Each One Teach One
Because knowledge is power
2020 seemed to start as it meant to go on. The UK was facing a definite Brexit, Donald Trump had been impeached in 2019 but was acquitted by the Senante in February. Covid-19 had reared its ugly head but became a global pandamic before proper measures were taken. Despite these measures 1.78M people have died …
Letitia Wright star of Black Panther and Steve McQueen’s Mangrove, shared an anti-vax video on her Twitter page which resulted in severe backlash. The video disputed the safety and effectiveness of a potential Covid-19 vaccine. 🙏🏾https://t.co/AMlIY7oLEQ — Letitia Wright (@letitiawright) December 4, 2020 The video she shared was an episode from a YouTube series called …
The UKs Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic TV Task Force has held talks with the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, and is preparing for meetings with Netflix and Amazon just days after publishing a letter demanding action on racial equality. The group, which sprung up last month amid the Black Lives Matter movement, is lobbying …
Airbnb host Tami Barker, from California, cancelled a guest’s booking on 17 February because the guest was Asian. Law clerk, Dyne Suh, had reserved the cabin in February for herself, her boyfriend and two friends, but was told by Barker minutes before their arrival that, “I wouldn’t rent it to u if u were the …
David Norris, one of Stephen Lawrence’s killers, is suing the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) after he was allegedly attacked by a black inmate. Norris who is serving a life sentence for killing the 18-year-old student, is suing the MoJ for ÂŁ10,000 claiming he was not suitably protected whilst he was serving time in Belmarsh prison. …
A while back I talked about the pastor who wanted his female congregation to attend church literally butt naked and I wondered at the mentality of his followers. Now we have Pastor Jamal Bryant upseting the interwebs when a brief video taken from his sermon did the rounds. In the 40 second clip the pastor …
I wasn’t going to comment on the release of Beyoncé’s video Formation on Saturday 6 February because there are already thousands of think pieces out there on the subject whether for or against. Then I realised that as someone who loves history it would be remiss of me not to mark the occasion and say …
In life, I try to avoid being around negative ignorant people who are too set in their ways to be enlightened.  Sadly, I buck up on these people every day on social media. I spent a lot of time observing these people but not engaging with them as I don’t have the patience. I learned …
I can’t believe that a discussion on what a racist is, still needs to be had in 2015. The meaning used to be clear cut but as more Black people speak out against injustice racists seek to muddy the waters by trying to change the meaning of racism and who can be racist. When …
