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BAME Community Shined At Pride London 2008
ImageSaturday 5 July saw the annual Pride London parade and rally, and the BAME community was out it force to make this a spectacular day. Official figures suggest that 500,000 people attended this year's event!

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Crusaid Walk for Life 2008

ImageThe Outburst UK team took part in this year's Crusaid Walk for Life 10k around London to raise money for people affected by HIV and AIDS in the UK and Africa. It was a fantastic and fun day and the team raised over £300 this year, so a big thank you to all those who supported us. Images here.

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BGMAG hosts the UK Premiere of Over da Rainbow

ImageOver da Rainbow is a hilarious new short film which uses satire to challenge homophobia in hip hop. It will be viewed for the first time in the UK at a BGMAG event in association with Stonewall.

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Talk and readings by Steven G. Fullwood - Thursday 21st Feb.

rukus! and Outburst UK are pleased to welcome the celebrated international writer, Steven G. Fulwood. Steven has been an archivist at the Schomburg Centre for Research in Black Culture in New York City since 1998, and has been the project director of the Hip-Hop Archive Project since 2001.

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Fury at DNA pioneer's theory: Africans are less intelligent than Westerners
ImageOne of the world's most eminent scientists was embroiled in an extraordinary row last night after he claimed that black people were less intelligent than white people and the idea that "equal powers of reason" were shared across racial groups was a delusion.

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Historical Blackout?
ImageWe recently visited the website of "The Official Black History Month" guide and was really surprised (not) that there was no mention of any events that was happening up and down the country in the Black LGBT community, so we sent them a letter, the details of which are below.

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White supremacy and the truth about black youth crime in Britain
ImageIn April 2006 when I wrote a feature for Black Britain about the over-representation of Jamaicans in British prisons, a little bird told me that the government was conducting research into the "phenomenon" of black youth crime.

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Rappers Face Jail Time In UK Under Proposed Gay Rights Law
ImageRappers and musicians in the United Kingdom will face jail time under a new law being created which will outlaw hateful lyrics against homosexuals. According to Justice Secretary Jack Straw, the proposed law will cover gay men, women and bisexual people, as well as transsexuals and disabled people.

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