“The fact that Israel actually benefits from violating international law and receives “red carpet” treatment from the West means that we all have a role to play in ending the injustice that the Palestinians are facing.”
― On Palestine
― On Palestine
“Israelis enjoy telling Palestinians they should be happy they live in ‘the only democracy’ in the region where they have the right to vote, but no one is under any illusion that voting comes with any actual political power or influence.”
― The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
― The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
“The reason they do not accept the return has nothing to do with practicalities. It has to do with Jewish supremacy and Jewish exclusivity.”
― On Palestine
― On Palestine
“Those unemployed black men I saw loitering all over Europe weren’t inherently lazy, but lost and low on confidence and opportunities, and their crime was that they were visible, unlike the black staff who cleaned the station and whose hard work had rendered them invisible.”
― Afropean: Notes from Black Europe
― Afropean: Notes from Black Europe
“Englishness" as an identity is still regarded as exclusive. Englishness is not an identity that many English people regard as open to immigrants.”
― Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
― Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
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