Reflections on the Black Exodus from White Evangelical Spaces
Written by Mimi Anim I still have not watched the George Floyd video in its entirety. I think it’s dehumanising and desensitising to need…
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An Extract from Bringing Up Race by Uju Asika
In Bringing Up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World, author Uju Asika examines the impact of racism on children…
Sunday Poem: The Writing on the Wall
‘Wogs out’ the graffiti sprayed In those Bedfordshire days That led me to question With what affection was my sort held? Signed ‘NF’…
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My time spent travelling through Europe was often in the caverns of the Metro system, where I searched for an interplay between cultures. I…