Melissa Tandiwe Myambo

In India, dark skin is often associated with poverty, partially due to the hierarchichal caste system. Shutterstock

Being darker makes being a migrant much harder

For migrants, prejudice can be a life and death matter. Research in India and South Africa shows life is considerably harder if migrants have a darker skin and come from a poorer country.
Para hipsters ikut serta dalam ajang lomba melempar piringan hitam dalam lomba musim dingin kaum hipster di Berlin, Jerman. Hannibal Hanschke/EPA

Peneliti sebut hipster sebagai penjajah pada era modern

Para hipster menunjukkan suatu nostalgia akan masa lalu yang sarat akan gerakan politik sayap kanan dari seluruh dunia.
Penduduk lokal membawa bendera Cina dan Olimpiade pada latihan di daerah Chongli di Zhangjiakou sebelum Olimpiade 2008 di Beijing. Reiters/Jason Lee

Ini pentingnya negara berkembang mengubah aturan main perhelatan olahraga

Menyelenggarakan perhelatan olah raga adalah cara kota-kota di negara berkembang mengikuti “permainan modernitas”. Namun karena mereka tidak menentukan aturan, maka mereka tak mungkin menang.
Local residents holding Chinese and Olympic flags attend a rehearsal in Chongli county of Zhangjiakou ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Reuters/Jason Lee

Why countries should break the crippling cycle of hosting big sporting events

Sporting extravaganzas are a way for globalising cities in emerging market economies to try and play the “modernity game”. But they don’t make the rules, and so they can never “win”.
Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who died in 2013, wrote stories that offer students from all disciplines valuable insights about the world they want to fix one day. EPA/Frank May

How reading fiction can help students understand the real world

Students of the social and political sciences can benefit enormously from being taught literature, short stories and watching artistic feature films.

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