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L'épineux problème de la représentation des Noirs en Italie

Tuesday, 14 July 2009 Italian Vogue - Black Issue So I never had the chance to purchase the Italian Vogue dedicated to Black models and people. But through browsing the net I learned about the topic in that issue: celebrating blackness. For the first time an Italian Magazine was dedicating its issue to Blacks. That was history. All my life I've wondered when I was going to see a mainstream magazine featuring black models and media personality. I love my ethnicity and I had to renounce some of it to fit in, because sometimes it was difficult to relate to someone (most of the time I related due to some aspect of their personalities and not to their colour, but I was always happy to see a black models or actresses). I remember whe I cut a picture of a black girl and I attached to my bedside so that I can be slim like her; this shows how I wanted more black models to look up to. However, growing up all the ads and products around me were dedicated to White people (maybe it was bec...

Allen Stanford: Antigua feels the fallout of Ponzi case By Nick Davis BBC News, Antigua Stanford organised money-spinning Twenty20 cricket tournaments in the Caribbean Continue reading the main story Related Stories Profile: Allen Stanford Stanford convicted of $7bn fraud Why I blew the whistle on Stanford The trial of Allen Stanford has finally ended, with the Texan financier found guilty of a massive $7bn (£4.5bn) Ponzi scheme by a court in Houston. The fraud was run from his offshore bank in Antigua and investors' money was used to pay for his lavish billionaire's lifestyle. Customers who lost money from across the globe are suing the Caribbean nation but many there think that they too were victims. From the moment you arrive in Antigua, Stanford's presence still looms large. He redeveloped the land around the main airport, so directly opposite arrivals is the Stanford Cricket Ground, and across the road stand the buildings of Stanford Internati...

2020 US Presidential Election Map

2020 US Presidential Election Map By County & Vote Share December 3, 2020 2020 US Presidential Election Map By County & Vote Share Map created by Magog the Ogre via Wikimedia The map above shows the county level and vote share results of the 2020 US Presidential Election. The darker the blue the more a county went for Joe Biden and the darker the red the more the county went for Donald Trump.

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