Whether it’s local news in Spain, UK news or international stories, we are proud to be the voice for the expat communities who now call Spain home. And it’s FREE!Ĭovering the Costa del Sol, Costa Blanca, Almeria, Axarquia, Mallorca and beyond, EWN supports and inspires the individuals, neighbourhoods, and communities we serve, by delivering news with a social conscience. Known as the PEOPLE’S PAPER, Euro Weekly News is the leading English language newspaper in Spain. Do see how ridiculous this petition is? I can’t even believe it’s real,” stated another response to the call. It appears that someone did see the “ridiculous’ nature of the petition and it has since been removed from the website. “ Lets change the names of everything what has the word white in it to Black Lives Matter.

Why should marginalised people have to utter the name of the race that oppresses them in order to refer to a geological feature?”ĭespite 80 signatures, the campaign attracted huge backlash from the public with one calling her a “ moron” for making a mockery out of the Black Lives Movement. On Stubbs’ page calling for the name change, she wrote: “ Is it really appropriate and sensitive in this day and age to persist in calling a national symbol “white”? The fact that these cliffs are called “white” stands as a racially-insensitive reminder of white privilege and white dominance in a country where many people are Black or Minority Ethnic. According to KentOnline, the “call to rename Dover’s iconic White Cliffs after the Black Lives Matter movement has been lambasted as a prank that damages the campaign’s poignancy”. HANNAH STUBBS’ campaign on calling for the name change has been accused of making a mockery out of the Black Lives Movement. A recent call to rename Dover’s White Cliffs – deemed to be a prank – has been met with huge anger and disbelief.

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