First, I will start by outlining the case of Child Q. Although there was widespread outrage and comprehensive coverage of the case, some of my international readers may be unfamiliar with it. A summary of the Child Q case In 2020, a Black female child, referred to as Child Q, was strip searched by two…
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Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about how the school where I work could become a safer place through the reduction of instances of bullying. It goes without saying that bullying is a blight on school communities. Its effects can be far reaching and long-lasting. It happens in every school. From elite private institutions to…
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Yesterday I went to see the play, Barbershop Chronicles by Inua Ellams. The play’s central theme was how the barbershop acts as a social hub for black men all over the globe. The blurb uses this apt description to define this space: ‘Newsroom, political platform, local hot spot, confession box, preacher-pulpit and football stadium. For…
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