Engage your brain better and faster with sketchnoting
You think you can’t draw? You feel embarrassed to show anything in public? How about just sketching for yourself? Read on.
Bringing the change: four steps towards racial equality
All that is necessary for racism to continue to flourish is for people like you to do nothing, but what can just one person achieve? From the examples of Black activists, we can see that under the right circumstances and with sufficient ability and will, we can see individuals can achieve quite a lot but that there are limits to what can be achieved by isolated individuals fighting institutionalised oppression. This post suggests four steps you can take to become actively antiracist and challenge the endemic racism in our society and institutions.
A country where it is unsafe to be Black?
From Steven Lawrence to Chris Kaba, it is evident that Britain is not a safe place to be Black, while a quick look at the death rates in healthcare suggests these headlines only highlight the tip of a lethal inequality iceberg. It is imperative that everyone take notice and act to end the endemic inequalities in our society and institutions.
Heroes of British Black History – Kath Locke
Educational campaigner, opponent of divisive methods of taxation, and co-founder of the Abasindi Co-operative – a Black women’s self-help cooperative in Manchester responsible for a variety for community outreach projects.
Heroes of British Black History – Gerlin Bean
Founding member of the Black Unity and Freedom Party, which argued for the equal value of women within the Black liberation movement, Bean recognised the differing needs of Black and White women and promptly opened the Black Women’s Centre in Brixton to offer a safe, supportive space for women.
Heroes of British Black History – Olive Morris
Olive Morris was just 27 when she died, but she is widely commemorated as a powerful campaigner for racial and gender equality, squatters’ rights and housing. The Jamaican-born community activist co-founded the Brixton Black Women’s Group in 1973, campaigning fiercely …
Heroes of British Black History – Mavis Best
Mavis Best was the Black rights activist who ended the ‘Sus law’ that was being used by police to oppress Black people.
Heroes of British Black History – Dr Louis Mahoney
Doctor, actor, vice-president of the actor’s guild, co-founder of Performers Against Racism and the Black Theatre Workshop, Mahoney was one of the first Black actors to join the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Heroes of British Black History – Jocelyn Barrow
Teacher, pioneering educational diversity activist, museum founder, BBC and BFI Governor, the first patron of the Black Cultural Archives, Jocelyn Barrow was the first Black woman ever awarded a DBE (equivalent to a knighthood).
Heroes of British Black History – Darcus Howe
The copyright on images of British Black History is largely owned by organisations run by White people, limiting the images that can be shown online.
Another member of the Black Panthers and the Mangrove Nine, Howe established the Race Today Collective and chaired the Notting Hill Carnival Development Committee for many years. During his twelve years as editor of Race Today, the magazine supported several …
