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345/365 a little casual racism…

December 12, 2013 By Ellen

School Christmas show day again. For once I was early, queuing 20 minutes ahead (yes really) to get the seat Boy Two told me to. So as I sat and waited for the fun to start other parents tripped over folding furniture and settled in. I wasn’t really eavesdropping, but I overheard the folk near […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, racism

Colour blind: What’s a black man, mummy?

January 9, 2012 By Ellen

The other day, after overhearing a news report, my older kids, nine and twelve, asked who Stephen Lawrence was.So, I explained. I’d like to think I’m reasonably good at explaining news stories in simple terms – I worked on tabloid newspapers for a few years after all. But my nine year old started to look […]

Filed Under: newspapers, race, racism

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