Global IssuesNews headlines for “Racism”, page 59
CHINA: Tianjin Embraces its Colonial Legacy
- Inter Press Service
When the old Astor Hotel reopened to great fanfare from the local city fathers here in 2010, it marked more the return of the 'Grande Dame of Tianjin' to the city’s growing collection of luxury hotels. It was a travel back to the future. It manifested the city leaders’ eagerness to embrace and rebrand the colonial heritage as a way of boosting Tianjin’s modern identity.
NEPAL: Religious Practices Oppress Women
- Inter Press Service
The recent gang-rape of a Buddhist nun and her expulsion from her sect have sparked a debate about the deep-rooted religious traditions and biases that foster discrimination and violence, especially against women, in this South Asian state.
BRAZIL: World Cup, Olympic Social Legacy Thrown in Doubt
- Inter Press Service
Community organisations say the major infrastructure works for the 2014 football World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil do not reflect the spirit of the social legacy promised by the government and business community, which project 68 billion dollars in economic benefits from the first event alone.
PAKISTAN: Troubled Karachi Finds a Happy Enclave
- Inter Press Service
The long boardwalk, balmy sea air and ebb and flow of water under the bridge, but most of all the festive carnival-like atmosphere of people enjoying the Karachi sunset, are images that stand in deep contrast to the violence this metropolis recently witnessed.
INDIA: Temple Treasures Open Up Problems of Plenty
- Inter Press Service
The discovery that treasures lying in the vaults of an ancient temple in Thiruvananthapuram may be worth more than 25 billion dollars is raising questions regarding the vast wealth owned by religious shrines in this impoverished country.
OP-ED: Foreign Policy Goes Gaga
- Inter Press Service
Lady Gaga and Alice Walker don't have much in common. One dresses in red meat; the other doesn't even eat the stuff. One writes lyrics like 'I want your ugly, I want your disease, I want your everything as long as it's free.' The other writes 'The Color Purple'.
BRAZIL: Women in Favelas Broadcast Peace
- Inter Press Service
Local women's voices have begun to be heard over a community radio station now broadcasting in Complexo do Alemao, a clump of favelas or shantytowns on the north side of this Brazilian city that were ruled until recently by armed drug gangs.
JAPAN: Aftershocks Hit Single Fathers
- Inter Press Service
In a matter of minutes on Mar. 11, 33-year-old Hiroshi Yoshida became a widower and a single father, as the massive tsunami swept over his home in Rikuzentakata in northern Japan and took away his wife and younger son.
INDIA: Kashmir Dreams of Bollywood
- Inter Press Service
If films are the voice of society, then Indian Kashmir is mute, with a virtually non-existent film industry and the subsequent inability to nurture local talent.
Cuban Twitterers Meet Face-to-Face
- Inter Press Service
'I want to meet @salvatore300 and @elainediaz2003' was a comment overheard at #TwittHab, the first meeting in Cuba of social network users. After years of being connected only via the web, the internet is now being used to facilitate real-world contact between citizens of this socialist island nation.
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