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Suhashini Sarkar | | Published 27.02.21, 03:10 AM
During the pandemic, using the subway and other forms of public transport has taken on a different meaning. People are generally apprehensive as they try to socially distance themselves from others on their commute. The subway system is the lifeline of New York City. An artist’s work recently brought both him and his subway art into the spotlight.
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Subway Series started in 2010, Devon Rodriguez has been drawing pictures of strangers sitting on the subway. About six months ago his popularity skyrocketed and his Instagram followers went from around 30,000 to almost two million. He soon started a TikTok account showing himself creating his art and how he completed his first coronavirus drawing. It quickly garnered millions of views.
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No less than 45 organizations from around the world are calling on seven-time Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton to speak out against Saudi Arabia’s human rights abuses and boycott the Grand Prix that will be held in Jeddah.
Hamilton has been a vocal advocate for Black Lives Matter and was the driving force for Formula 1’s ‘End Racism’ campaign throughout the 2020 season. He also expressed concern for Bahraini torture victims prior to the Bahrain Grand Prix last year. Now, organizations including Codepink, Alliance for Global Justice, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain, and International Service for Human Rights, have sent a letter to Hamilton asking him to speak out against Saudi Arabia and the nation’s Grand Prix that’s scheduled to take place on December 3-5.
Emmanuel Acho addresses apprehensions getting in way of true interracial alliance by Ally Kutz
In the summer of 2020, former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker and current Fox Sports analyst Emmanuel Acho began a YouTube series of videos titled Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man. Following the success of these videos, he penned the book of the same name, released in November 2020.
After the 2020 murder of George Floyd perpetrated by a Minneapolis police officer, a resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement occurred, with protests taking place worldwide that called for the dismantling and restructuring of the racist system that allows for the oppression and mistreatment of persons of color in this country. In a time when it is imperative to not just be not racist, but instead anti-racist, many white people may feel apprehensive and nervous, unsure of what the road to a true alliance looks like. What if you say the wrong