Tag: racism

Star Trek at 60: Why ‘Far Beyond the Stars’ Still Breaks Me

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Far Beyond the Stars is one of the most powerful explorations of racism, representation, writing and hope in Star Trek’s 60-year history, and one that feels deeply personal to me

Happy Star Trek Day, and happy 60th anniversary to what I still consider the world’s greatest science-fiction franchise. I love pretty much all of Star Trek, across all its different incarnations, and there have been so many brilliant moments over six decades that choosing favourites can become a fool’s errand. Yet every now and then Trek produces something that rises above being merely fun, thrilling or thought-provoking and hits you so hard that it seems to send a shockwave through your body and soul, imprinting itself permanently on your memory and firing a phaser set to stun directly into your heart.

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I Don’t Want to Make You Eat Halal Meat or Wear a Hijab

In the wake of anti-Muslim violence and racist unrest in Britain, a personal plea to stop swallowing propaganda and start seeing each other as human beings

I do not want to convert you to Islam.

I do not want to conquer you. I do not want to enforce Shariah law in Britain. I do not want to make all women wear burqas, force halal meat down your throat, groom your daughters, change your language, erase your culture, turn your churches into mosques, or ban pork and alcohol.

And, for the avoidance of any doubt, terrorism, murder, violence, maiming innocent people and killing children are abhorrent, evil and utterly indefensible.

Yet I am a practising Muslim.

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Why ‘BrownCarGuy’?

Why I chose “BrownCarGuy” and how it responds to institutional racism in the automotive media industry

Racism – I tell you what it is, how it’s done and where you can get some. Plus how to install it in your car. Actually none of that is true…. well most of it’s not true. But there will be a bit of race in this discourse, and I don’t mean on the track… or the road for that matter.

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Pain and Glory 2024

Burnouts, Battles, and Resilience – It’s been a tough year

Year-end; time to reflect, react and contemplate. A tough 12 months, that’s for sure. Didn’t go to plan, that too an understatement. But did it beat me? Nearly. Did it scar me? Definitely. Don’t hesitate to hit play on the video below – my words, SUNO’s sounds. It’s something that you might relate to, it’s something that might soothe, maybe even inspire some hope. But as for reading the rest of this, if you share a state of mind as delicate as mine, best to cease now, and click away. Check out my automotive year in review instead, it’s kinda funny. It may amuse and distract. But peruse below only at your peril.

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Diversity in Automotive!

I’m the BrownCarGuy and I support Diversity in Automotive

I’m the BrownCarGuy and I support Diversity in Automotive. In fact, I want to do more than that, I want to highlight it, encourage it and celebrate it! Here are some friends who also feel the same. To encourage inclusivity when it comes to the automotive sphere, I wonder if we need some new platform or event to elevate it?

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