Black British Lives Matter: A Clarion Call for Equality

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The Mosleys’ ‘Union Movement’ took to the streets and whipped up racism on a massive scale in North Kensington, igniting race riots and setting the scene for murders. The Mosleys worked for a white racist uprising and a race war. The Metropolitan Police firearms officer charged (September 2023) with murdering Chris Kaba will be named, the Old Bailey has decided. Mr Kaba, 24, died after being shot in a police operation in Streatham, south London, last year. A judge dismissed concerns about the "real and immediate risk" to the officer, named only as NX121, if his identity was made public. - The data shows that a third of GCSE students studied the modules centred on non-European or American cultures. Of that third, 95% were studying one of two modules on China under Mao. Three other modules focus on non-European/American culture outside the context of an invasion: the Mughal Empire 1526-1707; South Africa 1960-94: the People and the State; and Conflict in the Middle East 1945-95. Less than 2% (4,228) of all students studied these topics at GCSE. For the purposes of this comparison we have classified Russian history as European history. What happened to the empire?

It’s like playing Monopoly for 400 rounds and your turn was always skipped. How are you supposed to catch up? + Allowing that students study four modules, we calculated that only 9% (about 23,676 pupils) have studied modules that make significant reference to the British empire over the course of their two-year GCSE. When I apply for stuff like big office jobs and nine-to-five work, I'll have to tie up my hair because I have dreads + Contrary to guidance, 6% of strip searches were conducted with at least one officer of a different gender than the child present. Over half of all cases saw no further action taken against the child.

Lawrence Goldman is the whistle-blower featured in the press, with extensive coverage in the Daily Telegraph who who read up on all the history and issues about Max Mosley's 'benefactions' to Oxford University. Also, reporting in the Times, Sky News, Daily Mail, Guardian and more. But its struggles go beyond the UK. “We’ve been doing a lot of protests with EndSARS [a movement against Nigeria’s special anti-robbery squad],” says Natasha. Getting my voice heard has helped my younger siblings,” she says. “They feel like it’s OK to follow in my pattern. My 11-year-old brother made a movie about BLM to show to his class. I thought: ‘Wow, I could have never done that at that age.’” Shekinah Swamba, 19, Cheltenham I realised it's not because you're annoying, it's not because you're ugly, it’s because you don't look like them +

Photograph: Anselm Ebulue / The Guardian Tré Ventour 24 • Northampton • Writer and race equality activist Possibly the most famous quote of the entire book is: ‘The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.’ Police strip searched nearly 3,000 children between 2018 and mid-2022It confirms just how badly our children are being failed by the the police AND as young as eight strip-searched by police.

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Teachers refused to test me for dyslexia and instead told my parents to stop speaking other languages at home + You can walk through the world, touching people’s hair because you think it looks fluffy but it’s a completely dehumanising thing that has its roots in human zoos. That’s the impact of omission, that people can walk around not thinking about the history of their actions.” How can/will the Casey report be different. Will the rug and brush just get that much bigger to help shift the dirt deeper underneath for another few decades more. NOT if we have anything to do with the landscape to help break the old fashioned out of date model of policing. Natasha and Aima had not met before they read each other’s tweets about Floyd. “I didn’t expect it to change me in the way that it has,” said Natasha, a creative writing and drama student. “Now, I wake up every day and I have purpose. I have something to fight for.” Although British historymakes up the vast majority of what pupils study at GCSE history, modules focusing on empire make up a small proportion of that.

A year after the 2020 protests, there are small indications of improvement – more non-white faces on our screens, for example. But a year is still insufficient time to see significant change. On 31 May, poets and artists including Mandla Rae, Isaiah Hull, Saf Elsenossi, and Damani Dennisur, performed at Our City Speaks with Manchester City of Literature. Originally streamed online, the showcase is still available to watch. Events coming up in the next few days include the OWN IT! Online Festival – a week-long arts festival from 8-14 June, featuring writers such as Derek Owusu, Courttia Newland, and JJ Bola.We achieve everything not because we are superhuman. We achieve the things we achieve because we are human. Our strength does not come from not having any weaknesses, our strength comes from overcoming them" Doreen Lawrence.