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 …
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. …
Keith Simpson holding his Homing Pigeon named Lager Lad. A blog post by LTAR member Johnal Guy Simpson. We were the first ‘mixed’ family in the street. With a father from Jamaica and an English mother, we were a well known family. Not just because we stuck out but due to diversity but also how …
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Siyanda Mngaza is currently serving a four and a half year prison sentence for defending herself against a racially motivated hate crime. Siyanda worked for South Wales Fire Service in HR – recruiting fire fighters. She had never been in trouble before. In May 2019 at a camping site in Brecon, she was attacked without …
A post by LTAR member Sunny Sian. Scars Scarred knuckles Scarred face Battles won Battles lost Some seen Some unseen All... felt Why do they call me names in the playground? Why wont the teachers don’t do anything? Finding solace in the dinner ladies Taken under a shielding wing Wings of safety Wings of …
A post by LTAR member Hilda Wright Hard work should be expected in order to achieve, particularly great things, but when it’s you working twice as hard as everybody else, just to achieve the minimum, then grave questions must be asked. My parents (In their thick Nigerian vernacular) broke the utopian doctrine that I engendered, …
November 2019 was the beginning of a stressful journey for me. To think your safe from the mentally exhausting clutches of racism which is only ever aimed at people in the public eye, only for it to personally sneak up on me like a trojan horse. A post by LTAR member Mark D'arcy-Smith It was …
A post by LTAR member Johnal Guy Simpson. Johnal and his father. 1989. Having left school with a small number of qualifications mainly maths and English. I pursued an interest in vehicles to gain a trade in the motor vehicle engineering sector. It was repeatedly drummed into me from an early age to “get a trade”, …
Written by LTAR member Beth Collins I am White. I consider myself a White Ally in the fight against racism. I recently joined the Let's Talk About Racism Facebook group where I have discovered a growing interest in Black history. Why? There is a whole load of White history - and I say this in …
