I have lots of faith in how FH. I love the way have pulled together and it sounds soppy but I’ve lived here for years and we’re a good community - no we’re the best # love foresthill xx
Thanks, this ideally should be a good conclusion to the thread.
Otherwise this may be bordering on becoming a political discussion and we’d kindly ask that if you have a point to make then there are other more appropriate places such as national newspapers with comment sections, and also national and international forums.
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That is fine, can I please reiterate that I am not a political protester. I am just a mother of 2 whom has feelings, that’s all. I feel you are now bullying me & will look into this immdediately
Black Lives Matter UK, a coalition of black activists and organisers, has set up a fundraising page to develop new far-reaching methods of organised protest. Help it reach its £500,000 target.
The StopWatch campaign has been fighting the racist and disproportionate use of stop and search since 2010. Run by lawyers, activists and academics, the group works to hold the police accountable through legal and policy analysis and litigation.
This trust was founded in the name of Stephen Lawrence, a black British teenager from south-east London who was murdered in a racist attack while waiting for a bus in 1993.
BLAM (Black Learning Achievement and Mental Health) is a charity mainly based in Brixton, which ‘promotes a truthful discourse of Blackness through analysis of history’ by providing more diverse education for young people
The London borough of Lambeth is home to the UK’s biggest black community, with people of African and Caribbean origin disproportionately affected by the area’s socio-economic inequality. Black Thrive is a charity that works to ‘reduce the inequality and injustices experienced by Black people in mental health services’ in the borough.
The #CharitySoWhite hashtag began in August 2019, encouraging people of colour to share stories about their firsthand experiences with racism in the charity sector.
@HappyChappy I do believe that you didn’t intend this as a political thread and that your original post was more in the spirit of celebrating the inclusiveness of Forest Hill. It’s an emotive and very live global issue and, from experience, threads like this often end up off topic, become inflammatory and require a lot of monitoring by the moderation team.
@djoyner Thank you for those links - some of which are new to me and I’ll take a look at.
I am going to close this thread down on that helpful post after discussing it with the team. We would like to stress that we do believe that everyone, regardless of colour (or for that matter religion, gender, sexual preference or any other perceived division) should be treated fairly, with respect and have equal opportunities.