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  • Gentrification & Displacement: BAME & Migrant Communities at Greatest Risk [@IASimmigration]

    Gentrification & Displacement: BAME & Migrant Communities at Greatest Risk [@IASimmigration]

    How Gentrification Is Affecting BAME & Migrant Communities. Guest Contributor: Roz Dicks  Between 1948 and 1971, half a million people came to the UK from the Caribbean and were known as ‘The Windrush Generation’; a name which refers to a particular ship, the HMT Empire Windrush, which brought 500 passengers to the UK, on invitation, to…

  • How [@stormzy] Glastonbury is important for Black British identity

    How [@stormzy] Glastonbury is important for Black British identity

    “Black is beautiful, Black is excellent” Dave on ‘Black’ It was fitting that Stormzy brought out Dave as he became the first Black British male rapper to headline Glastonbury. Simultaneously, Stormzy also became the second youngest to headline the prestigious festival at 25 with only a 24-year old David Bowie being younger when he headlined…