Bad Bunnyโ€™s Super Bowl and why the criticism feels exhausting

The non-official "Latina Belt." I loved Bad Bunny's halftime show at the Super Bowl as a celebration of Puerto Rican culture. As a theater performance, it stretched the boundaries of what โ€œAmericaโ€ is: not just the United States, but all of the countries, named South to North by Bad Bunny himself, including displaying the flags … Continue reading Bad Bunnyโ€™s Super Bowl and why the criticism feels exhausting

Dutch journalism and its biggest newsroom has a white fragility problem

The NOS, the largest news organization of the Netherlands became news itself this week when internal documents and screenshots about its diversity policy were leaked. It showed that the newsroom actively encourages its employees to profile gender and ethnicity in news reports. Furthermore, there is a monthly โ€˜Divibokaalโ€™, a โ€˜Diversity Cupโ€™ for the most โ€˜diverseโ€™ production … Continue reading Dutch journalism and its biggest newsroom has a white fragility problem

How media can heal themselves from the โ€˜whiteness psychosisโ€™

A 5:25 minutes debate on a Sunday morning two weeks ago, about the question whether the word โ€˜Empireโ€™ should be removed from British Honours, teaches us everything that goes wrong in journalism nowadays if it's about discussing the colonial past. Professor of Black Studies Dr Kehinde Andrews was invited to join a panel in the … Continue reading How media can heal themselves from the โ€˜whiteness psychosisโ€™