Reflections of 2020 from author and poet Suzy Rowland
Growing up in a mainly white area of Birmingham in the 1970s, a child of 2nd generation immigrants…
Growing up in a mainly white area of Birmingham in the 1970s, a child of 2nd generation immigrants…
Beyond Black is a style and empowerment brand that seeks to inspire and uplift black women. Initiated by…
British society, with its organisations, establishments and those who lead them, cannot change the past. They could however…
In the 2019-20 season, there was not a single Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) referee in the…
“Race doesn’t really exist for you because it has never been a barrier. Black folks don’t have that…
The Professional Trades Union for Prison, Correctional and Secure Psychiatric Workers (POA) is the largest UK union in…
Looking back, I never made a conscious decision to become an ally to the BAME community (as no one…
The problem with BAME is that it lumps everyone who’s non-white together in one category. Never mind if…
Words are not merely tools to describe things, ideas or concepts. Words often come with loaded meaning. At…
I’m a young, married, professional Black father. And I don’t exist. Back in 2017, I wrote about my…
Football is faster than it has ever been today. That’s what you hear the old pros say. But…
2020 was undoubtably annus horribilis for Britain‘s Windrush Generation and their descendants. It was soul destroying as systemic…
In 2020, conversations on race relations and race related issues have come to the fore in light of…
From the day I heard it my life has taken on a special glow. I’ve grown in stature…
Some of the virtual carnivals were pre-recorded, others were live streamed, all were testament to the die-hards of…
I was honoured to be asked, and being the first person from an ethnic minority to fill the…
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It’s hard to believe that just four years later the world appears to have made an about turn….
I now admit that whilst sensible on the surface, my comments lacked purpose, and a plan, and therefore…
Despite widespread denials of the ongoing significance of race, racism continues to underpin key socio-political events and to…