Tag: Times of London

  • Miss France ‘whitened’ for Paris Match The Times of London 2016-12-23 Charles Bremner, Europe Editor A row over racism has tainted this year’s Miss France contest after the winner was pictured in a magazine with apparently lightened features and her hair straightened. Alicia Aylies, an 18-year-old student who earlier won the Miss French Guiana contest, was…

  • Blend it like Britain The Sunday Times The Times of London 2016-11-06 Yasmin Alibhai-Brown United colours: one in 10 people in this country are in a mixed relationship MORDECHAI MEIRI An acclaimed new movie, A United Kingdom, is set to shine a spotlight on mixed-race relationships — and how British women changed society’s attitude towards…

  • To tackle racism, we must tackle ignorance The Times of London 2012-02-14 John Barnes It’s not about football, it’s about destroying modern myths of colour, race and superiority   In 1987 a black friend of mine went into a shop to buy a coat. He asked the assistant if they had it in black and…