Talking about racism openly and freely to help create an antiracist community.
A Blog post by LTAR Host Jermaine Gregory. “With great power comes great responsibility” – Peter Parker, Spiderman [Stan Lee] These are the feet of a young boy. I took this picture in the hope to share with you an image symbolising us standing on a wall and how the support we receive can be …
A blog post by LTAR'S Jermaine Reuben-Dominguez Gregory I'll begin with a proverb from Akan culture: "Woforo dua pa a na yepia wo" - It is when you climb a good tree, we push you. Inspired by a wonderful article Hannah Cotton from BLM In The Stix shared with me (link posted below), I pondered …
A blog post by LTAR member Katy Morrison I was taught very little about Black British history either at school or university. I do not think there was a single Black British author among the set texts on my English Literature course. I am white and I grew up in mostly white, middle-class neighbourhoods, so …
Continue reading "Learning from the past: Why Black British history should be taught in schools."
A post by LTAR team member Jermaine Gregory Before I divulge the topic, I shall begin with the title of an emotive speech by Sojourner Truth: “Ain’t I A Woman?” Here is my enquiry into how people should be able to identify themselves. I would imagine it might be safe to say that your identity, …
Continue reading "Kamala Harris: Hyphenations, Identity, And The Landscape For Personal Choice"
A post by LTAR member Nicola Kitchen.This is a true incident. I wanted to try and get across how a mundane event of two people passing each other and stopping to talk - which is totally normal in the countryside - has so much else going on when race is involved in the world …
https://youtu.be/QdCaIO421YE Over the past few months tension has gripped the world sparked by one particular tragic occurrence of wildly overzealous police action resulting in the death of a man named George Floyd. Since then, many nations and officials across the continents of the world have denounced the actions and behaviour of these 4 officers involved. …
A post by LTAR member Beth Collins Who am I to say I own this culture more than you. Who am I to say I belong and you do not. I am no-one in particular. I am an accident of birth, a phenomenon of random genetics that gave me the skin I have, the …
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https://youtu.be/hg-fE8nbqws Host Carl Blackstock chats to LTAR member Kubwabo Etienne about creating the Comic book titled Beats of War and what life as is like as a Black man living in Scotland. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THIS VIDEO
A post by LTAR member Jermaine Gregory. I’ll open with this quote, an African proverb: “A child that is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth” Racism, for me once upon a time, was slights against skin colour, physical, or other verbal abuse. As I’ve grown older, and I’d …
