Senegal: first female surfer inspires the next generation to defy cultural norms
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Growing up in the coastal capital of Dakar, Khadjou Sambe never saw a Black woman surfing the Atlantic swells. As Senegal’s first female...
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Diversity, long-term project women are making real through sharing
There are many nuances in diversity. None has terminated over the past half-century than that which exists between men and women. In the...
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BAME Ladies Task Force: five-point plan for achieving better equality starts from Facebook
As powerful as the statistics are this ladies’ message: “We just want to come to work without experiencing racism”. After branding...
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5 Black curvy leading women who need to be front-and-center on every screen in the near future
Hollywood is in the midst of reckoning from all sides and nobody is being exempt. However, racism and rape culture aren’t the only...
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Ethnicity within the golf field: 4 BAME golfers talk openly about their experiences
More than 23 years after Tiger Woods became the first non-white player to win The Masters, racism is still a part of golf. As part of a 5...
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Black homeownership: how the Rodgers took a chance for a promising breakthrough
Over the years, the black homeownership rate has been lagging behind that of white counterparts, and this gap has widened since the Great...
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UK's first black TV journalist, Barbara Blake Hannah, describes her journey within the media field
Barbara Blake Hannah, 79, paved the way for Moira Stuart and Trevor McDonald after she made her debut in 1968 as the first black...
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A Nigerian refugee that turned his life around moving to NYC to open first-ever full-time shelter
As Edafe Okporo will probably be the first to admit, the vast difference between Delta State in Nigeria and New York does not lie only in...
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