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WATCH my TED talk on microaggressions: …
WATCH my conversation with
@DavidHarewood
about mental health and racism: …
LEARN about racism beyond an overt act of hate:
READ my book
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When I attended The Royal Wedding of
#HarryandMeghan
in 2018, I observed external joy & adoration & the dysfunction behind the scenes. A viscountess told me Meghan would never be accepted & a royal commentator muttered loud enough for me to hear, the wedding was “too black”
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The fact this needs to be said so explicitly shows how far down the rabbit hole many are. Absolutely this. It is NOT normal. It is UNJUSTIFIABLE. What a distressing time
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Global apathy - is stopping 7.7 million people displaced by war in Sudan, currently the LARGEST humanitarian crisis in the world - get the empathy, support, political interest and media attention they need to help them survive. Global apathy
"We're talking about the largest displaced population in the world. 7.7m people have been forced out of their homes by the war."
Sky's
@YousraElbagir
is live from Port Sudan following a weeklong communications blackout amid the Sudan war.
📺Sky 501
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Thinking of Belly Mujinga today and the fact her family still does not have any justice. Public inquest is finally this summer
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The way people are going out of their way to defend strangulation as a legitimate method of restraint by a very large Asian man towards a much smaller Black woman shows how desensitised so many of you are to violence against black women. Rancid
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The majority of people sending hate messages to Meghan online were white women. This doc is very revealing. This is why my book uncompromisingly unpacks how white women uphold white supremacy & how violent & dangerous they were throughout the T/A slave trade & far beyond it.
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This is Arthur Roberts. A Black soldier, who despite racism in the army, served in WW1 & 2. He died in a care home in Scotland in 1982 - he often locked himself in his room on Remembrance Day, feeling forgotten about due to the lack of visibility of black war veterans.
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It’s Black History Month this month in the U.K. The theme is ‘saluting our sisters’ to acknowledge how under celebrated and how often the work of black women is erased. Looking forward to seeing how Black women will be uplifted and celebrated this month.
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I loathe how ‘unconscious bias’ seems to be in everyone’s lexicon again, thanks to Prince Harry’s inability to name racism.
Almost as if being a recipient of someone’s ‘unconscious bias’ is somehow less harmful. It isn’t. It also absolves responsibility for harmful actions. Stop!
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Non-Black folks raising black or mixed- black children, need to do their work the most. So much research shows taking a “colour-blind” approach to raising children has the opposite effect. Racism is a public health issue. You are NOT safeguarding your kids by ignoring racism.
"I'm not raising black children. I'm raising children." UFC fighter Michael Chandler speaks about his approach to parenting his two black adopted sons and admits there have been tough questions about skin color.
(🎥The Shawn Ryan Show/YouTube)
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Rancid. Utterly rancid.
Chris Kaba was an unarmed young black man, minding his own business driving a nice car. Police who have a disordered fear response to black people are a danger to us and should not be in the force - too many have gotten away with murder for too long
We depend on our brave firearms officers to protect us from the most dangerous & violent in society. In the interest of public safety they have to make split-second decisions under extraordinary pressures. 1/3
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#HarryandMeghan
documentary really does hold a mirror up to British press (which is 94% white and 0.2% Black). It is not painted in a good light. But the media has ALWAYS played a firm, powerful & at times coercive role in influencing public opinion & behaviour. A THREAD (1)
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Non-black Jews really need to stop doing this. Stop using Black people as pawns to make false equivalences to make poor points. Disgraceful behaviour and on Stephen Lawrence Day as well.
Gideon Falter asks, would the Met police unfairly target and threaten to arrest a black person?
#GMB
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This is how white supremacy functions when racism is highlighted. From the predictable, tedious and defensive “self avowed non-racists” to the overt attacks & smear campain. Causing Ngozi to have to temporarily close her charity due to safety concerns.
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“This must stop” indeed. I hope the
@TheRSC
are properly safeguarding Francesca Amewudah-Rivers and other Black cast members as well as their Black and Brown staff members. We have a serious problem with racism in Britain. Here to support 🙏🏾
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Gosh the anti-blackness I experience from white liberal women - claiming to be anti-racist- is something else. They then denigrate you with peers, go all childish mean-girl on you, except it’s not childish, it’s violent. To be anti-racist is to acknowledge & work on your racism.
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No we don’t routinely show ‘concern’ over skin colour Trevor. Stop gaslighting other black people - women in particular- who speak up about racism.
I’m going to start talking more about black enablers who are foot soldiers for white supremacy. You folk wear me the f**k out
"Meghan Markle had to learn how to be black on the job."
Broadcaster Sir Trevor Phillips says "race was never really part" of the Duchess's background.
@TrevorPTweets
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To be anti-racist is not being free from racism, but to acknowledge & work on your racism again & again.
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Love up to
@HackneyAbbott
We see you. We see the unwarranted attacks and the disproportionate scrutiny
We see the rancid anti-blackness.
No one should have to endure this level of abuse. No one. You are not alone.
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I’m noticing a pattern. I’m interested in why
@British_Airways
seem to routinely use their old fleet of planes to fly passengers to Black majority country’s and use their nice new fleets on every single trip I’ve taken to white majority countries. Why?
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I think Diversity and Inclusion, especially when anti-racism is wrapped up in it, is a problem and by design, is ineffective. If we can’t even name what it is we’re ‘diversifying from’ - eg: white supremacy- how are we even going to get started?
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Scaring white people? It doesn’t take much then does it. Stop this nonsense Trevor. And stop undermining other people’s experiences of racism. It isn’t highlighting racism that stops social progress, it’s the ACTUAL racism that ends up being debated, instead of addressed.
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Last night a white woman told me I NEED to listen to and respect her knowledge about racism - because I DON’T know. This why I understand why some folks liken whiteness to psychosis.
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White people spend so much time trying to convince Black folks they aren’t racist-but who are you trying to convince? Because we can smell racism before its left your mouth. Even Stephen Lawrence’s murderers maintained they weren’t racist. You have no credibility on the subject.
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I remain perplexed at why white folks I work with get bent out of shape when I highlight their racism. I will not enable racism by ignoring it. To be anti-racist is to acknowledge & withstand being given feedback on your racism again & again. To learn, grow, repair & do better.
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I had a few things to say regarding the Palace ‘race row’ (not sure who is ‘rowing’, but a lot of us are highlighting this diabolical and endemic behaviour so there is accountability and change) on
@TimesRadio
with
@kaitborsay
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Forensic research shows 40% of female serial killers are likely to be nurses. It also shows they are likely to be white.
Attacks my colleagues have faced this week for highlighting this has been repulsive. We cannot address what we cannot name.
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Curious - where is the same energy for racism, anti-blackness, anti-muslim hate? And will you also be removing yourselves?
Visitors to UK who incite antisemitism will be removed, says minister
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@samatlounge
To be clear - as I can’t keep up the racist stereotypes she claims here, were made up - were in fact NOT made up by this reviewer and indeed in her book. Words she had written and words many editors, copywriters and her publishers saw fit to publish?
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David Harewood to become Rada’s first Black president in its 120 year existence. Cynthia Erivo as Vice President. Both had to move to the US to be taken seriously in the UK ‘David Harewood: teach young actors resilience to face industry’s brutal side’
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When Black women have the courage to tell you they’re struggling. Believe them.
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Inconsequential acts to make majority white folk feel less guilty are maddening. How about we stop with performative placards and actually meaningfully address the racism that continues to pervade us.
Senate Passes Bill to Posthumously Award Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley
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Racism robs you of so much: Birthdays spent, carefree lives, joy, health, dignity & in the worst cases - life. 30 years on - many need to step up.
‘Stephen Lawrence came to symbolise so much. But he was also my little boy’ | Neville Lawrence 🖤
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“The national conversation on racism seems to be stuck in an endless loop”
It’s stuck in an endless loop because folks keep framing racism as a debate. It isn’t.
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Repeat after me: white people are not indigenous to Britain, white people are not indigenous to Britain, white people are not indigenous to Britain, white people are not indigenous to Britain.
The wilful historical and racial illiteracy in this country is rancid.
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Black folk in the Conservative Party continue to leave me perplexed. One thing the Conservative party is, is consistent. Consistently racist. Just pick up some history books and scan through Parliamentary transcripts - why would you expect to belong?
“I’m an outsider”
Former Boris Johnson adviser Samuel Kasumu, who ran to be mayor of London and failed to make the Tory longlist, says Conservative members told him he didn’t “sound like a politician” and that he “didn’t attend enough dinners”
#BBCLauraK
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Woke meaning = awoken/ alert to racial injustice.
There. I just did it in 3 seconds.
She can’t define it because she and others bastardise it.
LOL: Briahna Joy Gray BREAKS the brain of Rising guest Bethany Mandel by asking her to define "wokeness"
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This is one of the main reasons why I don’t take live questions from the audience. I will not debate racism. Brilliant interview with
@DavidOlusoga
highlighting some of the harms that come our way as authors & educators navigating this terrain.
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I’m not sharing the video circulating of Rishi Sunak & his transphobia & disregard for human life.This is a convenient distraction from doing his damn job. Teacher strikes, NHS strikes rampant. My father had cancer surgery in March & hasn’t seen his oncologist since. Diabolical
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Black Twitter is the only reason I’m still on this app 🙃
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This years theme for Black History Month is ‘Saluting Our Sisters’ to acknowledge the lack of celebration & erasure of the contributions of Black women. I’m seeing apathy, or folks going out of their way to salute black men instead. You cannot make this up. My worst BHM to date.
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Lack of empathy swiftly leads to dehumanisation - both are the key ingredients to every single human genocide on this planet. I am scared by the growing lack of empathy I’m seeing. Scared.
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@kelechnekoff
THIS. She held a reasonable boundary, they didn’t respect it so she held another one. It didn’t need to come to this. They do not own her. She did the right thing - her wellbeing matters over and above anything
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No you don’t “draw a line” under racism. That’s why it’s still rampant and unaddressed in this country. You don’t draw a line under racist abuse and inciting violence. You hold folks and the institutions that enable it, accountable.
Frank Hester's £10m donation "should be kept" says secretary of state for business and trade
@KemiBadenoch
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The Conservatives have "drawn a line" under the Frank Hester racism row, she adds.
📺 Sky 501
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This beautiful black woman’s life was cut short in 1993 by racist immigration officials and the Met police in Britain. Her story is relatively unknown, which is why it was important for me to intentionally put ink to her name in my book- The Good Ally. Joy Gardner - not forgotten
🧵On this day 30 years ago Joy Gardner was killed by the Met Police. Their now disbanded Alien Deportation Group (ADG) broke down the door of her home in the early hours of the morning on 28 July 1993. 1/4
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I remained stunned at how many trauma experts, dubbed as leaders in their field, are not talking about the link between racism & trauma, have no racial literacy & won’t acknowledge how much of western medicine was founded in racism. Unethical. We cannot address what isn’t named.
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The racists seem to be out in full force on Twitter today. Mad that the heinous murder of a young black boy and simply honouring their memory can agitate them so much. Rancid behaviour. I hope they get the help they need. Until then, my block button is getting another workout
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‘Deeply engrained racism’ there I fixed it. This attempts to try to minimise the severity of medical racism by using the word ‘bias’ is nothing but a PR exercise. Western medicine IS founded in medical racism. We can’t address what we refuse to name.
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Imagine being more offended by someone naming white supremacy then actually addressing the white supremacist ideology and social practice that is continuing to lead to racist outcomes in this country, especially in medicine - disgraceful
@TheBMA
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We often only associate grief with death. But grief is a natural response to ANY kind of loss - including loss of identity / self. Which is why I see grief a LOT in anti-racism work. In The Good Ally I adapt Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, 5 stages of grief to highlight common responses…
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Why is this even a headline. People cry at funerals.
Meghan Markle Was Seen Crying During the Queen's Funeral
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This is why my work unapologetically centres racism through an anti-black lens. If you don’t understand that the birthplace of racism was anti-blackness - everything will confuse you. I really hope Halle Bailey is being properly safeguarded during this time.
#TheLittleMermaid
tanks in both China and South Korea amid a racist backlash over the casting of
#HalleBailey
in the role of Ariel
#THRNews
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Remembering the time I was asked to speak about diversity and equality at London Book Fair - (an event that can command over £200 per delegate) - for free…
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“You don’t get to pick up the anti-racist backpack and simply take it off because the load got too heavy” After all those ego driven public declarations, I could write another book on this subject alone.
great piece
@Nmozz
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She didn’t just sing & dance, her whole SOUL came alive when she was on stage.
I love how she embodied worthiness. I love how she role modelled going where you are valued, how she overcame abuse found solace in Buddhism.
REST IN POWER Tina Turner. What a gift to so many🖤
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A sad truth and it wasn’t just white men that engaged in this anti-human behaviour - white women too. Clarkson should be held accountable and moreso
@TheSun
a
@NewsUK
company for signing this off. Clearly in breach of
@IpsoNews
standards. Complain here:
Parade a black woman naked through the streets whilst being pelted by shit. Clarkson harks back to the days when white men could kill, rape and punish black people with the whip and by forcing them to eat Massa’s excrement. He's no Thomas Clarkson more Thomas Thistlewood.
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Just because someone has black or brown skin doesn’t automatically make them an expert in understanding & discussing the nuances of systemic racism. If you’re going to insist on “debating” racism on national television pls call in experts - it’s damaging.
@itvstudios
@loosewomen
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African and Caribbean nations agree move to seek reparations for slavery
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The way white women in D&I plagiarise my work is rancid. Good work will always inspire others. We can be inspired and simply credit - or move a point forward with our own skill & thinking. To copy my work about anti-racism, then publish a book on it - is white supremacy.
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This continues to be incredibly upsetting & absolutely abhorrent that there is no call for accountability in that rotten institution. Noone considers the secondary trauma & ongoing pain this causes to the Lawrence family & those closest to this. Absolutely diabolical decision
NEW: Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Stephen Lawrence’s mother, has said the CPS' decision not to charge four retired officers involved in the original murder investigation for misconduct has caused her “immense distress”. She will seek a review of the decision.
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The story of Emmett Till’s murder is one I return to again & again, when I teach anti-racism students how white women are not innocent when it comes to upholding white supremacy - how historically they have been dangerous key perpetrators & enablers…
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Notice how the media positions racism on TV-not as discussion, but debate. Ways we don’t see sexual discrimination being positioned. Notice who is brought in to speak, not experts, not historians, not prominent Black British civil rights activists still fighting. It’s deliberate
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@ProfSunnySingh
Despair is also a normal and understandable response to what people are witnessing and experiencing. Despair is an option. Just don’t stay there too long.
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This sadly isn’t new knowledge. I must stress, this ISN’T as a result of there being something inherently wrong with black children, but further evidence of the damaging impact of racism.
Racism IS a public health issue - What are you doing about it?
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Newsflash - The murderers of Stephen’s Lawrence said they weren’t racist - AFTER being caught on camera doing the most heinous racist acts. White folk- you have ZERO authority here. To loosely quote Franz Fanon “a racist cannot define a racist” we’re not your damn props
Just a quick PSA for racists.
Declaring you aren’t racist… and citing the proof of the presence of “Black friends” - has the opposite (if more accurate) effect to the one you want.
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@lib_thinks
@BCWLindsay
No. It’s about racism - specifically anti-blackness and being hunted down by white people because of the colour of ones skin. That’s not something that white women experience. So no. Not the same. As a black woman I am asking you to please stop and reflect on your comment 🙏🏾
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It’s been a long 24 hours. When will folks stop debating racism in the press like it’s a sporting event? Experiencing racism is trauma- stop treating it like it’s entertainment. Also stop infantilising elders. Being 83 does not absolve you of racism.
@kaitborsay
@TimesRadio
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One of the reasons racism - specifically anti-blackness, remains rampant, is
Black people publicly undermining other Black people’s experience of racism - because they “don’t see it that way” Doing white supremacy’s work on its behalf. Dangerous. Racism is abuse. Stop this BS.
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So.... I have news.
I have longed to bring anti-racism work to as many people as possible and now, finally that dream is being realised. Today, I am delighted to be able to formally announce (the wait has been painful lol!) my debut book; The Good Ally…
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Discussing bias & hidden racism on sky news today and why there has been such a backlash towards the Duchess of Sussex on what should have been celebrated as a positive initiative. I for one, cant wait to dive in. I’ve got my copy have you got yours?
Finally got myself a copy of
@BritishVogue
Always a pleasure to talk to
@novareidoffic
about why the magazine has proved to be a divisive project for Meghan
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To all the writers out there. The Good Ally (and it’s earlier iterations) was pitched to 31 publishers before I got 2 yes’s over a 14 month period. So that’s 31 no’s. Don’t give up.
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0.54% of the U.K. population is made up of people seeking refuge in the U.K. to be exact. These repulsive policies and scaremongering from the Conservatives is not new, but is absolutely steeped in racism -and xenophobia. It is fear based and it is absolutely anti-human.
@a_webb
@secrettory12
There is no huge influx. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries. This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s, and I’m out of order?
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‘White privilege’ is almost giving me as much disdain as ‘bias’ - if we keep using a more palatable ‘white privilege’ -when we really mean white supremacy and ‘bias’ when we mean racism. How are we going to address what we can’t even name? 1st step to change is naming the issue.
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Who are you learning about anti-racism from? What is their adjacency to whiteness? Are they talking about their anti-blackness/ if they are lighter skinned, how they benefit from colourism? If we’re unpacking white supremacy, that HAS to include colourism.
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It’s becoming more & more apparent that my publishers do not give a damn about mine or other black authors psychological safety. It is no longer a case of not understanding what is required to keep black talent safe at large scale events. It’s wilful refusal.
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Is it any wonder
#HarryandMeghan
chose to move themselves out of harms way and emancipate themselves from the Royal Family and the British press?! Diabolical. (8)
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@marcusryder
🙏🏾 I write similar in TGA. We go round & round in circles & end up ignoring white supremacy & fail to address the societal harm. If we label antisemitism as racism we miss important nuances & undermine the experiences of Jews who are black & experience antisemitism AND racism.
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‘Thousands raised for Met Police officers dismissed after stop and search of Ricardo dos Santos and Bianca Williams’ -
@SkyNews
From Kyle Rittenhouse to this - are we ready to talk about the growing trend of very rich folk funding hate?
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When is the mainstream British press going to admit that it too has an ugly past and present contributing to the continued denigration of black people (et al) and actually address systemic racism rather than continue to perpetuate it
#HarryandMeghan
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Too many. From being called n***er, to pay inequity, having food rubbed in my face (6yo) by a white woman & told I was disgusting. As someone w/ lineage lost to slavery, having to pay back the debt from reparations to white slavers through MY taxes until 2015. Ultimate mockery.
Have you experienced racism in the UK? If you have, what did it look like?
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Controlling and manipulating narrative and depicting how groups of people are spoken about depending on their melanin - from ‘expats’ vs ‘immigrants’ to ‘protestors’ vs ‘rioters’, instilling fear and hatred or both. (2)
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And just like that 3 years of writing, who knows how long researching, a lot of moments of doubt & The Good Ally is out in the world! Thank you
@hqstories
If you could support this debut author please grab your copy and share today it would mean a lot.
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A reason why you and so many don’t, is because it was hidden under something called “Operation Legacy”. The British government hid and destroyed records of abuse and torture. Some Kenyans successfully sued via the high court here. Rancid
Ashamed to say I didn’t know about this. Happy I do now.
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@lib_thinks
@BCWLindsay
Women do and it’s not for the reason that Ben is talking about. Important not to conflate important issues as the same
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It shows up time and time again in my work and that of others, historically and in my personal life. The most emotionally violent and perpetrators of racism are white women. They are not innocent bystanders when it comes to white supremacy. They are the breeding ground
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If you have no desire to do this then please leave black people alone. It is vile, dishonest and essentially abusive behaviour and I want no part in it.
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So many folks are moaning about ITV spotlighting the likes of Nigel Farage on I’m a Celebrity… and yet continuing to tune in and contribute to their ratings. Make it make sense. We stop enabling it by no longer watching 🤷🏾♀️
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This is deeply worrying and deeply upsetting. Much love right now to all of Gboyega’s family and those who love him dearly.
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WATCH my TED talk on microaggressions:
WATCH my conversation with
@DavidHarewood
about mental health and racism:
LEARN about racism beyond an overt act of hate:
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