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"Anti-racism is integral to our very being...it's part of who we all are.  We can never be complacent about the scourge of racism...blaming minorities for the failure of a broken economic system... Hostile environment policies are...a nasty politics that demeans our whole country" (Jeremy Corbyn Labour Conference 2018)
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
APPEALS AND EVENTS


Separating children from their parents puts this government to shame: 
The Observer view on our shameful immigration detention policyObserver Editorial: 5/8/18


**'APPEAL LAUNCHED TO HELP FORMER MAIDENHEAD PUPIL FACING DEPORTATION'**
Appeal for Elmslie School pupils from the late 60s to make contact to help verify identify of Eleanor Rogers, now homeless in London and facing deportation having lost all her papers.  See article for picture and contact information: 
www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/maidenhead/124026/appeal-launched-to-help-former-maidenhead-pupil-facing-deportation.html

The Guardian support Eleanor Rogers as they uncover more incidents of people who have lived in the Uk for over 50 years being caught up in the “hostile environment” Theresa May said she wanted to create for illegal immigrants in 2012
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/28/i-cant-eat-or-sleep-the-grandmother-threatened-with-deportation-after-50-years-in-britain


Guardian report on EU migrants detained in UK
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/03/marcin-gwozdzinski-immigration-centre-detention-death

BAIL FOR IMMIGRATION DETAINEES
Bail for Immigration Detainees is an independent charity that exists to challenge immigration detention in the UK. 
They provide legal advice and representation to migrants detained in removal centres and prisons to secure their release alongside research and policy advocacy to effect change
www.biduk.org​
INFORMATION:
        LOCAL AND NATIONAL SUPPORT, ADVICE and                       ADVOCACY CONTACTS:
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NEWS:

Poll commissioned to launch series on unconscious bias shows gulf in negative experiences by ethnicity
Robert Booth and Aamna Mohdin Sun 2 Dec 2018 18.00 GMT
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  • Cécile Djunga: ‘It hurts – so we must talk about racism in Belgium’ : Emotional viral video about being the country’s only black TV presenter leads to national debate
The Guardian: Daniel Boffey, 9/9/2018
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  • Johnson has created a moment more divisive than ‘rivers of blood’
The Guardian: Matthew d'Ancona 12/8/18
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  • Jeremy, it's time to call their bluff:
Many of those complaining about the Labour leader have refused to meet him. The reason for that, writes DAVID ROSENBERG, is because they are worried they would be exposed
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  • Angela Saini tracks the route by which 'racist realist', extreme right wing theorists, are making their way onto advisory boards of one of the world’s largest scientific publishers:  
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/22/eugenics-racism-mainstream-science
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  • Romesh Ranganathan - dealing with 'casual racism' 
​"I had only just arrived in the US when somebody asked me aggressively if I was Muslim. Perhaps I should have educated him, but why is it my problem when I just want a quiet drink with my mate?" 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/12/how-did-i-handle-casual-racism-in-los-angeles-awkwardly
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  • ROMA PREJUDICE - "the besmirching of another immigrant community is in full spate"
Historical parallels made about the scapegoating of Roma immigrants in Glasgow and Irish immigrants in the UK a century ago
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/10/roma-again-scapegoats-for-ills-of-society
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  • News that a Christian child was ‘forced’ into Muslim
​​foster care caused a furore earlier this year. But, despite the challenges, these families play a vital role in bringing up vulnerable children"

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/03/muslim-fos​ter-parents-it-has-been-such-a-blessing
Sadiq Khan✔@SadiqKhanPresident Trump has used Twitter to promote a vile, extremist group that exists solely to sow division and hatred in our country. It's increasingly clear that any official visit from President Trump to Britain would not be welcomed.
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  • Husband of Jo Cox who was murdered by a man associated to Britain First, Brendan Cox: Trump is "the best recruiting sergeant for those of us who wish to build a consensus around British values of tolerance and decency"
​www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/29/donald-trump-britain-first-hate-best-response-tolerance?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=254571&subid=19595798&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2
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  • HARRY AND MEGHAN:
Do you agree with gal-dem'S take on Harry and Meghan news:
“A constant need to comment on a couple’s racial difference does nothing but flag up an inherent unease. In some cases, it can feel like a conscious attempt to reinforce the sense of otherness”
www.gal-dem.com/harry-meghan-not-great-news-interracial-couples/
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  • Theresa May speaks at the Windsor and Maidenhead community forum diversity dinner
On the 16th November, Mrs May is reported to have praised the work of the forum highlighting the importance of a strong, interfaith cohesive community.  Unfortunately this is not extended in her government's foreign policy which continues to support the Saudis and their use of British weapons to kill and maim civilians, especially women and children, in Yemen as part of the ongoing Sunni/Shia Muslim rift. Only interfaith action here is gaining power and control
www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/maidenhead/124056/theresa-may-speaks-at-windsor-and-maidenhead-community-forum-diversity-dinner.html​
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  • Labour MP for Brent Central, Dawn Butler comments on the RDA (see report above in research etc.)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/13/theresa-may-race-disparity-audit
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  • BAME/WOMEN POWER INEQUALITY
Analysis by The Guardian and Operation Black Vote find that of the 1,049 most powerful people in Britain, just 36 are from ethnic minorities – and only seven of those are women:
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/sep/24/who-are-36-bame-people-uk-1000-most-powerful
CULTURE:

FILM:

Bollywood sexual harrassment:
Women tell the Guardian that unmasking of abusive men is overdue in industry that shames and undermines victims
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/dec/13/bollywood-sexual-harassment-actors-speak-out-indian-cinema-open-secret

BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI
The Guardian review the documentary film of Grace Jone's life and career -
"sharp portrait of an iconic extraterrestrial"
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/25/grace-jones-bloodlight-and-bami-review-sophie-fiennes-documentary

MUDBOUND
'...modern period drama looks at the overlapping lives of two families – one black and one white'
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/19/mudbound-review-complex-modern-period-drama

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TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS:
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Windsor and Maidenhead Community Forum (WAMCF)
2018 WAMCF DIALOGUE: PROGRAMME
'Efforts to reach out and engage others in dialogue with the aim of fostering mutual understanding and bringing people closer together may seem ordinary and unexciting, but they in fact constitute a bold and daring challenge to create a new era of human civilisation.' Daisaku Ikeda
All dialogues are FREE and start at 7pm and end at 8.30pm with refreshments.
WHAT DO YOU WANT MOST IN LIFE? Tuesday 16th January SGI-UK Taplow Court,Berry Hill, Taplow, Maidenhead SL6 0ER
WHAT IS TRUE STRENGTH? Tuesday 13th February 2018 Dedworth Green Baptist Church, Smiths Ln, Windsor SL4 5PE
WHAT MAKES A GOOD FRIEND? Tuesday 30th January Maidenhead Gurdwara 31 Rutland Road, SL6 4HZ
WHAT ARE YOU MOST GRATEFUL FOR? Tuesday 27th February Maidenhead Synagogue, Grenfell Lodge, Ray Park Road, Maidenhead SL6 8QX
IF YOU COULD CHOOSE ONE THING TO CHANGE ABOUT THE WORLD, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Tuesday 13th MARCH Maidenhead Mosque, Holmanleaze, SL6 8AW www.wamcf.org
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN? Tuesday 27th March Windsor Humanists, Austen-Leigh & Baldwin Institute, Eton Court, Eton, Windsor SL4 6BY

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TV: 

TV comedy like Chinese Burn doesn’t smash stereotypes. It reinforces them:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/12/tv-comedy-chinese-burn-stereotypes-bbc

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The Boy with the Topknot - a story of mental illness in a Sikh family - BBCi player
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09g0hvs

Prof Dinesh Bhugra, emeritus professor of mental health and cultural diversity at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London talked about mental health in Asian communities on the Today programme 14/11/17 at 7.40am
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09drjf2#play

APPEAL FOR BAME-RELEVANT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mental-health-bame-communities-stigma-nhs-culture-crisis-misunderstood-a7973666.html



TRAVEL:
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The Civil Rights trail in Washington DC:
www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/nov/12/eyes-on-the-prize-the-civil-rights-trail-in-washington-dc​



DOCUMENTARY:

American stand-up Hari Kondabolu's documentary The Problem with Apu challenges racist stereotyping:
is Ian Jack right to say that the harmfulness or otherwise of stereotypes is usually best judged by the people they attempt to describe?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/18/apu-stereotypes-documentary-the-simpsons-character-racist?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=252899&subid=19595798&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2



RADIO:

Asian Network
BBC radio station, targetting age group 15-35 of South Asian descent broadcasting music, arts and current affairs 
www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork


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