We need to learn what racism is before creating a world without it: Columban Competition: Third place Irish essay

This is the third place article in the 2021 Columban Schools Media Competition in Ireland. It is by Victory Isijola of St Louis Secondary School, Dundalk, Co Louth. On the 25th of May 2020, George Floyd, an African American man was murdered by a white policeman, Derek Chauvin. This murder was one of many that stemmed... Read More

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May 1, 2021

The Second Pandemic: Columban Competition: Second place Irish essay

This article – The Second Pandemic – by Conn Fyfe of St Louis Grammar School, Ballymena, came second in the 2021 Columban Schools Media competition in Ireland. 2020: The year of lockdowns and isolation. A deadly virus preys on the multitudes, killing mercilessly. The pandemic that plagues us: Covid-19. 2020 The year of protests and... Read More

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April 11, 2021

What will it take for a post-racist world?: Columban Competition: Third place UK essay

Continuing our review of the Columban school’s competition, this week we publish the third place essay, by Cara Treacy, 16, from the Sacred Heart of Mary Girl’s School, Upminster, East London. One day, there may be a world where people can learn and look at racism as something that happened generations ago, as something that... Read More

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April 4, 2021

It’s just not cricket: Columban Competition: Second place UK essay

Second place in Britain in the Columban Schools Competition, ‘End Racism’, was submitted by 14-year-old Zane Sekhon, Worth School, West Sussex. There are two types of racism I usually encounter: the ‘cool covert’, “I’m not racist but just checking where your loyalties lie – who do you support in the World Cup?”; or the ‘very... Read More

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March 28, 2021

Let’s create a world without racism: Columban Competition: Winning UK essay

The winning entry for Britain in the Columban Schools Competition, ‘End Racism’, was submitted by 15-year-old Kashaf Zahid, a pupil at Gumley House Convent School in Isleworth, West London. Here is her article, with comments below. My sister was sitting on the seat in front of mine, in a double decker bus. The bus is... Read More

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January 30, 2021

Hypocrisy charge as new coal mine gets go ahead

A Catholic environmentalist has accused the Government of “hypocrisy” over its decision not to block plans for a new coal mine in Cumbria. Cumbria County Council approved plans for Woodhouse Colliery in 2019, as it will create jobs in an area of high unemployment. And now Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State responsible for planning,... Read More

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