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Monday, January 13, 2020
Race, Poverty and Education - Lessons from the UK learned while spending Christmas in London December 2019
In August 2018, the 26 year old black rap musician, Stormzy, established a scholarship under which he would pay the tuition fees and accommodation for 4 black students to attend Cambridge University. At the time, he was accused of racism. His response, as recorded in a rap that went high in the charts: “I done a scholarship for the kids, they said it’s racist. That’s not anti-white, it’s pro-black”. He later said that he was endeavouring to address the disadvantages and barriers that young blacks faced. More...