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I am angry. And this article from the marvellous @Nadine_Writes explains really nicely why.
When Will You Admit Black Lives Donât Matter? https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/black-human-rights-report_uk_5fae5138c5b6dd895978fd3a
When Will You Admit Black Lives Donât Matter? https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/black-human-rights-report_uk_5fae5138c5b6dd895978fd3a
This week, the Human Rights Committee examined the systemic racism that plights Black people. A quarter of us aren't registered to vote. The death rate for Black women in childbirth is 5x higher than for white women but The NHS has no target to end it.
Only six of the 35 recommendations of the Lammy Review have been implemented. The Committee describes the EHRC as not fit for purpose and doesn't adequately protect Black people. 85% of Black people aren't confident they would be treated the same by police as white people.
The response, from people in power? Nothing. No statements from Government, police forces, the NHS. The only media reports I could find were from black-focused sites like The Voice, a few local papers, and a Guardian Opinion piece from Nasar Meer. I may have missed some, however.
Across the Summer, my heart was warmed by the push from community, allies and organisations make this country better, to make something we are proud.
In retrospect, I think of some, if not much of that, now as lipservice.
In retrospect, I think of some, if not much of that, now as lipservice.
Promises were made, of doing better, of being better. And I do think the direction of travel is one that is positive in general.
But if you don't want to have a conversation about the things that are actually happening to black bodies, then buzzwords of "DIVERSITY" mean nowt.
But if you don't want to have a conversation about the things that are actually happening to black bodies, then buzzwords of "DIVERSITY" mean nowt.
We are dying.
No, really, we are dying.
My black friends who want to have babies are dying, in childbirth. We are at a greater risk of COVID-19. We make up a disproportionate number of deaths in custody.
My black friends who want to have babies are dying, in childbirth. We are at a greater risk of COVID-19. We make up a disproportionate number of deaths in custody.
We are dying, and it feels as though no-one cares. Not the institutions that are meant to care for us, or protect us, or serve us, not the people who put black squares on their Instagram, not the industries that have pledged to do better, no-one.
Writing that thread felt this week felt like screaming into a mountain range, awaiting an echo, and yet I've found that nothing has reverberated back to me.
What's it going to take for you to hear us, to recognise what is going on? If us marching hasn't done it, if celebrities highlighting it hasn't done it, if a cross-party committee of MPs and Lords made up entirely of white people and one South Asian man hasn't done it, what will?
Or is it just the simple fact that Black lives don't matter, and non-Black people are just comfortable with giving us basic actions of support?
A moment of thanks to @nadinebh_, @Nadine_Writes, @renireni, @NasarMeer and @KeejayOV2, for using platforms and taking their time to highlight this in some way.
And to the Human Rights Committee for highlighting the full extent of this horror show.
And to the Human Rights Committee for highlighting the full extent of this horror show.
I'll leave you again with this article from Nadine. I am too angry and tired to express myself in any way further on this. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/black-human-rights-report_uk_5fae5138c5b6dd895978fd3a
