@ivy180.bsky.social
Jacques Delors Professor in EU Law, University of Oxford/ Somerville College
Here I provide snapshots of 20+ films that have something to tell us about law and race and argue for their use as pedagogical tools. The post also includes a rare clip from Death is Part of the Process [1986], a film about the early days of Umkhonto we Sizwe.
folukeafrica.com/the-law-and-...
Very important article especially for racially minorities young people.
03.10.2025 11:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"The film ends with these lines spoken by the character of Gandhi, βWhen I despair, I remember that the way of truth and love has always won. There may be tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it: always.β"
02.10.2025 10:34 β π 17 π 9 π¬ 2 π 0Great piece by @anandmenon.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
01.10.2025 17:20 β π 17 π 7 π¬ 3 π 1A good point but what about the contribution of Black women?
01.10.2025 21:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think this is probably true. Yes I still donβt thing thereβs much appetite to revisit the arguments.
01.10.2025 18:30 β π 102 π 23 π¬ 24 π 1A few of us have been working to set up a research network of legal scholars innovating in the teaching of race, colonialism & empire. We have received provisional approval as a new Collaborative Research Network (CRN) of the Law and Society Association (LSA)!
www.lawandsociety.org/crn-58critic...
If your mate formed a useless indie band called Asylum Hotels they would get bigger crowds than this
24.08.2025 21:30 β π 160 π 35 π¬ 6 π 0The lengths I'd go to make you focus on the front page of the Sunday papers so you didn't notice the football pages.... (now with the link done right. Cos I'm a tech bro) observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
25.08.2025 10:51 β π 162 π 47 π¬ 14 π 8African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continentβs size www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
16.08.2025 08:13 β π 61 π 18 π¬ 0 π 3On this Chairteenth, we celebrate the good folks of Montgomery, especially our guy AquaMayne. Special shout out to the folks who, within 72 hours, recreated this in their apartment complex. A COMMUNITY!! π
06.08.2025 00:47 β π 7529 π 1728 π¬ 257 π 400"Most often, black people in the EU are discriminated against when searching for employment or accommodation. Racism was found to be widespread among landlords preventing black people from renting an apartment."
www.brusselstimes.com/765638/being...
I wish more aspiring academics really appreciated this aspect, that academia is dialogical. You have to be able to extemporaneously defend your ideas and discuss them in great detail, orally. You have to know it well enough to have it at your fingertips.
31.07.2025 10:13 β π 483 π 84 π¬ 17 π 3"There are Mexicans of African descent and they have lived in Mexico for 500 years! Have you heard of the slave resistance movement led by Afro-Mexican national hero, Gaspar Yanga? Did you know that Afro-Mexicans were instrumental in winning Mexico's independence?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-ly...
"What does it mean to navigate identity as a Ghanaian-Italian in a predominantly white society? Benedicta Djumpah shares her journey as she faces stereotypes and strives to find pride in her heritage."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwoQ...
My take for @chathamhouse.org on yesterday's 'Kensington Treaty' signed between Germany and the UK. In my view, it is an important milestone both for the bilateral π©πͺ-π¬π§ relationship and for European security, as it is closely linked to a revival of the E3:
18.07.2025 09:52 β π 86 π 26 π¬ 3 π 2"... there is a real struggle between the people-of-color Italians and [white] Italian society. Asian Italians, Black Italians are really struggling to be accepted as Italians."
www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe...
RΓΌmeysa is one of the kindest, most compassionate people I have ever met. Many of you came to know her first and foremost as an ICE abductee, seized by a state that wanted to strip her of her humanity. I would like for you to know her in her own words, which are resoundingly human.
17.07.2025 13:34 β π 1039 π 508 π¬ 14 π 53"... the survey 'Africa and Health: The opinion of Italians', conducted by the Ipsos market research body, revealing that seven out of ten Italians believe Africans are victims of racism and discrimination in Italy."
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/5598...
My gratitude and thanks to all who attended for making the 1st Conference on Decolonising EU Law at Oxford Law Faculty a special and memorable event. It was wonderful to listen and engage in the sessions and outside of them. Thanks also to the colleague at Somerville College for taking this photo! ππΏ
16.07.2025 16:29 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It's not new exactly (some of it known to those who've been doing research on slavery on this side of Canada - you know who you are π) but glad there is finally a thorough (and funded) research about this.
archaeologymag.com/2025/07/forg...
Cover of The Sage Handbook of Decolonial Theory with an image of Palestinian Tartreez
Anyhoo, this will be the last post preceding actual publication at the end of this month. Please order it for your libraries. It's been a long-drawn process but totally worth it.
A preview is available on the site, under the rubric 'major work' in cultural theory.
uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/th...