Category: Opinion
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WATCH: #Speechless Series No.2 Coming out to What?
The #SpeechlessSeries is a space for BlackoutUK contributors to provoke a conversation that challenges the silence. Here Rob Berkeley shares his story and argues that encouraging people to come out is not enough – coming out to what? “The writer trapped among a speechless people is in danger of becoming speechless himself. For then…
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READ: Reggie Yates, Willie and me
The words of James Baldwin, my greatest literary hero constantly speak to me: Something that irritates you and won’t let you go. That’s the anguish of it. Do this book, or die. You have to go through that. Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words:…
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Read: The History Month Gift
We build our temples for tomorrow . . . we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves
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Uncle D’s Dilemmas -a problem shared. . .
Dear Uncle D, I’m a Black, 28 yr old male recently out of the closet. I’m looking for an educated, career driven, down to earth black man in London. Where should I look? Remy Dear Remy, Now there’s a question! If I had an instant answer, I would patent it, sit back and watch my…
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READ: The Awokening of Kevin
I’ve met gay men who think they can behave in a certain way and say what they want around me, because they are dating a person of colour.
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WATCH:#Speechless Series No.1 Sex, Masculinity and Racism
The #SpeechlessSeries is a space for BlackoutUK contributors to provoke a conversation that challenges the silence. Here Rob Berkeley wonders who to be angrier at, white racists or black people who enable them? “The writer trapped among a speechless people is in danger of becoming speechless himself. For then he has no mirror, no corroborations…