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I haven’t done a thread in a while & I wanted to do one just to recap what Black & Asian people as well as immigrants have had to endure over the last week in the UK.

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A woman with her 2 daughters says she saw ‘a white man turn around & stab a man believed to be Muslim as they went through the same gate’ at a train station near Liverpool. metro.co.uk/2024/08/02/mus…
A racist mob dragged a man out of his car while a crowd shouted ‘kill them’ during riots in Hull yesterday. People could be heard saying ‘foreigners in there’ and ‘P**i’ as rioters circled the man’s vehicle. mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/u…
Rioters stopped traffic in Middlesbrough to check if drivers were white as riots continued. Footage showed a man ushering cars forward flanked by 2 thugs asking: "Are you white? Are you English?"mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/m…
Rioters attempted to set an asylum seeker hotel ablaze which was then labelled an ‘attempt at a modern-day lynching’ & a form of ‘terrorism’, a former counter-terror chief said. independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…
Rioters threw rocks at a cab with Filipino nurses travelling work as emergency cover following the chaos in Sunderland. The health secretary then said that people who are racist to NHS staff ‘can & should’ be turned away news.sky.com/story/uk-riots…
Footage of a man running towards people in a car with a hedge trimmer at a petrol station in Salford, Greater Manchester, was shared on social media. The man was later arrested and remains in custody. manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…
A carer who had finished a 12 hour shift found his car had been flipped and burned during riots in Middlesborough. The man said he had been saving for 12 months to buy the vehicle. itv.com/news/tyne-tees…
A café owner’s shop was set alight during riots in Belfast where he says a group of people ‘shouted his name’, saying 'Where is Mohammed?' and then they smashed all windows on the ground floor.’bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
A Kurdish 17yo asylum seeker at a hotel targeted during by rioters with petrol bombs & fireworks said he ‘escaped death’ from his home country and ‘found refuge. And now here, I thought I was going to die.’ bbc.com/news/articles/…
A former child refugee who fled Afghanistan and came to the UK for safety says he has "never felt more scared" to live in the UK after riots spread took place. mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i…
The chairman of the mosque attacked during the Southport riots says he was terrified & feared rioters would burn the mosque down. He said, “The whole building was shaking” from the bricks being thrown and “soon after they broke the fence.” itv.com/news/2024-07-3…
An Asian man was punched in an unprovoked racist attack while he walked alone during riots in Hartlepool. People could be heard shouting 'a p**i got banged' and 'this is our town'. upday.com/uk/man-punched…
A lone Black man was punched and kicked after he was approached by a group of men during riots in Manchester metro.co.uk/2024/08/05/bla…
These are some of the incidents that occurred.

I’m sure everyone would like to move on from these events but the reality is that an honest discussion about racism & Islamophobia is needed. Politicians & the media need to acknowledge this.

They cannot turn a blind eye

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May 1
As we hear that Sangita Myska has now been replaced by Vanessa Feltz, I just wanted to share her best moments and why it doesn’t make sense that a journalist of this calibre won’t be returning. Any station would be fortunate to have her. Here’s why🧵
Remember when the rest of the world caught a glimpse of the UK’s racism problem when Sangita eviscerated a caller who complained about Rishi Sunak becoming PM which ended up on Trevor Noah’s The Daily Show.
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A mum whose baby died says she saw hospital staff mimicking her accent & laughing, while another said a bedsheet was thrown at her after she asked for it to be changed, a maternity report has revealed. Racism was experienced on ‘countless occasions’ at NUH bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
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June Givanni the founder of the June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive has received a BAFTA for her outstanding British contribution to cinema. The volunteer-run archive has over 10,000 items including films, photography & posters documenting Pan-African cinema over 40 years. Image
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A ‘brave and tenacious’ 14yo with cerebral palsy which causes him to have uncontrolled muscle spasms has become one of the 1st patients in the world to a have brain surgery which doctors hope will relieve some of his discomfort & limited mobility. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Image
Builder Peter Norgrove has been jailed for 15yrs for murdering a grandma Sharon Gordon who was his client. After he killed her he attended church that day & led a service. The judge said they were not satisfied he was truly remorseful. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
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Stories from Black and Asian communities you shouldn’t have missed this week 🧵
A Black teacher who was fired after complaining about racist language at her school was unfairly dismissed a judge has ruled. Teachers said that her ‘relentless complaining” about race issues made them feel “intimidated”manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…
A Muslim student has taken her school to court over their policy to ‘ban prayer rituals’ which was introduced by Katharine Birbalsingh who is often described as ‘Britain’s strictest headteacher’. theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/j…
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