Muslim-sponsored Report: EDL are white supremacists (photos prove otherwise) - The 4 Freedoms Library2024-03-28T22:13:39Zhttp://4freedoms.com/forum/topics/muslim-sponsored-report-edl-are-white-supremacists?groupUrl=uk&commentId=3766518%3AComment%3A99209&groupId=3766518%3AGroup%3A255&feed=yes&xn_auth=noSome of you may have heard th…tag:4freedoms.com,2016-02-23:3766518:Comment:1763122016-02-23T17:41:09.315ZJoehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/38DD
<p>Some of you may have heard that one of the groups of academics who were studying EDL has finally published a book on them. He was studying them between 2011 and 2012. It's taken so long for this book to be published (at the end of 2015), I'd assume he was fake, and the people who told me they'd been interviewed by him had been scammed.</p>
<p>As you might expect, the book is from a hostile perspective. I spoke with someone who was interviewed and she didn't seem to think it was hostile, and…</p>
<p>Some of you may have heard that one of the groups of academics who were studying EDL has finally published a book on them. He was studying them between 2011 and 2012. It's taken so long for this book to be published (at the end of 2015), I'd assume he was fake, and the people who told me they'd been interviewed by him had been scammed.</p>
<p>As you might expect, the book is from a hostile perspective. I spoke with someone who was interviewed and she didn't seem to think it was hostile, and others didn't seem to think so either (as she reported it to me).<br/><br/>But you can judge for yourselves. </p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Making-Anti-Muslim-Protest-Grassroots-Extremism/dp/0415502675/" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Making-Anti-Muslim-Protest-Grassroots-Extre...</a></p>
<p>How could an academic, supposedly pursuing "participant observation" (i.e. unbiased and involved observation) spend 2 years going to meetings, demos and travelling with EDL, and designate them "an anti-muslim group"? This title might as well have come from UAF or HNH or Hizb ut Tahrir or IHRC. IMO those who got to know this academic are so pleased an academic book has been written on EDL, they have blinded themselves to the fact that it is a hideously biased view on them. I got to know some of the real stalwarts of EDL (people whose own children had been scarred for life by muslim attacks), and I found it very humbling, how these rough people could be the very embodiment of (christian) forgiveness (they weren't practicing christians, AFAIK). And then to see such kind, forgiving people be so badly mischaracterised makes my blood boil.</p>
<p>I'm just glad this book costs £90 and so almost no-one will buy it. When I heard of these academics, I knew they would either write an honest account of EDL and never get it published, or they'd stick the knife in and advance their careers.</p>
<p>I'm looking to borrow a copy of this book, and see if my view of the 1st chapter is borne out by the rest of the book.</p> Indeed. The divergence betwe…tag:4freedoms.com,2015-08-25:3766518:Comment:1702192015-08-25T10:01:04.409ZJoehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/38DD
<p>Indeed. The divergence between the official lies & deceit above the line in "The Independent" is so great, I considered putting this in The Chasm discussion.</p>
<p>And what must be remembered: individuals like me are banned from commenting at "The Independent", "The Guardian", and even The Daily Mail. I'm banned despite no swearing, no incitement, no spam, no links. So the below the line opposition is from those who have not (yet) been banned.</p>
<p>Indeed. The divergence between the official lies & deceit above the line in "The Independent" is so great, I considered putting this in The Chasm discussion.</p>
<p>And what must be remembered: individuals like me are banned from commenting at "The Independent", "The Guardian", and even The Daily Mail. I'm banned despite no swearing, no incitement, no spam, no links. So the below the line opposition is from those who have not (yet) been banned.</p> Sorry, don't want to distract…tag:4freedoms.com,2015-08-24:3766518:Comment:1699722015-08-24T23:36:54.459ZAlan Lakehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/AlanLake
<p>Sorry, don't want to distract from this thread, but it seems that even Independent readers are getting sick of the knee jerk racist prejudice of that 'newspaper'. Check out the comments following this ridiculous article by Angharad Welsh. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/azealia-banks-was-right-about-the-nicki-minaj-waxwork-its-a-sexist-racist-mistake-10464009.html" target="_blank">http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/azealia-banks-was-right-about-t...</a></p>
<p>She is…</p>
<p>Sorry, don't want to distract from this thread, but it seems that even Independent readers are getting sick of the knee jerk racist prejudice of that 'newspaper'. Check out the comments following this ridiculous article by Angharad Welsh. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/azealia-banks-was-right-about-the-nicki-minaj-waxwork-its-a-sexist-racist-mistake-10464009.html" target="_blank">http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/azealia-banks-was-right-about-t...</a></p>
<p>She is destroyed in every comment, especially this one:<br/><span><a href="http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2009/03/19/1111120/813010-madame-tussaud-wax-models.jpg" target="_blank">http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2009/03/19/1111120/813010-madame-tussaud-wax-models.jpg</a></span></p> I'm beginning to think that t…tag:4freedoms.com,2015-08-24:3766518:Comment:1702102015-08-24T07:40:02.395ZJoehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/38DD
<p>I'm beginning to think that the pro islamo-nazi Independent should have it's own thread.</p>
<p>Here's their report on the cancelling of Anne Marie Waters "Draw Mohammed" event.</p>
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<p>I'm beginning to think that the pro islamo-nazi Independent should have it's own thread.</p>
<p>Here's their report on the cancelling of Anne Marie Waters "Draw Mohammed" event.</p>
<blockquote><h1 class="title">Exhibition of cartoons depicting Prophet Mohamed cancelled amid security fears</h1>
<div class="widget storyContent article widget-editable viziwyg-section-1024 inpage-widget-8939454 articleContent"><p>An exhibition of cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed in London has been cancelled after its organiser, a former Ukip candidate who runs Sharia Watch UK, decided it was too dangerous.</p>
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<p>Depicting images of the Prophet is insulting to many Muslims and this has been used as a justification for violence by extreme Islamists in the past.</p>
<p>However, an anti-Islamophobia group said that Mr Wilders’ invitation to speak at the exhibition, which was planned for September, showed it was more about inflaming tension than defending free speech.</p>
<p>Writing on Sharia Watch UK’s website, the exhibition’s organiser Anne Marie Waters said that she had decided there was a “very real possibility that people could be hurt or killed – before, during, and after the event”.</p>
<p>“Over the last few weeks, I have had several conversations with both Scotland Yard and counter-terror detectives. My conclusion? That the risk of running this exhibition is simply too high,” she said.</p>
<p>“When setting out to do something like this, one has to be prepared for the possibility of threats, or even violence, but it’s easy to underestimate the impact such things will have on the people around you.”</p>
<p>She also said that the venue for the exhibition – which had been kept secret – had pulled out “citing security and insurance concerns”.</p>
<p>“Given the fear that people were feeling generally, the only responsible thing to do was to pull back and try to learn some lessons,” Ms Waters said. “I have not learnt lessons as much as I have had my suspicions confirmed. </p>
<div class="x460x140 floatingColumns"><div class="column-1"><div class="widget storyContent article widget-editable viziwyg-section-1024 inpage-widget-8939454 articleContent"><p>An exhibition of cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed in London has been cancelled after its organiser, a former Ukip candidate who runs Sharia Watch UK, decided it was too dangerous.</p>
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<div class="widget storyContent article widget-editable viziwyg-section-1024 inpage-widget-6138699 articleContent"><div class="body"><p>The exhibition had been due to be addressed by Geert Wilders, the far-right Dutch politician who has previously described Mohamed as “the devil” and claimed the Koran is a “fascist book” that should be banned.</p>
<p>Depicting images of the Prophet is insulting to many Muslims and this has been used as a justification for violence by extreme Islamists in the past.</p>
<p>In January, 11 people were killed when two men armed with assault rifles attacked the office of the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.</p>
<p>However, an anti-Islamophobia group said that Mr Wilders’ invitation to speak at the exhibition, which was planned for September, showed it was more about inflaming tension than defending free speech.</p>
<p><span class="inline-image w460 leftAligned"><span class="inLineImageCaption">Anne-Marie Waters speaking at the Oxford Union in 2013 (YouTube)</span></span><br/>She also said that the venue for the exhibition – which had been kept secret – had pulled out “citing security and insurance concerns”.</p>
<p>“Given the fear that people were feeling generally, the only responsible thing to do was to pull back and try to learn some lessons,” Ms Waters said. “I have not learnt lessons as much as I have had my suspicions confirmed. </p>
<h5>READ MORE: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/isis-threatens-pamela-geller-over-dallas-prophet-mohamed-event-we-have-71-trained-soldiers-in-15-different-states-ready-to-attack-at-our-word-10234821.html" target="_blank">ISIS THREATENS PAMELA GELLER OVER PROPHET MOHAMED EVENT</a><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/prophet-mohammad-cartoon-exhibition-two-armed-men-shot-dead-after-opening-fire-on-free-speech-event-in-texas-10223281.html" target="_blank">TWO ARMED MEN SHOT DEAD AFTER OPENING FIRE ON 'FREE SPEECH' EVENT</a><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/muslims-have-embraced-images-of-the-prophet-mohamed-throughout-history--why-are-so-many-of-them-upset-now-9983412.html" target="_blank">WHY ARE MUSLIMS SO UPSET WITH DEPICTING PROPHET MOHAMED?</a></h5>
<p><span>Mr Wilders was banned from entering the UK in 2009 with the then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith labelling him an “undesirable person” following his comments about Islam. </span>Despite that he flew to Heathrow, but was deported back to the Netherlands. The ban was overturned later in the year.</p>
<p>Speaking to <em>The Independent </em>last month, Fiyaz Mughal, director of the anti-Islamophobia group Tell Mama, said the exhibition was “not about free speech” as billed, but was simply designed to “irritate and inflame”.</p>
<p>“Inviting a man who is currently awaiting trial for racial hatred after vowing to make sure there were ‘fewer Moroccans’ in Holland is hardly the poster boy any sane or reasonable campaign wants to have as their keynote speaker,” he said.</p>
<p>“Let us not be fooled that this is about testing the boundaries of free speech. If they wanted that, they would do it without people like Wilders and that says it all.”</p>
<p>Ms Waters stood as the Ukip candidate in Lewisham East in May’s general election, coming third with 9.1 per cent of the vote.</p>
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<p>Note:</p>
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<li>no mention that following his previous exclusion, Wilders took the UK govt to court and won.</li>
<li>no mention that Wilders faced 2 previous stasi prosecutions by the Dutch govt, and he won both.</li>
<li>no sympathy for the fact that terrorists win, and artists/kafirs lose by this event being forced to cancel (and this from an "Independent" newspaper</li>
<li>no mention of the terrorist attack on Geller's similar event a few months ago</li>
<li>no comparison with how leftist "artists" have received govt grants & adulation for putting christian religious symbols in piss, or for portraying Jesus as gay</li>
<li>no comparison with South Park making a musical (loved by luvvies) denigrating Mormonism</li>
<li>disgraced Fiyaz Mughal gets to have the closing comments </li>
<li>snide last paragraph, pointing out how few votes AMW received as an electoral candidate</li>
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<p>Strangely, I think this will backfire. Rather than persuade more people to support islam and oppose such a contest, this article is more likely to make readers think "I must support the far right in future"</p> Here's another photo. Looks…tag:4freedoms.com,2015-05-30:3766518:Comment:1674082015-05-30T14:33:23.484ZJoehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/38DD
<p>Here's another photo. Looks like Walthamstow 2015.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/54806454?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/54806454?profile=original" width="640" class="align-full"/></a></p>
<p>Here's another photo. Looks like Walthamstow 2015.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/54806454?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/54806454?profile=original" width="640" class="align-full"/></a></p> Here's another photo that I h…tag:4freedoms.com,2015-01-23:3766518:Comment:1604402015-01-23T10:20:13.951ZJoehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/38DD
<p>Here's another photo that I had<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/54806043?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/54806043?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a> not seen before.</p>
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<p>Here's another photo that I had<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/54806043?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/54806043?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a> not seen before.</p>
<p></p> “No doubt the EDL will use th…tag:4freedoms.com,2014-05-19:3766518:Comment:1479072014-05-19T02:01:25.014ZAlan Lakehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/AlanLake
<p><em>“No doubt the EDL will use this incident to portray themselves as victims.”</em></p>
<p><span>So you can drive a car at people and maim and cripple them as much as you want, and they aren't victims, as long as they aren't part of the fascist left? Goebbels would be proud of EDL Extra!</span></p>
<p>Two men arrested - presumably the driver and companion. Place your bets now that they get off with a warning, because they are "devout worshiping Muslims and family men" and it was a…</p>
<p><em>“No doubt the EDL will use this incident to portray themselves as victims.”</em></p>
<p><span>So you can drive a car at people and maim and cripple them as much as you want, and they aren't victims, as long as they aren't part of the fascist left? Goebbels would be proud of EDL Extra!</span></p>
<p>Two men arrested - presumably the driver and companion. Place your bets now that they get off with a warning, because they are "devout worshiping Muslims and family men" and it was a "temporary lapse of judgement".</p> Attempted murder of Sikh EDL…tag:4freedoms.com,2014-05-18:3766518:Comment:1479062014-05-18T15:20:56.770ZJoehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/38DD
<p>Attempted murder of Sikh EDL supporter by muslims?</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/edl-victim-hit-run-crash-7134083" target="_blank">http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/edl-victim-hit-run-crash-7134083</a></p>
<p>Police are investigating claims that an alleged hit-and-run driver targeted a group of men outside a pub because they were members of the right-wing …</p>
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<p>Attempted murder of Sikh EDL supporter by muslims?</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/edl-victim-hit-run-crash-7134083" target="_blank">http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/edl-victim-hit-run-crash-7134083</a></p>
<p>Police are investigating claims that an alleged hit-and-run driver targeted a group of men outside a pub because they were members of the right-wing <a href="http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/all-about/english%20defence%20league">English Defence League.</a></p>
<p>A Ford Focus car was driven through the 15-strong crowd outside a Wolverhampton pub severely injuring one man.</p>
<p>The Sunday Mercury understands the 40-year-old Asian victim is a leading member of the EDL’s controversial Sikh Division.</p>
<p>Social media messages on EDL websites were full of praise for Jag Singh, from Wolverhampton, who suffered spinal injuries and a broken leg.</p>
<p>Mr Singh is a long-standing EDL supporter and regularly attends the extremist group’s demos and meetings up and down the country, EDL monitoring sites have claimed.</p>
<p>The turban-wearing father is lauded by the EDL as proof that it is not racist and instead is only opposed to Islamic extremists.</p>
<p>A spokesman from monitoring site EDL Extra, said: “The EDL have somehow managed to hoodwink some Sikhs into joining them and created a so-called Sikh division.</p>
<p>“The EDL play on the historical animosity that exists between some sections of the Sikh and Muslim community.</p>
<p>“Jag Singh is a popular figure in the EDL and the poster boy for their so-called non-racist outlook.</p>
<p>“No doubt the EDL will use this incident to portray themselves as victims.”</p>
<p>About 15 EDL supporters had gathered outside the Rookery Tavern pub in <a href="http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/all-about/wolverhampton">Wood Street, Wolverhampton,</a> on Sunday May 4, a popular drinking and meeting spot for the group.</p>
<p>An argument broke out between some pub-goers which spilled out into the street.</p>
<p>Police say a red Ford Focus car then turned up and drove straight at a group of up to 15 men before injuring another man as it reversed out.</p>
<p>A witness described how bodies were flung across the bonnet as the driver aimed for the thickest part of the group.</p>
<p>He said: “It’s a miracle that no-one was killed or more seriously hurt because the car was driving at some speed and its wheels were screeching.</p>
<p>“I didn’t get a clear view but I could hear and see people being struck and tumbling over the car bonnet like skittles.</p>
<p>“There was a lot of confusion and shouting and some of the men tried to smash the car’s windscreen when it stopped.</p>
<p>“But the driver just reversed out again and hit somebody else before wheel-spinning away.”</p>
<p>He added: “There were women and a few youths stood in that group and it’s just pure luck that there wasn’t more bloodshed.</p>
<p>“People were just stood in shock.”</p>
<p>Detective Inspector Jim Munro from <a href="http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/all-about/west%20midlands%20police">West Midlands Police</a> Force CID said: “It is believed the vehicle, a red Ford Focus car V358 KOF, although this could have been changed, deliberately drove into the group outside the pub following a disorder.</p>
<p>“We are carrying out forensic investigations at the scene and house to house enquiries and have local reassurance patrols in place.</p>
<p>“We are appealing for anyone who may have been in the area or who has information to contact police.”</p>
<p>Detectives have arrested two people. A 47-year-old man was detained shortly afterwards while a 26-year-old man was arrested days later on suspicion of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.</p>
<p>Both have been bailed pending further inquiries.</p>
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<p>Vlad Tepes points out how there is barely an unbiased paragraph in the story.</p>
<p><a href="http://vladtepesblog.com/2014/05/18/journalism-now-leftist-islamic-propaganda-in-the-uk/" target="_blank">http://vladtepesblog.com/2014/05/18/journalism-now-leftist-islamic-propaganda-in-the-uk/</a></p> Unless you agree with a man w…tag:4freedoms.com,2014-03-13:3766518:Comment:1458692014-03-13T17:06:24.805ZJoehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/38DD
<p>Unless you agree with a man with a proven history of racism, you are a racist.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/03/11/edl-girls-dont-call-me-racist_n_4939968.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/03/11/edl-girls-dont-call-me-r...</a></p>
<p>HuffPo is such a blatantly one-sided "news" organisation, that the above "report" does not contain a single tweet in support of the programme or the BBC, but contains screenshots of 15 hostile…</p>
<p>Unless you agree with a man with a proven history of racism, you are a racist.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/03/11/edl-girls-dont-call-me-racist_n_4939968.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/03/11/edl-girls-dont-call-me-r...</a></p>
<p>HuffPo is such a blatantly one-sided "news" organisation, that the above "report" does not contain a single tweet in support of the programme or the BBC, but contains screenshots of 15 hostile tweets.</p> I thought we should record th…tag:4freedoms.com,2014-03-12:3766518:Comment:1459762014-03-12T23:01:52.571ZJoehttp://4freedoms.com/profile/38DD
<p>I thought we should record this article from EDL website (in case the site is hacked again)</p>
<hr></hr><p><a href="http://www.englishdefenceleague.org/edl-girl-speaks-an-interview-with-naomi-anne/" target="_blank">http://www.englishdefenceleague.org/edl-girl-speaks-an-interview-with-naomi-anne/</a></p>
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<p>I thought we should record this article from EDL website (in case the site is hacked again)</p>
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<div class="entry-content"><p dir="ltr">After she delivered a great speech <a href="http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/local/mixed-race-woman-on-edl-march-in-grantham-says-group-are-like-family-1-5895196">and interview</a> at the Grantham demonstration, we asked EDL supporter Naomi-Anne how she became involved with Britain’s largest anti-extremism street protest movement and what she believes the EDL’s attitude is to the question of race.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Who are you?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">My name is Naomi-Anne.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Which is your EDL Division?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">I’m a member of the Skegness Division, lived here for six months but moved from Sleaford.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>How did you come to be involved with the EDL?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">I joined the EDL after seeing a street protest in Luton headed by Tommy Robinson on the news.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>How would you describe your attitude towards Islam?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">I have been studying Islam for most of my life due to my Dad’s side of the family being Muslim. I was very concerned about women’s role within the religion and after the terrorist attacks in New York and London I began to want to know more about the so-called “Religion of Peace.”</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>So what did you do?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">[I] started with reading the Koran, The Sunnah and the Hadith, I felt the only way to truly dissemble Islam was to learn more about it. As I got more involved in the anti-islamic movement in University; I began to attend meetings headed by Islamic apologists such as Abdur Raheem Green and voicing my opinions much to the distaste of the Muslims around me which drew me to the attention of leftist groups in my area such as the then young Muslim Defence League and Antifa.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>And this led you to the EDL?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">After a barrage of nasty comments and racial slurs I began looking closer at the EDL and after meeting members and finding out that they were not “racist drunken football hooligans” as portrayed in the media I began to attend demos. My best friend [name removed] is a member of the Skegness division and after meeting the members I began attending demos.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Do you feel that you’ve been made welcome?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">Of course I’ve always been made to feel welcome! I’m not a pushover and I always trust my gut. On my first demo I was sat in the pub with fellow patriots and told them all straight out: “If you have something to say or any problem with me then get it out of your system because I’m not one for back stabbing; there’s enough of that in government!”</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>How did that go down!?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">Well, I got a sea of confused faces and was told “We don’t care what colour you are! You’re English first!” After that I sat, chatted, laughed and drank with them and never thought about it again. I always make it a point of pointing out to people that I have more abuse and comments from the left about my colour than anyone else. In my eyes it’s them with the problem, not the EDL.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Is your race important to you?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">I’m very proud of being mixed race. I come from a really diverse mixture of different ethnicities and cultures having family and roots in Holland, Africa, Brazil, Cuba, Ireland, England, Dominica and the United States. I’m proud of my roots and where I come from but my identity is not in my race (or races!) my identity comes from my experiences, my friends and family and of course my country.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Do you feel under pressure to identify yourself as ‘black’ or ‘mixed race’?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">I have always been told to identify with one race, I should be a proud black girl, or a proud African or a proud Dominican and I felt I was being pushed to forget my white family members. I’m not one for being on the fence, I’m not one or the other but all of these things and it upsets me that I have to choose to be just one or the other. I am extremely proud of every single root in my very large and extensive family tree!</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>We heard you speak at the Grantham demonstration. Was this your first time?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">Yes. I was so nervous before I got up, but as soon as I had the microphone in my hand and heard the encouraging shouts it was like a shot of Red Bull! I loved it, I will do as many speeches as I possibly can, wherever I can and wherever I am given the honour.</p>
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