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anon

Is it because I is....?

Posted by anonymous about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago 31 responses

There seems to be a regular flow of negative stories about black youths in the press. Operation Trident, the media coverage of gang killings, stabbings, the death of the teacher Mr Lawrence, sporadic discussion of poor academic performance. There appear to be daily stories on the topic. Or is that just me noticing t...

spanky

INNOCENCE OR RACISM

Asked by spanky 8 months ago for 1 kudos
Best answer by savannah
Last active 7 months ago 36 responses

A friend of mine recently told me that she was called in to see her 10 year old son`s head teacher to discuss his racist behaviour. During a sports lesson he had identified someone by saying “the brown boy”. The head teacher very bluntly explained that she expected the children to identify each other ...

babybat

No longer Rising against Racism?

Posted by babybat 5 months ago
Last active 5 months ago 23 responses

The Rise festival is going apolitical, it seems. It’ll lose the “Against Racism” branding and just be promoted as a free festival; the Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) has also been told that its annual Big Cuba Fiesta stage is barred from this year’s event as it’s inappropriate for ov...