"I remember the attention that Black Lives Matter garnered over the summer like it was yesterday. Do you? But for all the pretty promises, it appears we’re back to – black – square one, eh? Well that was quick; we were all singing kumbaya around the fire over the summer."
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"You know what they say: silence is violence. Enquiring minds would like to know exactly where the allyship energy has gone in respect to those who sit within the upper echelons of society. The quiet is deafening."https://m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/black-human-rights-report_uk_5fae5138c5b6dd895978fd3a …
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"I can’t speak for every Black person but I am happy to call this out knowing that I’ll sleep better tonight for having done so."https://m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/black-human-rights-report_uk_5fae5138c5b6dd895978fd3a …
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"My conscience will be clear knowing that I spoke out in favour of what is right, beyond the moment when a hashtag was trending. I’ll sleep; God knows I’m tired, anyway."https://m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/black-human-rights-report_uk_5fae5138c5b6dd895978fd3a …
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"The findings of the report have been spectacularly ignored by those in power, which speaks volumes about how Black people fare within society. It begs the question of how much our lives really matter."https://m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/black-human-rights-report_uk_5fae5138c5b6dd895978fd3a …
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"Just a few months ago – as
#BlackLivesMatter
protests erupted across the country – you couldn’t move for pledges of solidarity with the anti-racism movement, finally acknowledging that institutional racism plagues UK society too".https://m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/black-human-rights-report_uk_5fae5138c5b6dd895978fd3a …Show this thread -
"...I confess the whole thing left me feeling somewhat gaslighted; the sense that, all of a sudden, our pain was valid and we had permission to be truly seen was insulting on so many levels, and yet the hope of a better tomorrow was deeply enticing".
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"Now, the reaction to this report has compounded what many of us have long known to be true – the reaction to the BLM movement was just lip service." Writing this was cathartic. My whole heart is in the piece. It's broken but it's there.
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I wonder if we get a response from
@KemiBadenoch and @Drtonysewell Talk about silence.. At lease they will stop denying our realitiesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Think this shows a little clarity Who’s Afear’dhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/12/barack-obama-memoir-donald-trump …
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