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While the black British story is starved of oxygen, the US struggle against racism is globalised into the story of the struggle against racism that we should look to for inspiration -- eclipsing the black British story so much that we convince ourselves that Britain has never had a problem with race.
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Reni Eddo-Lodge (Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race / We Should All Be Feminists / Dear Ijeawele)
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But I don’t think my ignorance was an individual thing. That I had to go looking for significant moments in black British history suggests to me that I had been kept ignorant. While the black British story is starved of oxygen, the US struggle against racism is globalised into the story of the struggle against racism that we should look to for inspiration – eclipsing the black British story so much that we convince ourselves that Britain has never had a problem with race
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Reni Eddo-Lodge (Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race)