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Whiteness is an invented concept that has been used as a tool of oppression

Whiteness is a modern, colonial invention. It was devised in the 17th century and used to provide the logic for genocide and slavery. The first recorded mention of “white people”, historians concur, is in English playwright Thomas Middleton’s 1613 play, The Triumphs of Truth.

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Sir Mo Farah 'relieved' as immigration officials say he won't be investigated after coming out as human trafficking victim

London police look into Olympic star Mo Farah's revelation that he was illegally brought to the UK and forced into domestic slavery as a child.

ABC News

Advocates: Farah's story can help other trafficking victims

Until this week, Mo Farah was a four-time Olympic champion winding down his hugely successful career as a long-distance runner

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‘It’s inhumane’: how US prison work breaks bodies and minds for pennies

Two out of three prisoners are forced to work, in what is often referred to as modern day slavery

The Guardian - US

Child slavery reports in the UK reach record levels as Sir Mo Farah speaks about his own trafficking experience.

Olympic gold medallist reveals he had been brought to the UK from Djibouti at the age of nine and forced to serve another family’s children

Wales Online

Real Mo Farah: What is modern slavery and the signs of human trafficking?

British Olympic athlete Mo Farah has revealed that he became a victim of human trafficking and modern slavery at just nine years-old - here’s what modern slavery is

Daily Mirror

Sir Alex Ferguson's Cristiano Ronaldo promise and "slavery" claim over Man Utd exit

Cristiano Ronaldo could be set to leave Manchester United for a second time, 12 years after a tense few months involving manager Alex Ferguson set up a Real Madrid move

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Clotilda descendants mark anniversary of last slave ship

Descendants of the last African people abducted into slavery and brought to America's shores gathered to pay tribute to their ancestors

The Independent UK

The 'statement' building that could become the new gateway to the Albert Dock

The Dr Martin Luther King Jr Building will feature in a major redevelopment led by National Museums Liverpool

Liverpool Echo

Right unveils anti-woke social studies

"American Birthright" elevates Western civilization, pushes Christianity and rejects all talk of "social justice"

Salon

LZ Granderson: Texas keeps trying to make slavery sound less slaveryish

Involuntary relocation.

Los Angeles Times

Racial healing to top agenda as Episcopalians converge on Baltimore for their 80th churchwide convention

BALTIMORE — Racial reconciliation and healing will be the key issues on the agenda this week when a major religious denomination brings its national convention to Baltimore.

Tribune News Service

Diplomats who exploit domestic staff cannot rely on immunity, says UK supreme court

Judge rules in case of Saudi diplomat who allegedly forced Filipino worker to wear a bell 24 hours a day

The Guardian - UK

Diplomat in UK to face court action for ‘subjecting domestic worker to modern slavery’ in world first

Supreme Court rules diplomats who profit by exploiting their workers in conditions of modern slavery can no longer rely on diplomatic immunity

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What the Declaration of Independence Said and Meant

It officially adopted the American Theory of Government: First Come Rights; Then Comes Government to Secure These Rights

The Guardian - UK

Human traffickers ‘using UK universities as cover’

Overseas students have vanished from courses and then been found working in exploitative conditions

Salon

Texas educators want to nix "slavery"

The state education board asked the group to "reconsider their phrasing"

The Independent UK

Texas considers calling slavery ‘involuntary relocation’ in public school textbooks

Democrat on education board says ‘that’s not going to be acceptable’

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The Independent UK

Dutch central bank chief apologizes for links to slavery

The chief of the Dutch central bank has apologized for the institution’s involvement in the 19th-century slave trade, the latest expression of contrition in the Netherlands linked to the country’s historic role in the trade in enslaved people

Tribune News Service

Anti-slavery measure sits in California Senate, disappointing prison reform advocates

A measure that would change the California constitution to prohibit involuntary servitude in criminal punishment did not pass the Senate in time to make a deadline for the November ballot, disappointing prison reform advocates who called it critical in addressing the state’s history of enslavement.

The Texas Tribune

Texas education board members push back on proposal to use “involuntary relocation” to describe slavery

The Texas State Board of Education is fielding proposals to update the state’s public school social studies curriculum this summer.

The Guardian - UK

Ian Law obituary

Other lives: Sociology academic who helped universities to start acknowledging their part in slavery and colonialism

Liverpool Echo

Activities, workshops and more coming to National Museums Liverpool for Slavery Remembrance Day

Slavery Remembrance Day has been marked on August 23 in Liverpool since 1999

ABC News

Moreland residents choose Indigenous word to replace council name linked to slavery

Nearly 60 per cent of respondents to a survey in Moreland have chosen Woi-wurrung word Merri-bek as a new council name.

The Independent UK

Cambridge University changes ‘colony’ name in bid to break ties with slavery

The renowned institution says student digs called “The Colony” does not reflect the values of the college

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