Nov 10, 2023
In this week's Black World News, Kehinde
Andrews rants about reparations washing, and the recent case in
point of Lloyd's of London's "slavery" report; why he'd need to
report himself under the new UK gov plans to criminalize dissent
that also directly focuses on Muslims, which essentially conflates
extremism with radicalism, and more on Israel-Palestine.
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In this week's guest interview, Kehinde
Andrews talks with Dawn Butler Labour Member of Parliament (MP)
about how she navigates work as a Black female MP. Since day she
has managed to represent, talk the truth, and most importantly
stayed Black while doing her job in parliament—one of the Whitest
places—despite the advice when she first came into parliament of
"not to be too Black."
She's therefore an amazing example of what we need to see more of
from politicians in electoral politics. In this interview, she
offers examples, like THE coup ran against her when she ran for
deputy speaker, of how she manages and balances the impact of
engaging with the constant gendered and racial reminders that arise
for a Black Woman in one of the UK's Whitest and highest-profile
workplaces.
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Dawn Butler a Labour Member of Parliament for Brent Central,
London, the third Black woman to be elected an MP, the first ever
to speak at the dispatch box and the first Black female chair of
the women’s Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP). She's the author of
"A Purposeful Life: What I’ve Learned About Breaking Barriers and
Inspiring Change" (2023). She was named the "most promising
feminist under 35" by New
Statesman magazine, honored as MP of the year at the 2009
Women in Public Life Awards, and was named one of the 25 most
influential women in the UK by Vogue in
2020.
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BLACK WORLD NEWS LINKS
Lloyd’s of London slavery review fails to settle heated
question of reparations
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/08/lloyds-of-london-slavery-review-fails-to-settle-heated-question-of-reparations
The transatlantic slave trade
https://www.lloyds.com/about-lloyds/history/the-trans-atlantic-slave-trade
The materials are drawn from the collection of Lloyd’s the
Insurance Market
https://underwritingsouls.org/
Revealed: plan to brand anyone ‘undermining’ UK as
extremist
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/04/plans-to-redefine-extremism-would-include-undermining-uk-values?CMP=share_btn_tw
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GUEST INTERVIEW LINKS
Dawn's book "A Purposeful Life What I’ve Learned About
Breaking Barriers and Inspiring Change"
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/456329/a-purposeful-life-by-butler-dawn/9781911709329
Alison Hammond responds to complaint about her ‘Rolex’ on
This Morning: ‘Sorry you felt uncomfortable’
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/alison-hammond-rolex-this-morning-b2436860.html
Dawn Butler Talks Honesty, Purpose & Surviving
Cancer
https://blackballad.co.uk/people/dawn-butler-a-purposeful-life?listIds=62948f6b18dc9806e42955cf
Teachers presenting White privilege as fact are breaking
the law, warns minister
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIa4bvXjDhA
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Guest: @dawnbutlerbrent (IG + T)
Host: @kehindeandrews (IG) @kehinde_andrews
(T)
Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck
@inhisownterms @farafinmuso
Platform: www.make-it-plain.org (Web) |
www.youtube.com/@MakeItPlain1964
(YT)
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THE PSYCHOSIS OF WHITENESS: Surviving the Insanity of a Racist
World
By Kehinde Andrews
Buy the Book:
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/316675/the-psychosis-of-whiteness-by-andrews-kehinde/9780241437476