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KSI’s racial slur shows lack of understanding of South Asian hate

KSI’s racial slur shows lack of understanding of South Asian hate

KSI’s recent use of a racial slur against South Asians and many responses shows a lack of education about its history, and many have even been forgotten. In a parody of Countdown, KSI chose to say a derogatory slur aimed at South Asians from his selection of letters. Although he knew the word was a slur, KSI still chose to say it for ‘points’, citing that he does not mean...

By London, UK
Billy McFarland claims Fyre Festival II is ‘finally happening’

Billy McFarland claims Fyre Festival II is ‘finally happening’

The serial fraudster is said to owe $26m for duping more than 100 investors in 2017. Five years on, he claims that a second attempt at Fyre Festival is ‘finally happening.’ Incarceration is supposed to be about rehabilitation, right? In the case of Billy McFarland - a man once compared to the kingpin of arguably America’s worst financial fraud ever, Bernie Madoff - it doesn’t appear that much repentance has taken...

By London, UK
Re:Sound festival highlights homeless experiences

Re:Sound festival highlights homeless experiences

Re:Sound is a festival that aims to use music to allow audiences to rediscover their city through the eyes of those who have been homeless. The last performance of the opera’s national tour was on Sunday. The festival Re:Sound, run by charity Streetwise Opera, involves professional composers, designers, singers, and filmmakers working with those who have experienced urban homelessness to create micro-operas. Re:Sound has run for the last year in London,...

By Oxford, UK
Opinion – Why BTS leader RM’s thoughts on colonialism are so important

Opinion – Why BTS leader RM’s thoughts on colonialism are so important

‘In the West, people just don't get it’, Kim Nam-Joon, leader of world's biggest music group, BTS, exclaims when asked if the cult of perfection and over-achievement are Korean cultural traits. Here’s our attempt at an explanation. ‘Korea is a country that has been invaded, razed to the ground, torn in two. Just 70 years ago, there was nothing. We were getting aid from the IMF and the UN. But now,...

By Bhubaneswar, India