Jul 17, 2024
In this week's Black World News, Kehinde
Andrews makes plain the racism in continental Europe and how it
hits differently to the UK; how Jamaica and other Black Caribbean
islands (like Haiti) are not our home, they're prison colonies, and
the solution: a global Black nation.
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In this week's Black United Front interview,
Kehinde Andrews talks with Mitchell Esajas "A
Voice of Black Holland," from The Black
Archives in Amsterdam. They talk about the great work the
archive is doing to put the Black Dutch experience on the map. As
well as the situation in Amsterdam, the far right rise, the Dutch
king, prime minister, and the mayor of Amsterdam's apologies for
enslavement. Not to mention the most popular Dutch tradition,
Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) the years of resistance against the racist
tradition, and the recent political development.
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Mitchell Esajas is co-founder and managing
director of The New Urban Collective (NUC), a social enterprise and
network for Black and POC, that manages The Black Archives (where
Mitchell co-leads day-to-day activities). The Black Archives is an
archive with more than 10,000 books and documents, exhibition
space, and a cultural center.
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BLACK WORLD NEWS LINKS
Kick Out Zwarte Piet is calling it quits, it's now up to
society
https://www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikelen/kick-out-zwarte-piet-stopt-ermee-het-is-nu-aan-de-samenleving
Holland to apologise for slavery
https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/world-news/2022/12/19/holland-to-apologise-for-slavery/
Presence of far-right MP Martin Bosma dishonours 1 July
commemoration!
https://www.theblackarchives.nl/blog/aanwezigheid-extreem-rechts-kamerlid-martin-bosma-onteert-1-juli-herdenking?lang=en
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GUEST LINKS
Atlanta Season 2 Episode 4: "Helen"
"I'm not
wearing Black face" clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr5dz8tgjC4
The Black Archives
Website
The Black Archives consists of
unique book collections, archives and artifacts that are the legacy
of Black Dutch writers and scientists.
https://www.theblackarchives.nl/home.html
The Black Archives Linktree
https://linktr.ee/the_blackarchives
The New Urban Collective
https://www.nucnet.nl/
Broke-ish (Erika Brown + Amber Sims)
In the Broke-ish space, we talk about being broke—broke and
Black in America. We talk about all the unbelievable *ish that
America has done to Black people to keep us in this broke-ish
state.
https://brokeish.com/a
White Innocence Paradoxes of Colonialism and
Race
https://www.dukeupress.edu/white-innocence
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MIP LINKS
Harambee Organisation of Black Unity
https://www.blackunity.org.uk/
CAP25 - Convention of Afrikan People - Gambia - May 17-19,
2025
On Malcolm X’s 100th birthday, the Harambee Organisation of
Black Unity is bringing together those in Afrika and the Diaspora
who want to fulfill Malcolm’s legacy and build a global
organization for Black people. This is an open invitation to
anyone.
https://make-it-plain.org/convention-of-afrikan-people/
BUF - Black United Front
Global directory of
Black organizations. This will be hosted completely free of charge
so if you run a Black organization please email the name, address,
website, and contact info to mip@blackunity.org.uk to be
listed.
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Guest: @mitch_positivity(IG) @the_blackarchives (IG) @theNUC1
Host: @kehindeandrews(IG) @kehinde_andrews (X)
Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck
@inhisownterms @farafinmuso
Platform: www.make-it-plain.org (Blog) www.youtube.com/@MakeItPlain1964 (YT)
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For any help with your audio visit: https://weylandmck.com/
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Make it Plain is
the Editorial Wing of the Harambee Organisation of Black
Unity