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I forgot to post this at the time. Love hair pride:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/15/largest-afro-guinness-world-record
As before, I find hair discrimination one of the more bizarre aspects of racism, although undoubtedly not the most consequential. Afros are great.
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I hope in time we truly embrace our afro hair.
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how was this? knew a couple of people off forum who wanted me to go on it.
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I recall some pretty poor decisions at my daughter’s and indeed my step daughter’s secondary school around hair and what was deemed acceptable. Whilst my children were not affected personally, my step daughter was and there was a proper meltdown between school head, teachers, pupils, staff and parents.
Having to deal with puberty is hard enough for teenage girls, having to treat one’s hairs to become socially accepted under school rules was blatant ignorance.
I hope that schools engage better on this topic and nurture more understanding. I often ribbed my step daughter about hair straightening, when we discussed this I came to understand how much impact her hair and appearance affected her during her time in secondary school :(
However, the introduction of specific guidance from the equality watchdog relating to hair discrimination follows some high-profile cases where parents and pupils have taken legal action against schools for enforcing policies that ban certain hairstyles such as cornrows or Afros. In addition, there have been reports of pupil protests in some schools against policies which are perceived as discriminatory.
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https://youtu.be/gw4MZ66RPWs
It went well considering the weather -
https://www.ukblackpride.org.uk/
Such a great event..
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Delving into a deeply unsettling chapter of history and seeking to reshape the discourse, a groundbreaking report, Reparations for Transatlantic Chattel Slavery in the Americas and the Caribbean, has calculated that Britain owes a staggering sum of £18.6tn.
Other nations with a legacy of slaveholding, such as the US, Portugal, Spain and France, also stand accused of owing trillions. The total economic toll is thought to be as high as $131tn (£103tn). The revelation lays bare the enduring ramifications of the transatlantic slave trade and the struggle for reparative justice on a global scale.
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https://thelead.uk/notting-hill-carnival-no-pawn-crude-culture-wars
I’ve not always participated, but when I have it’s been a joyous time with good people. I can’t deal with negative press or opinions of politicians who frankly couldn’t give two hoots for anyone else (ethnic other) about the importance that the Carnival reminds us about the diversity of our city and its history..
What ever you are upto this bank holiday weekend, stay safe, stay kind
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000yslz?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
underground sounds from Berlin to London and Lisbon. Which ironically coincides with a recent conversation around the plight of real life drummers in lieu of drum machines in the 1990s
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60th Anniversary of the Bristol Bus Boycott, some events planned in Bristol today but the local press is too painful to read with adverts etc.
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eh it's geezer from the wire!
He has such a great voice. -
https://twitter.com/mettamindbubble/status/1696864315578470484?s=19
Enjoying Caribbean culture but not respecting it is perverse in its nature. Carnival is losing its essence and we need to have a history lesson about its origins both in Notting hill and the Caribbean. -
“In the emails, she describes slavery as abhorrent but also appears to suggest there were similarities between the treatment of African slaves and the treatment of Victorian housewives.”
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How is it the same ?
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Exactly.
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Not the only band to suffer from this.
The whole rare groove > hip-hop scene in the 90s did bring many talented artists back from destitution with revival tours and gigs.
Sadly not all paid royalties for sampled music
Being overlooked at home may irk these funk icons, but being sampled by Kendrick Lamar, Björk and many more artists demonstrates the high regard Fatback are still held in. “I wish everyone who sampled Fatback paid us,” says Curtis, “but plenty don’t.” Lawyers get called: “Beastie Boys were the first we went after. Dr Dre was another.”
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yes, the rare groove breathed life into an almost-forgotten scene.
I used to know many a pioneer from the UK who would dig in crates in the States.
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Kanye Kawasaki, a Black historian, addressed the uproar on his social media and encouraged Black people to start buying their hair products from Black-owned retailers instead.
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It's been a long time coming.
Let’s hope this energy spreads to ALL Asian owned Black hair shops…been taking our money for decades and yet never shown due respect.
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Anti blackness from the Asian community is centuries old. Using the British colonial template of divide and rule . The coolies post indentured servitude were trained by the British in business and commerce all over the British empire coming into direct conflict with indigenous or people who were placed there before them.
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From a while ago, but I can't see it here. An intriguing story, with the workers applying lateral thinking to use the rollers used in sugar mills in an iron foundry, only to have their idea stolen and appropriated.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/05/industrial-revolution-iron-method-taken-from-jamaica-briton
There is still so little archaeological evidence of when and where metalworking may have started. It seems to go back at least 10,000 years, but as ever, the more we excavate, the more we find, and the older the dating tends to get. Here's an example of how even comparatively recent history can be distorted and the true story unknown.
I wonder if there may be archaeological evidence of the foundry left in Jamaica, even if the machinery seems to have been shipped to England.