The coronavirus pandemic threatens a crisis for human rights too
People could soon be arrested for a sweeping range of new offences, sparking troubling scenes in the UK
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What does a lonely, squalid death in an immigration centre say about Britain?
Prince Fosu was neglected for six days until he died, naked and starving. We cannot treat people with such inhumanity Dostoevsky said a society’s civilisation can be judged by its prisons. I would add this: a society’s humanity can be judged by its immigration removal centres. What does it say about us that a man who […]
Thank you speech @ Campaign for Broadcasting Equality
My relationship with the media started, like most of us, with my relationship with the world. I always knew deep down; that I was proud of my heritage, that it was a part of the building blocks that gave me strength. We all stand on the shoulders of our mothers and fathers. But was I […]
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Read moreThe ‘playing the race card’ accusation is just a way to silence us
Many British people are ignorant about how racism works. Yet when black people try to explain, our experience is denied
NPR: Racism and the Royals
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Black Britons Know Why Meghan Markle Wants Out
It’s The Racism This was the bitter shadow of their sunny May 2018 wedding. How many of us suspected — hoping but doubting we were wrong — that what would really initiate Meghan into her new role as a Briton with African heritage would be her experience of British racism. And ironically, by taking matters […]
Football claims it’s not political. The Özil affair shows it is – just on the wrong side
The real threat to football clubs is from the double standard of claiming to be “non political” when profit is at stake, rather than inconvenient inconvenient truths uttered by players like Mesut Özil
UK Election 2019 – Amanpour & Co, CNN
The dust has settled on the U.K. general election, and it was a decisive win for Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party and his unambiguously pro-Brexit stance. Johnson has a comfortable majority, guaranteeing that Brexit will happen. By contrast, Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party suffered a catastrophic defeat, its worst since 1935. I helped Christiane analyze the situation […]
Has WhatsApp become a potential career assassin?
The app helped connect me to an inspiring sisterhood. But the case of police officer Robyn Williams shows unopened messages can be a legal minefield