29.09.22
YORK’S AWARD-WINNING TABLOID NEWSPAPER
ISSUE 277
WELCOME FROM YORK COUNCIL The relationship between students and the city
“STOP VIRTUE SIGNALLING WITHOUT ANY GENUINE CHANGE”
BAME AGAINST INJUSTICE
Vision Interviews Rohan Ashar, Zara Sharif and Emilia Chambers on Controversial Speaker BY
KATIE PRESTON
FOLLOWING THE SCHEDULING of “The Mighty Oak Dinner: An Evening with Sir Desmond Swayne”, BAME students at the University have been highly critical of the off-campus event, which has not currently been approved by YUSU and is under review. MP Desmond Swayne has been accused of racial insensitivity through his defence of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s use of blackface in 2019, calling the usage an “entirely acceptable bit of fun” according to an MSN report. The Conservative MP also hinted that he had worn blackface himself, stating he “went
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COLLEGE CHAIRS FIGHT STUDENT HUNGER PAGE 4