Yvonne Connolly
The UK’s first Black headteacher. It was announced that Yvonne Connolly had sadly passed on the 30th January, we wanted to pay tribute to her. Yvonne was the headteacher of Rings Cross Infant School, Holloway in 1969 when she was…
Category Current Affairs
Why The Movement Needs to Matter
Saturday 6th December 2020 should have been remembered as the day fans returned back to watch The Beautiful Game in stadiums. I never got used to the new normality of stadiums with added noises of crowds cheering like it’s an…
Racism in UK schools
We need to keep airing the wounds from the ripped band-aid in 2020. The comments that you see here are from Black Brits’ experiences of racism at school. Only one person’s comment said that they didn’t experience racism at school.…
Black Ballet
There is a lack of diversity in many fields and vocations that have been highlighted in recent times. After slavery had ended, there were many preconceived notions about what Black people could and could not do for a living and…
Reparations
The definition of reparations is “The action of making amends for a wrong one has done, by providing payment or other assistance to those who have been wronged.” Have there been any reparations paid to the Black communities? Since summer…
Grenfell
Nobody will ever forget the tragedy that was Grenfell. 72 people died on the 14th June 2017, a disaster which has been badly handled by the government. One of the Grenfell campaigners Clarrie Mendy died last year and London Mayor…
Yes, my hair is nice and no you can’t touch it.
The first time I distinctly remember my hair being touched by strangers was when I was 11 years old on a bus. Two old ladies were putting the world to rights behind me, and I tuned them out until I…
The Last Queen of Madagascar
Who has been using this time to have a long overdue clear out? I know I’m not the only one who has found items that “I HAD to buy” and have since discovered them crumpled and shoved in the back…
Windrush Scandal
Imagine being invited to work to help build the country after the war effort. Not only are you adjusting to a new country, you also adjust to a new culture and weather. After 50 plus years, you have created a…
Unconscious Bias
Unconscious bias starts as young as when we are at a pre-school age. As kids we follow the example set and what we hear from our parents, siblings and what we see on TV. It continues to become a real…