Who do you believe, me or your lying eyes? A well-rehearsed story, repeated by enough voices, can make even the worst sins disappear. Consider Donald Trump, a man with more than 30 felony convictions and one who was found liable for sexual abuse in a civil trial – conduct a judge said ‘fits the common …
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Single Black Foster Carer: Remembering Joan Edison
by Chantelle Lunt Originally Commissioned and Published by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. She was a woman who left a legacy in the hearts of many across Knowsley. A legacy so big that there was no shortage of quotes or fond memories for this article. Joan Edison was many things to me: a protector, a …
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Can the Met Police sink any lower?
Originally published on WHOATV Posted on July 4, 2022 by Chantelle Lunt If you didn’t get the memo, last week it was announced the The Metropolitan Police are now under ‘special measures’ by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC). Hard not to get this particular memo though, it’s been splashed across every news bulletin, headline and media outlet …
We are on a collision course to national riots
Originally published on WHOATV Posted on June 23, 2022 by Chantelle Lunt The UK has reached crisis point and many activists and community leaders can see that we are on a collision course to national riots. Economic downturn, racist Policing and hostility towards migrants and minorities are often the standard preludes to uprisings. We currently have all 3 elements …
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Why are we not talking about Institutionalised Police Racism in the UK?
Chañtelle Lunt July 9, 2020 Institutionalised racism is a term often thrown about when talking about the police force. It became a part of public discourse as a result of the 1999 MacPherson report into the death of Stephen Lawrence and was a useful tool when trying to describe the inherent racism within the Metropolitan Police Force. …
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We don’t want MP’s taking the knee, we need them standing shoulder to shoulder with us in the fight for racial equality.
The conversations around racism in the UK have been diluted and hijacked into never-ending arguments about racist symbolism, which is doing little to help the black community. The cynic in me wonders if this is an intentional strategy for derailing the BLM movement.
Straight Pride: Why the ‘Marginalised Majority’ need a reality check
When the news of the plans to host a ‘Straight’ Pride march in Boston broke, I didn’t have to click any of the links on my twitter feed to know that the organisers would be straight white men. Such entitled drivel could only possibly come from the mouths of people who are among the least …
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This Triggered Millenial 