I Will Not Obey

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18.7.16

Through Our Own Eyes Episode 3: Whiteness and Tourism

In this episode, we meet Neli Brul a student and queer activist and tells us about government incentives to whitewash the population and how the tourism industry is run by tourist in Boriken.

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