During the lecture on black history which was televised by ITV (watch here), one of the first things I speak of is the hero story. In summary, shortly after humans first learnt that farming seeds can produce a plentiful supply of food, we see the start…

Read the full article here “Why should I be speaking about African history… when not many of the children are of African descent… how am I going to do this justice… what’s the meaning of this?” These are all questions that flew through my mind…

The Race Report 2021 For those who are unaware, the Conservative Government commissioned a race report in the UK to examine the presence of institutional racism in the UK. This is in relation to the protests this side of the Atlantic which were triggered by the murder of George Floyd, May 2020…

Link to podcast here I’ll ask you a question which I asked myself not long ago when presented with the problems many black youth face; if you want to get your house tidy, do you tidy the house or do you first stop allowing people to tread dirt through…

The Oprah Interview | I’m shocked that people are shocked My experiences of dating outside my race have been fairly predictable; give it enough time and someone is going to say something fairly inappropriate and quite possibly overtly offensive. …

Introduction You may empathise. Imagine you’re in a conversation and, for whatever reason, the topic moves onto slavery. In fact, you may have been actively avoiding the topic; alas here we are. You’re getting into the dark stuff; the oppression, miseducation, crushing of souls and you feel tension in the group…

Why we need our heroes I briefly covered this in my previous post 4 Black Heroes who changed the world but the question of why we need heroes was left unexplained. Heroes are everywhere. Our religions, folklore, sport, business and politics; from Moses, Jesus and Muhammad to Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan; from Frederick Douglas…

4 Black Super Heroes who changed the world “Born into darkness… some into royalty. They emerged as heroes to free their people and transform the world as we know it…” This sounds like an introduction to a superhero film or comic book, doesn’t it? It’s actually an introduction to our…

All people are racist… and then hopefully decreasingly so I have just finished reading Marley K’s piece “All White People are Racist”… it’s inflammatory to say the least but that’s me speaking from a scientific perspective. …