You turn up at their door and the blood just drains from their face.
Shada
Colour more of a factor than qualifications or experience
Stories of 1000 Black Voices
Shada’s Story
Hellen’s Story
We have to wait at the back of the queue.
Hellen
Belittled
Kevin’s Story
I experienced [racism] through racial profiling.
Kevin
Shocked
and
Shaken
Alex’s Story
I was even told …I need to be …a completely different person.
Alex
The Work Mask
Louis Story
They kept me at distance, kept me away…
Pretended to be my friends and then mock me, laugh at me. This creates a feeling of anxiety in you even from an early age.
Louis
Unwanted
Kunle’s Story
I shouldn’t have been treated that way…
I didn’t do anything wrong.
Kunle
Trauma
Ifetola’s Story
I have to think about
my Blackness
every
single day.
Ifetola
Once Ashamed
now
Proud
Richard’s Story
I co-operated with them and the police officer thanked me for my demeanour. So basically my demeanour…is what saved my
life.
Richard
Guilty of
Being a Black Man
with Dreds
Angela’s Story
I have experienced racism throughout my entire working life.
Angela
The Organisation’s
House Nigger
Joshua’s Story
As a young Black Man in America,
you never know what encounter may grow fatal…
You always need to give a reason for everything you are,
everything that you
are doing.
Joshua
The Ordeal
