You conveniently forget Prince Harry spoke out in November 2016 of the racist undertones of the British media coverage. This Is Why I Resist: Don’t Define My Black Identity details the intricacies and nuances of the “race, racism and race inclusion” conversations. By all means let's applaud the Queen when she does something right, but also let's talk about when she does something wrong. More of His Majesty’s English born African, and African Caribbean-heritage subjects need to publish their theological; political, historical, psychological, and cultural remedies for the difficulties and injustice endured daily by African-heritage Subjects.

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It’s incredibly exhausting and almost like a vicious cycle that we have to keep explaining, trying to educate and trying to respond. In the first chapter, ‘Does White Privilege Whitewash Racism’, Mos-Shogbamimu looks closely at what allows people like Piers Morgan, to ignore such statements as falsity. In contrast, homeless African American mother Tanya McDowell was charged for ‘stealing an education’ and sentenced to twelve years for sending her son to a school in a different district.This Is Why I Resist doesn’t shy away from uncovering the white privilege that has played out time and time again. In the words of the author, “there is no freedom without rights and no rights without the freedom to exercise those rights.

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Shola Mos-Shogbamimu is a lawyer, activist, political commentator and founder of the publication Women in Leadership.

She speaks of joining a feminist movement organised by white women and being judged by those very women, who felt that she was “too vocal” and “intense” in her speeches and kept speaking about race. We interviewed her about the Women’s March on London, and not only was she thoughtful and articulate, she was passionate and thoroughly engaging. Mos-Shogbamimu’s book is similar in many ways to Reni Eddo Lodge’s Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race.

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In the words of the author, "there is no freedom without rights and no rights without the freedom to exercise those rights.

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Slavery is what started the dehumanisation, commodification, misrepresentation and marginalisation of Black people. People come up with this whole thing about, ‘well, you can’t just say, because she’s Asian, she’s black, that they can’t have their own mind’. One of the most controversial elements in Mos-Shogbamimu’s book – and one of its fiercest targets are what she dubs ‘racial gatekeepers’ – in her description, “the self-serving token black or ethnic minority who is ready to sell out their race for self-preservation”. Not only was she on the front line, she marched with passion and commitment, with her at the helm with us we felt we could make change and make anything possible.

was a year of worldwide grief, and many were forced to acknowledge that racism still exists in the modern day; however, not everyone wholly understands what racism is. A racial gatekeeper is one who uses their influence, their position, their power, their voice, to pull up the ladder behind them. Adigital publication which targets a global readership and provides inspirational thought- leadership, insightful commentary, support and advice for women who are at all stages of their leadership journey; women who are, or who aspire to be, the best in their chosen field - www. There is a lack of intersectionality within feminism, whereby feminism is looked at from the white perspective and does not look at how race can also be a factor in a woman’s inequality.