Its 2021 and it feels a new dawn in so many ways, life has been reset during the pandemic for almost all of us, and amid all the change, I’m hearing a unique noise which is amplifying every single minute. And unlike most noise, it’s a sound that I don’t want to quiet. I’ve neverContinue reading “Black women and a noise we don’t want to quiet”
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Light privilege
Being Mixed Race, I have, since day one been involved in the debate of whether lighter skin Black people and/or mixed-race individuals have it easier than their darker skinned family. It’s a painfully protracted dispute on whether being of a fairer complexion brings its own unique privilege in the war against racism. And as far as I can ascertain, it’s never reached an agreed opinion in the global community. But it certainly piqued in the UK this weekContinue reading “Light privilege”
BLACK WOMEN STILL NEED PROTECTING & EMPOWERING
After the brutal murder of George Floyd on 25 May 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota by the hands of white police officers, the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement has been significantly and passionately propelled into mainstream media. After much discussion on why black lives matter, there have also been several specific conversations about the need to protectContinue reading “BLACK WOMEN STILL NEED PROTECTING & EMPOWERING”
Millennial Femme 