As others see us: ‘racism is as British as a cup of tea’
Before you point out that tea comes from India and China – isn’t it ironic?
Here’s the UK’s first professor of Black Studies, Kehinde Andrews, talking about the differences in perception of the late Queen Elizabeth II within his own originally-Jamaican family, and concluding that the Monarchy is a symbol of white supremacy that should not be mourned, but rather abolished.
He says this is the perfect time to discuss whether and when the Monarchy should end – which is also ironic, considering the number of people who have been arrested for voicing their objection to it – and indeed the larger number who have been physically attacked for doing the same.
Here’s the clip:
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The Royals want the public to care but they do not care about the public
can you believe all the black people turned up on a bus though, as opposed to all the white people turning up in bomb proof limousines?