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Russia accused of ‘erasing Muslim heritage’ for restoring collapsing Crimean mosque
Russia has been accused of trying to “erase Crimean Muslim culture” by restoring a local mosque. However, workers at the site say they are saving the historic building from crumbling after years of neglect. Many sites in the Crimean peninsula remain in poor condition because there were insufficient funds allocated for their upkeep and restoration […]
Erasing Motoko: The Question of Race in ‘Ghost in the Shell’
The live action Ghost in the Shell has been the eye of a storm of controversy ever since its inception. It’s been accused of whitewashing due to the casting of Scarlett Johansson as the franchise’s protagonist, Major Motoko Kusanagi, as well as deeply unpleasant rumors that CGI had been used to alter an actor’s appearance to “shift [their] ethnicity.” […]
