I am no longer going to be silent about racism. I am no longer going to pretend that racism is a thing of the past. Racism never went away. Ask any person of colour. Racism…
A mother has called for the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale to be banned from schools for fear that a kissing scene featured could encourage ‘inappropriate behaviour’. Sarah Hall from Newcastle is concerned about the message…
While Priti Patel was ‘holidaying’ in Israel in August, I was on holiday in Benidorm. While Priti Patel, the former International Development Secretary, was unwittingly orchestrating her own downfall by furtively meeting Israeli ministers and…
The use of hashtags on Twitter may be a great social media innovation for getting a specific message across in the way the #metoo hashtag has drawn attention to rampant global sexual harassment of women. The…
The clear blue sky, The scent of flowers, The colours of Rangoli, And the sound of crackers. The gifts and sweets from dear ones, And the getting of their love, The light of the candles…
The Benetton ad below which features children of different races reflects the changing cultural context of the world that they are growing up in. On ‘International Day of the Girl’ the importance of sending girls encouraging messages to…
Somehow I don’t think the founding fathers of the concept of Free Speech had insults and slurs in mind when they put their highly intellectual minds together and came up with it. At the very…
Firstly, I feel a deep sadness over the death of all those who were victims of today’s atrocities in London. There is a collective sense of grief and outpouring over what has happened. Soon we…
A racist comment is a racist comment if it contains an intended slur against someone else, especially against a person of colour. A racist comment often disparages a person’s skin colour or it can be…
Wishing you a great Diwali which includes fun, food and the company of family and friends
Being an Asian woman I have a vested interest in calling out acts of racism. I predicted this would happen given the language that was used during the campaign.
I have lived in this country for 34 years and I am completely exhausted from jumping through hoops and shooting imaginary balls into moving goalposts to prove that I am a worthy ethnic minority. Sometimes…
