Tag Archives: Slavery

Recommended Reading: Video games and the issue of slavery

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How Historical Games Integrate or Ignore Slavery Amanda Kerri, Rock Paper Shotgun Video games certainly don't claim to always offer a depiction of the "real world," but for those titles rooted in historical events, how the narrative addresses cert...

Bree Newsome Takes Down The Confederate Flag Amid Controversy

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On June 27, 2015, Brittany "Bree" Newsome made history by scaling the pole holding the Confederate flag at the South Carolina capitol building in Columbia and pulled it down. While politicians...

Hundreds of Migrant Bodies Found in Malaysian Mass Graves

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As the issue of migration and refugee recovery generate choppy waters along the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Malaysia is facing a backlash as two mass grave sites of migrants forced into human...

Ben Affleck regrets for asking PBS to hide Slave-Owning Ancestor

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Ben Affleck’s ancestors were slave owners. This knowledge was suppressed so that the public wouldn’t find out and so that they don’t start hating Ben Affleck. A network did a story on Ben Affleck and...

Elizabeth Smart wants to end Human Trafficking

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Elizabeth Smart was barely a teenager when she was kidnapped and kept by the criminal minds for a period of nine months away from her loved ones. She is now a mature woman and is an activist who...

Gravity and 12 Years a Slave Garb Top Positions at Bafta Awards

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Gravity was a bone of contention at the Baftas 2014. Its special effects were all accomplished with great acumen by a British team. But neither was it shot in Great Britain nor was its director an...

Breaking Bad and 12 Years a Slave grab Golden Globe Awards

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The faces and figures at the Golden Globe Awards were a motley bunch. Two of the most prominent winners were the Breaking Bad cast as well as 12 Years a Slave. The former depicts a chemistry expert...