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Photo credit: Jaír F. Coll for Open Society Foundations"> </figure> <div class="a-articleLink__body"> <p> Afro-Colombians have long endured social and systemic invisibility. Through legal action, civil society is fighting the miscount of the Black population for a more accurate representation. </p> <div class="a-articleLink__meta"> September 5, 2024 | Dayana Blanco Acendra </div> </div> </div> </a> <a href="https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/the-fight-to-make-racism-a-thing-of-the-past" class="a-articleLink a-articleLink--hasImage "> <div class="row"> <div class="a-articleLink__heading"> <h4 class="a-articleLink__subtitle"> Anti-racism in Europe </h4> <h3 class="a-articleLink__title"> <span>The Fight to Make Racism a Thing of the Past</span> </h3> </div> <figure class="a-articleLink__image"> <img src="https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/f18f2f49-23d9-4d1b-b17d-0617a8a94d9e/20230915-boivin-france-sos-racism-demo-3000.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=200&q=80&rect=0%2C63%2C3000%2C1875" alt="Activists cheer at a protest." title="Activists with the organization SOS Racism, a member of the European Network Against Racism, attend a demonstration against racism and the extreme right in Lille, France, on February 5, 2022. Photo credit: © Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto/Getty"> </figure> <div class="a-articleLink__body"> <p> After a quarter of century of combating structural racism and pushing back against the rise of hateful and intolerant far-right policies, the European Network Against Racism believes now is the time for real change. </p> <div class="a-articleLink__meta"> September 19, 2023 | Kim L. Smouter-Umans </div> </div> </div> </a> <a href="https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/q-and-a-why-monuments-must-change" class="a-articleLink a-articleLink--hasImage "> <div class="row"> <div class="a-articleLink__heading"> <h4 class="a-articleLink__subtitle"> Power and Public Memory </h4> <h3 class="a-articleLink__title"> <span>Q&A: Why Monuments Must Change</span> </h3> </div> <figure class="a-articleLink__image"> <img src="https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/e7987164-b31a-483c-86ea-c82263eeabc8/20230606-maney-tennessee-monument-3000.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=200&q=80&rect=0%2C125%2C3000%2C1875" alt="A child stands in front of a statue honoring Black soldiers." title="Children attend the unveiling and dedication of a statue honoring Black soldiers in Franklin, Tennessee, on October 23, 2021. Photo credit: © Sarahbeth Maney/NYTimes/Redux"> </figure> <div class="a-articleLink__body"> <p> We tend to think of monuments as being immutable, permanent structures. But the nonprofit group Monument Lab is on a mission to change the way the U.S. thinks about monuments and their relationship with power and public memory. </p> <div class="a-articleLink__meta"> July 6, 2023 </div> </div> </div> </a> <a href="https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/in-africa-taking-on-viral-hate" class="a-articleLink a-articleLink--hasImage "> <div class="row"> <div class="a-articleLink__heading"> <h4 class="a-articleLink__subtitle"> Hate Speech </h4> <h3 class="a-articleLink__title"> <span>In Africa, Taking on Viral Hate</span> </h3> </div> <figure class="a-articleLink__image"> <img src="https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/a31e78f3-fa9d-4589-b00b-d2a85c057b56/20230510-karumba-kenya-facebook-court-3000.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=200&q=80&rect=0%2C63%2C3000%2C1875" alt="Kenyan lawyers stand around a computer for a virtual meeting." title="Kenyan lawyers participate in a virtual pre-trial consultation with a judge and Meta's legal counsel in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 12, 2023. Photo credit: © Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty"> </figure> <div class="a-articleLink__body"> <p> Facebook users in some African countries are exposed to higher levels of violent content, hate speech, and misinformation. The consequences can be deadly. 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