The issue of racism has been difficult to ignore of late. Dominating politics, social media and the media at large. We have been told Black Lives Matter. Home Secretary Priti Patel shared her experiences of personal racism in the House of Commons. And so on. Incensed by the issue of racism (again). I have experiencedContinue reading “MAM: Something better change”
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MAM: Tokenism is not enough. The British media needs to change
When I was growing up in the 1980s there were few Black or Asian faces on the TV, few Black or Asian faces writing in the newspapers and few Black or Asian voices on the radio. In fact, I could count on my hand the number of Black or Asian faces prominent in the BritishContinue reading “MAM: Tokenism is not enough. The British media needs to change”
MAM: Get breakfast done
So he did it. A landslide Conservative win by Mr Johnson, despite canvassing from actor Hugh Grant in Beaconsfield. Comrade Corbyn obliterated and so the Labour Party. The Liberal Democrat leader losing her seat in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. I have opted for a picture of Hugh Grant, rather than Mr Johnson in despair. In myContinue reading “MAM: Get breakfast done”
MAM: OK boomer?
The phrase “OK boomer” has hit the headlines recently. It has also gone the (obligatory) “viral”. As a greatly ignored Gen-X-er I feel obliged to comment on this reposte by a millennial New Zealand MP, who was interrupted in Parliament by a baby-boomer when she was addressing the issue of climate change, even though itContinue reading “MAM: OK boomer?”