And it was there that she learned for the 1st time what it means to be black she talks about this in her novel americanah in a teaching analyzes the pin issues and pervasive problems of racism that continue to this day the breakthrough novel became a Huge International success. I grew up thinking that theres certain things that happened in nigeria that would never happen in america i grew up and something if the government did something i would think to myself but of course never in america and now its happening in america and theres a sense in which america has become ordinary. And a morning i mean grief rage drives her on in her online ted talk we should all be feminists d. T. Talks about the patriarchy as an outdated form of society the video is a viral hit with millions of clicks the person more likely to lead is not the physically stronger person it is the more creative person the more intelligent person the more innovative person we have evolved but it seems to me that ideas of g
Stalemate over what will happen at the border between mexico countries if and when the u. K. Leaves the European Union. I am ready to listen to any constructive ways in which we can achieve our great goals and resolve the current impasse. But what we cannot do and will not do and i know you understand this is it creates the replacement of a legal guarantee with a promise you ive looked capitally at no deal i was 60 its consequences both. Our country and yours and yes of course we could do it the u. K. Could certainly get through it but to be in no doubt that had come would be a failure of state crawl to which we would all be. Lets see where were up to then quintin pale hes an associate fellow with a Europe Program at the International Affairs think tank at Chatham House welcome to d w. Lets start with the those announcements out out of dublin what have we learned today about the 2 latest positions you know its a huge well that we didnt already know they say they found some Common Groun
A failure state crawl to which we would all be lets see where were up to that waiver quintin pale hes an associate fellow with the Europe Program at the International Affairs think tank at Chatham House welcome to d. W. Lets start with the those announcements out out of dublin what have we learned today about the 2 leaders positions notes a huge well we didnt already know they say they found some Common Ground but i think theyve actually probably just had to explain to each other from the over at this point of view explained to Boris Johnson just how disastrous he thinks a no deal would be for iowans and for the Peace Process as well as the United Kingdom and Boris Johnson has perhaps had a chance to float some of the rather vague ideas he seems to have about how it might be possible to replace this insurance policy the irish backstop with Something Else that would mean there wouldnt have to be a board of the. Right. Next thing this snap election m. P. s have voted against a quick elec
And that is that 1st johnson and reverts to the original e. U. Plan and that meant a sort of curving out a niche regulatory niche for Northern Ireland keeping it in the Customs Union and parts of the Single Market sort of give it a special status and therefore sort of prevent that borders checks would need to be there and that of course we know was scot but by the Northern Irish d u p then to reason they went back to russells everything got changed so if johnson goes back to this original plan i mean those papers are sort of still there in the draw as they just need to be pulled out Everything Else is totally unrealistic because theres very serious we have 4 weeks now you cannot rewrite it complicated agreement like that in so little time yeah i think youre woman in theresa may good to tell us all about but it looks as though lawmakers will reject the prime ministers call again for a snap general election the numbers are against gores johnson so why is he trying yet again to get that e
A breakthrough victory in one or 2. Im assuming some us going to thank you for joining us for a special coverage here on d w polls are about to close in Regional Elections in 2 states in eastern germany with possible significant consequences for chancellor Angela Merkels government in berlin as well the voters in the states of funding both in saxony have been casting their ballots until now both states have been governed by traditional establishment parties of the social democrats were s. P. D. And chancellor merkels christian democrats the c. D. U. Base but this time both parties are facing a stiff challenge from the far right alternative for germany the a. F. P. The latest opinion polls show that the party is running neck and neck with the s. P. D. M. One bug and just a few points behind michaels c. D. U. In saxony. Well we have complete coverage of these potentially pivotal elections on we have a Political Correspondent with us here in our studio and we have our chief Political Edit