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.

Bookmark it 🧵 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…

As we hear that Sangita Myska has now been replaced by Vanessa Feltz, I just wanted to share her best moments and why it doesn’t make sense that a journalist of this calibre won’t be returning.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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Stories from Black, Asian and Arab communities you shouldn’t have missed this week 🧵 TV presenter and singer Fleur East has announced the birth of her first child, a baby girl who she says ‘entered the world via squat position into the arms of my Husband and I on our living room floor!"news.sky.com/story/fleur-ea…

Stories from Black, Asian and Arab communities you shouldn’t have missed this week 🧵 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…

Stories from Black, Asian and Arab communities you shouldn’t have missed this week 🧵 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.

Stories from Black and Asian communities you shouldn’t have missed this week 🧵 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. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

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…

Looking back at stories I covered in 2023, what stood out is the support Black people showed towards each other at the drop of a 🎩 From protesting at schools, police stations & businesses, there was a real sense of collectiveness. 🧵 The double standard shown towards Sudanese Brits, most of them doctors, who were not granted a special visa scheme for their families fleeing conflict in Sudan, versus those who fled war in Ukraine.

BREAKING: A man has died after being restrained by officers in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire. The police watchdog is now investigating. Hertfordshire Police officers were called to an area of Eleanor Cross Road, Waltham Cross, just before 11pm on Friday evening (7 October) to reports of ‘a man running around in the street appearing to be in distress’

Official statement from the Met: ‘Assistant Commissioner Amanda Pearson said: “Following the death of Chris Kaba, the firearms officer involved has been suspended from duty.’ “This decision has been reached following careful consideration of a number of factors, including the significant impact on public confidence, and in light of the Independent Office for Police Conduct announcing a homicide investigation.’

Hundreds of people here today, all ages, all races. Just outside Number 10 Downing Street where people are chanting ‘Black lives Matter’ and ‘say his name Chris Kaba’