The Silent Minority? Being that my mum is from the Caribbean, I consider myself to be black, even though many didn’t perceive me as being so in the 80’s. On my other side of my family, I have South Asian blood, and may even have some from my Caribbean side. So, when I discuss BAME, […]
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Can it be argued that we are doing ourselves a disservice calling ourselves black? With my mum having come from the Caribbean island of St.Vincent, I refer to myself as being black. However, I have met British Zimbabwean’s who are darker-complexioned than me who refer to themselves as being “coloured”. For those of you who
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Representation in Reading Material If you have looked at the ‘projects’ session of this website, you might be curious about our book project, an initiative to source, fund, and place a selection of books into schools across South Wales that both represent BAME characters and storylines, and that cover topics such as racism, inclusion, and
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I’m tired of being told to go back to where you came from Well, I’m tired of hearing it. At an estimate, I would say on average over my lifetime I’ve heard this said to me around ten times a year. When I was younger that number could exceed thirty times per year. The real
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