The next Anti-Racist Community Group reflection will take place on Wednesday 23rd February 2022 at 5:30-7PM on ZOOM. New attendees always welcome.
Woodlands Community is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Anti-Racist Community Reflection
Time: Feb 23, 2022 05:30 PM London
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We will be discussing:
Article on Karnataka hijab ban: Schools closed after protests + News excerpt (4mins29) In the southern Indian state of Karnataka, a stronghold of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist BJP party, there have been protests and counter-protests over Muslim students wearing the hijab and the authorities have closed schools and colleges.
Podcast, Mina Smallman whose daughters, Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman were killed in a London park on 7 June 2020. Mina gives her reaction to the latest revelations from the Metropolitan police. [listen after 2mins 22]
Film: imagine...Labi Siffre: This is My Song [1hr]
Alan Yentob presents a film exploring the life and work of the Ivor Novello Award-winning black British singer-songwriter Labi Siffre. Now in his seventies, in the first major documentary film Siffre has ever agreed to, he welcomes Alan Yentob into his home in Spain and opens up about his personal life as a gay man, his music and his broader artistic philosophy in a thought-provoking and moving encounter.
Along with our upcoming Anti-Racist publication and more general conversations around peoples experience of racism and proposed Anti-Racist material for the group to engage with next time.
We also have a newly announced book that we are discussing, Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin, it is available from Bookshop.org for £9.29, link here. We will discuss the book early April.
Go Tell It on the Mountain is an emotional story that contains time gaps throughout seventy years. The novel allows its reader to peek into the minds of multiple characters; however, the story takes place during one twenty-four hour period. The book explores several controversial topics in the history of the United States, including racism in New York's Harlem and the South, poverty, and the anger that racism stimulated.
This is Bob's choice of book, thank you Bob. There is also the free audiobook version of the book on youtube here
Anyone is welcome to these discussions. Please let us know if you need any financial assistance in purchasing this book.
Please feel free to come along and listen even if you have not engaged with our chosen material as it can still be a great experience to hear people talk about what they've learned.
Any questions, thoughts, recommending reading/listening/viewing for our group please email
eo@woodlandscommunity.org.uk
We hope to see you there on zoom. Any tech problems you can call Eo on 07733 667102
Here is a link to our groups PADLET which has an archive of all the material our group has engaged with.