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Is this the paradigm-shifting moment for white people on race? Once the social pressure is gone, just how much do Black Lives still Matter? A question to my white friends & followers. Please read, share and that stuff :) #BLM
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These riots started in Parliament.
Rioters chant “stop the boats” and “we want our country back” - using language from politicians across the political spectrum.
It’s not enough to call out violence, politicians need to stop normalising hate. In policy and practice.
ALT Image of rioters bragging in front of a burning car - text overlain says "here's your 'hostile environment'"
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My 8yr old who has ASD has been suspended for the 2nd time this week from @HazelburySch, he has ASD suffers from Anxiety and can have violent outbursts when he feels uncomfortable
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Good to see Dr Harold Moody mentioned in BBC article on reveals from 1921 census
bbc.com/news/uk-59879470
#blackhistory
Background on him in thread below.
Big up @GoogleUK for paying homage to the great Dr Harold Moody - a Black British hero who's name should be in every kid's history book. But, as you're unlikely to see him there, let me educate on the man many regard as the UK's Martin L. King.
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Our wonderful Teaching Assistant, Faisal is incredibly talented - we are so lucky to have him at HLP. This a capella performance was just beautiful. Just listen! #BlackHistoryMonth @Penny_Ten @Muna_Abdi_Phd @haringey_music
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Ten years since the London Riots.
@OliverHBishop explores why we don't seem to be talking about it.
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Wrote a piece for @MetroUK on the decade since the #LondonRiots and why the events seem to hold no real political or cultural legacy beyond a 'racialised war on gangs'.
Read/Like/Share and all that 🙂👊
metro.co.uk/2021/08/06/10-ye…
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10 years after the London Riots and such little change. Read brother @OliverHBishop’s piece for the @MetroUK where he reflects on the missed opportunities and shortcomings of the response by “our” politicians. Saturday morning breakfast ☕️ and 📖
Wrote a piece for @MetroUK on the decade since the #LondonRiots and why the events seem to hold no real political or cultural legacy beyond a 'racialised war on gangs'.
Read/Like/Share and all that 🙂👊
metro.co.uk/2021/08/06/10-ye…
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'The violence I was seeing wasn't gangs and it wasn't just young black men. It was everyone. Angry at issues not being dealt with, resources being taken away, the lack of funding into communities for YP...'
10 years on, what have we learnt?
Wrote a piece for @MetroUK on the decade since the #LondonRiots and why the events seem to hold no real political or cultural legacy beyond a 'racialised war on gangs'.
Read/Like/Share and all that 🙂👊
metro.co.uk/2021/08/06/10-ye…
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Brilliant article for the Metro by an old friend @OliverHBishop
We met for lunch this week and I must say, our conversation changed the way I think about various things. This article is symbolic of that change in thinking. It's a must read. See below.
metro.co.uk/2021/08/06/10-ye…
Wrote a piece for @MetroUK on the decade since the #LondonRiots and why the events seem to hold no real political or cultural legacy beyond a 'racialised war on gangs'.
Read/Like/Share and all that 🙂👊
metro.co.uk/2021/08/06/10-ye…
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A great book week that started knowing my autobiography #ClosingRanks was on display at the @bcaheritage next to @LennyHenry, which coincides w/ my contribution to the #BlackBritishLivesMatter book edited by Lenny & @marcusryder. The week ended w/ a book signing at @voyageyouth.
Writing a piece for the Metro on the decade since the England Riots and I'm looking for someone, preferably a woman, who witnessed the events unfold (anywhere in the country). You don't have to have been involved.
Let me know if you're happy to chat & provide a few quotes :).
[QUICK THREAD] The more England succeeded in the Euros, the more ‘winning’ started to become a metaphor for something beyond the game but an unfair expectation, set by the media, to ‘unify’ the people of a country 'divided' by constant discussions of English racism.
The protests last year were not about 'fixing' racism through a few weeks of football, but about honest conversations on how deep & institutional racism is in England, & finding ways to dismantle it. This whole episode shows us that we haven't got there yet.