My name is Layefa 

WHERE ARE YOUR PEOPLE FROM? 

This week Buckingham Palace is being exposed again for claims of racism. Brown skin- by India Arie is a song that celebrates and appreciates people from the black community. I made a connection to it because within black and brown communities when we ask the question "where are your people from?" it is to build connections and a form of bounding and understanding. When  this same question is asked by somebody outside of the melanated community it is a form of othering and indirectly letting the person know that you don't belong here. In the UK we still can't seem to talk about race without tiptoeing around the matter.   

NICE WHITE PARENTS 

I talk about a podcast that I recently listened to based on an experience of a white middle class parent documenting her experience in New York Brooklyn, the gentrification of inner city school and how it effects families from black and brown communities and those of lower income. I was not surprised by some of their actions and responses because it's always from a well meaning place but it ends up harming marginalised communities. 

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