Sep 13, 2024
No official guests this week, instead Kehinde
Andrews drops some POLITICAL EDUCATION
and cracks these coconuts for us, keeping us sane in a racist
world. He highlights two recent, related, and ongoing events: he's
facing a "house negro" police probe
and Marieha Hussain's current "coconut
trial" (taking place at Westminister Magistrates Court
yesterday and today).
Kehinde is facing a criminal investigation after the police came knocking on his door
thanks to a complaint made by Black conservative commentator Calvin
Robinson about a video posted earlier this year
in which Kehinde called Calvin a "house negro." Marieha is a
Brown woman charged with a hate crime over a satirical and
political placard depicting former UK prime minister Rishi
Sunak and former home secretary Suela Braverman as coconuts during
a pro-Palestinian rally last year.
Kehinde explains why we shouldn't be surprised at these charges, as
there is precedent. He breaks down how the Race Relations Act came
into law in England and Wales in 1965, and how 5 of the first 6
prosecutions in 1967, for racism under this legislation were
against Black and Brown people. He underlines how from the very
beginning, the British state was criminalizing us, by conflating
prejudice with racism the law attacks prejudice. He concludes that
the whole legal framework is the problem, quoting attorney
and a co-founder of critical race theory (CRT), Derrick
Bell "What we designate as “racial progress” is not a
solution to that problem. It is a regeneration of the problem in a
particularly perverse form."
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POLITICAL EDUCATION LINKS
Leading Black professor faces police probe
after calling former GB News host Calvin Robinson a ‘house
n*gro’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/calvin-robinson-kehinde-andrews-youtube-police-b2607648.html
Marieha Hussain: Protest outside court as ‘coconut’ placard
trial begins by Nadine White
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/marieha-hussain-coconut-placard-trial-b2611598.html
Leila Hassan Howe: ‘My life was made hell. You’d just
hear a tirade against immigrants’ by Kehinde Andrews
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/08/leila-hassan-howe-black-power-london-revolution-black-lives-matter
Roy Hackett: the civil rights hero who stood in front of a
bus – and changed Britain for ever by Kehinde Andrews
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/aug/06/roy-hackett-the-civil-rights-hero-who-stood-in-front-of-a-bus-and-changed-britain-for-ever
Renegade The Life and Times of Darcus Howe
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/renegade-9781448218080/
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THE HARAMBEE ORGANISATION OF BLACK UNITY NEEDS YOU
Harambee Organisation of Black Unity
(Marcus Garvey Centre + Nicole Andrews Community Library,
Birmingham, UK)
https://www.blackunity.org.uk/
CAP25 - Convention of Afrikan People - Gambia - May 17-19,
2025 (Everyone's Welcome*)
On Malcolm X’s 100th birthday, the Harambee Organisation of
Black Unity is bringing together those in Afrika and the Diaspora
who want to fulfill Malcolm’s legacy and build a global
organization for Black people. This is an open invitation to
anyone.
*On the CAP Steering
Committee, we have a Marginalized identities group that looks at
LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized identities within Blackness, to
ensure all Black people are included.
https://make-it-plain.org/convention-of-afrikan-people/
BUF - Black United Front
Global directory of
Black organizations. This will be hosted completely free of charge
so if you run a Black organization please email the name, address,
website, and contact info to mip@blackunity.org.uk to be
listed.
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SOCIALS
Host: (IG) @kehindeandrews (X) @kehinde_andrews
Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck
@inhisownterms @farafinmuso
Platform: www.make-it-plain.org (Blog) www.youtube.com/@MakeItPlain1964 (YT)
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For any help with your audio visit: https://weylandmck.com/
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Make it Plain is
the Editorial Wing of the Harambee Organisation of Black
Unity