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RVK Newscast 180: First Day Of Summer!
Happy first day of summer! Reykjavík Grapevine’s Culture Editor, Josie Anne, is in Laugardalur to find out why exactly Icelanders celebrate the arrival of summer in April, as well as to go over the latest Covid updates, and the current discourse surrounding…
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But It’s All In Good Fun! Iceland’s Troubling Summer Of Blackface Raises Concern
While Iceland is known worldwide for being socially progressive, the homogenous country still has some problematic moments, particularly in regards to race. Until very recently, diversity within the country was quite small, with few foreigners and, specifically, very few black people. A…
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A Letter On Icelandic Racism, That Doesn’t Bloody Exist.
Dear Grapevine, Those few articles on Icelandic racism posted on this website recently have greatly annoyed me. Let me explain myself. I am Dutch. “Ohhh, she’s white, she doesn’t know what racism is.” Oh please. I’m Dutch Caribbean: an Antillean. I have…