47,000 people register to vote after Stormzy’s Instagram post.And I cried as I watched it a second time after finding out the video had been premiered in schools; it is hard to explain what showing a video like that at school would have meant for me when I was a kid. When I was eleven, I had a teacher say to me: “you work hard, considering you’re Black”- something which always stuck with me.
And what Stormzy means for many Black people cannot be underestimated - with his commitment to being unapologetically Black, and unapologetically celebrating blackness.
He has launched a scholarship for Black students to attend Cambridge, pledged £10m to fight racial inequality over the next ten years, and been frank in stating the UK is racist - an incredibly brave thing to say in a media so hostile to Black people.A movement, not a moment. Here are the best books, podcasts and films to help educate yourself about race and anti-racismA movement, not a moment.
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