Leaders come in Black too.

Uncomfortable conversations! I’ve heard this phrase a lot over the past weeks. Persons having uncomfortable conversations about race and racism. I say persons, as this conversation isn’t exclusively uncomfortable for White people, it’s uncomfortable for Black people too. 

For years White people have ignored the issue and for years Black people have lived with being ignored. I am 55 years old and have dealt with racism as far back as my memory will take me. Growing up in “multi cultural” Britain in the 70s/80s I can still vividly recall the racism — it was hard not to. 

Black faces, white spaces!

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