It seems the age of exposure to institutional racism is getting lower.
twitter.com/MartinBarrow/status/1503738983922216966 I hesitated to post this when I came across it this afternoon but it has now been reported in the media tonight. As at this afternoon none had reported it and it happened last year.
An apology isn't enough! They all must be sacked and investigated for s**ual assault. But how do we stop these sort of things from happening? It's bad enough experiencing racism as an adult but how can children be treated in this way by the authorities?? Surely we can't be a society that stands by while this sort of thing happens.
I remember Supt Robyn Williams was sacked after 36yrs in the Met because a child abuse video was sent to a Whatapp group she was in for the purpose of raising alarm and reporting the incident. She wasn't aware, didn't open it yet the Met sacked her and continue to use public funds to justify their treatment of her and cheat her out of her job! For weeks I continue to read and hear that Kurt Zuma needs to loose his job for hitting his cat but there's no uproar about the treatment of this girl. When will things change in this country???? Hackney is a very multi-ethnic area so how do they not see the humanity and youth of this child? I feel we need to set up an organisation solely to campaign for and protect the interests of black people in this country. Of course those who benefit from the status quo will find an excuse to silence the objectives; it's divisive, it's fake news, it's BLM, it's disrespectful to the RF etc but things can't continue this way surely???
I hate to talk about racism and prejudice cos it opens wounds and relives experiences one works hard to forget/erase but for this girl's sake I will!!!