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Category: blackbritain
Stories from the 2021
I’m bloody tired
A week of thoughts #1
It feels awkward, suspicious to be someone of few opinions.
Don’t forget…
My Grandma has Dementia, but somehow that’s done nothing for my own memory.
EU-ROPE-ING while Black: one story
They just watched us get darker and darker, welcoming in the deeper glow, disgusted. But what could they do?
Black Tragedy: One Familiar Story of Blackness
His story isn’t unique to him. The details may be, but the overall portrait of his circumstances lend themselves to the narratives of black people murdered by the streets all over.
Come Out Swinging: Boxing saves
A long read on boxing’s saviour role in the lives of London’s young boys from inside a local youth boxing club, written months before the world lost its head
Let feelings be
It is just a feeling. But why do I do that with feelings? Feelings are not always thoughts, not always stories. They’re felt, sometimes that is all.
BLACK, BRITISH, ANXIOUS: A 2021 GUIDE TO BLACK ANXIETY
The Black British experience of 2020 left us in need of a 2021 guide to Black anxiety: featuring psychologist Julie Baah and visual artist Mimi Koku.