Within some parts of the activist movement the concept of White Privilege is quite popular. Let us take a decolonial look at the concept. Read more: https://din.today/the-theory-of-white-privilege-why-racism-is-not-a-privilege/
Early 2015 white students and staff from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) occupied the administrative buildings as a protest against announced budget cuts. They demanded more democracy: election of the… Read more »
In 2014 two Turkish members of the Dutch Labour Party in parliament, Tunahan Kuzu and Selçuk Öztürk, left the party because of its attitude towards racism and islamophobia. They started… Read more »
Is the defacement and tearing down of statues of Gandhi a progressive step in the fight against racism? For some activists, the answer is unequivocal: “Yes”. Gandhi made a number… Read more »
On September 20, Hira will give a keynote speech in the first of a Webinar series “UMXHOLO” from Walter Sisulu University in South Africa. The Webinar series will be launched… Read more »
From Monday 11 to Friday 15 September, Sandew HIra is invited by the Simon Bolivar Institute in Caracas, Venezuela, to conduct a weeklong series of DTM lectures under the title… Read more »
Birmingham Business School of the University of Birmingham has embarked on a three-year project to decolonise its activities across its various operations. This project is part of the mission of… Read more »
From July 6 to July Sandew Hira will visit Hira Curacao as part of DTM. After his book launch in Europe from January to April, he visited nine universities in… Read more »
The central qeustions are: How did Western-oriented historians colonize the history of slavery? How has their mind been colonized and how is that reflected in their work? See de video… Read more »