STORMZY and his company have pledged £10 million over the next 10 years to organisations engaged in the fight for racial equality and social justice. The announcement comes after protests in the US…
Black Lives Matter“The uncomfortable truth that our country continuously fails to recognise and admit, is that black people in the UK have been at a constant disadvantage in every aspect of life - simply due to the colour of our skin,” it said,
"I'm lucky enough to be in the position I'm in and I've heard people often dismiss the idea of racism existing in Britain by saying 'If the country's so racist how have you become a success?!' and I reject that with this: I am not the UK's shining example of what supposedly happens when a black person works hard.
"There are millions of us. We are not far and few. We have to fight against the odds of a racist system stacked against us and designed for us to fail from before we are even born. "Black people have been playing on an uneven field for far too long and this pledge is a continuation in the fight to finally try and even it."The death of 46-year-old Mr Floyd, who was seen in a video being held in handcuffs on the ground with a police officer’s knee on his throat, has galvanised support for the Black Lives Matter movement around the world.
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