remembered for Posterity
- Inter Press Service
Under the spreading shade of a wild fig tree in Old Havana, a small plaque now recalls the sacrifice made by five Afro-Cubans, 'anonymous Abakuá who died trying to save medical students' shot by firing squad, when this island was still a Spanish colony.
JAPAN: Becoming International, But Not Quite
- Inter Press Service
Forget dropping names or slipping the hostess a bill or two. It’s luck that’s important in snagging a reservation at Dhaba, an average-priced Indian restaurant that has become such a must-go place for Tokyo residents that guests are limited to a maximum stay of two hours.
Culture Vulture Kids on Argentine TV
- Inter Press Service
A public children’s television channel broadcasting high quality fiction, animation and documentary programmes designed by the Argentine Education Ministry for the two-to-12 age range can now be viewed elsewhere in Latin America via the internet.
CULTURE-CUBA: Night of One Thousand and One Texts
- Inter Press Service
The legendary Scheherazade has exchanged her enthralling tales of 'One Thousand and One Nights' for a compact disc with 1,001 academic articles, essays and books, giving Cubans access to materials that would otherwise be very difficult to obtain.
CUBA: Urban Tribes Prowl Havana Nights
- Inter Press Service
A different city emerges on the weekends in Havana. Young people, whose faces are as strange as they are common, take possession of the city and reinvent it. They are the 'urban tribes,' a global phenomenon that has made its mark on Cuba.
ARGENTINA: New Campaign Calls Dropouts Back to School
- Inter Press Service
Convincing young people who have dropped out of school to resume their studies is no easy feat. Which is why a group of social organisations in Argentina are joining with the government to launch a different kind of campaign to bring young people back into the classroom in 2011.
CUBA: Drag Queens and Volunteers Promote Safe Sex
- Inter Press Service
Margot Parapar gets plenty of laughs from the audience with this joke: 'Now the human body is divided into five parts: head, trunk, upper and lower limbs, and condom.' Using his female stage name, Cuban drag queen, comedian and health promoter Oliver Alarcón includes HIV/AIDS prevention messages in his shows.
Teaching Virtual Resistance to Violence
- Inter Press Service
What if young boys were imbued with a sense of empathy and fair play to counteract a culture that victimises women? Could they grow up to become part of a generation that renounces gender violence once and for all?
Strong as China, Fragile as Porcelain
- Inter Press Service
In times of inflationary pressures the price of patriotism too goes up. The news that an 18th century Chinese porcelain vase sold for a record-breaking 68 million dollars at a London auction to a mainland China buyer this month did not go down well either with Chinese government regulators fretting about asset bubbles or with a Chinese public angry about income inequality.
KENYA: A Brand New Constitution, But Can Women Enjoy Land Rights?
- Inter Press Service
Mary Kimani wishes her husband were still alive. Holding her one-year-old son in one hand and a hoe in the other, she recounts with bitterness how she and her children lost their livelihood to her husband’s family.
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