Tag: institutionalracism

• Black People are Real People

  

  A fully alive, fully outstretched black person taking up as much space as they need is the most frightening black person, so be scary.

  crushball

  August 30, 2021

  advice, black, blackness, ElijahMcClain, feelings, lessons, non-fiction, Racism, reflection, unfiltered, untoldstories, values

  advice, adviceandcritic, black, blackness, creativenonfiction, ElijahMcClain, feelings, institutionalracism, Multifaceted, nonfiction, Personal, Policebrutality, Racism, stories, thoughts, twoyears, unfiltered

• 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.

  crushball

  July 10, 2021

  black, blackbritain, blackness, guncrime, institutionalracism, knifecrime, non-fiction, Racism, youth

  blackbritain, institutionalracism, knifecrime, nonfiction, Racism, reflection, youth

• 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

  crushball

  June 5, 2021

  black, blackbritain, blackness, boxing, carshalton, governmentcuts, guncrime, institutionalracism, journalism, knifecrime, London, non-fiction, Racism, sport, untoldstories, values, youth

  black, blackbritain, blackness, boxing, features, governmentcuts, guncrime, institutionalracism, journalism, knifecrime, London, nonfiction, Racism, untoldstories, values, youth

• 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.

  crushball

  February 22, 2021

  black, blackbritain, blackness, institutionalracism, journalism, non-fiction, personalanechdote, Racism, untoldstories

  Anxiety, Austerity, black, Blackbrits, Blacklivesmatter, Blackmentalhealth, Community, Coronavirus, features, Film, Gaslighting, institutionalracism, journalism, Mentalhealth, Mentalhealthact, nonfiction, Psychology, Racialanxiety, Racism, Stigma