With what’s going on in Dalston, I think it’s times like this where the black community struggle for other races to understand our collective frustrations. It’s times like this where it is so hard to understand why people simply cannot value a human life enough to show empathy towards the anger of a community or even acknowledge black people as humans, who do display anger and a range of other complicated emotions. I think with the media portrayal of the so-called, ‘riot’ that is being used to justify police violence on us, as to them we are undeserving of proper, decent and legal treatment, even when we are wrong. I really do become so hyper aware of living in a white majority country with such a racist history and it becomes so unbearable, especially for black students (as I am a studyblr first and foremost) who face a constant battle both internal and external. And I just want to remind myself that it’s ok to remove yourself from the news even though it’s your brothers being hurt and watch stuff that make you relax. My mode of comfort rn (and possibly forever) is @cecileemeke’s strolling series that has helped me from GCSEs to the end of A-levels.

@theblacklittlemermaid @theonlyheathen

I think that the colonial- the Italian colonial history is still much felt in East Africa because that was the part that Italy tried to colonize: Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea.  You know I think that in East Africa, Italian colonial past is still felt. But here in Italy, no, I think that Italians have ignored or forgotten about the colonial history. Actually Italians tend to forget also that people of African descent have existed in nearly every moment of its history. For instance Italy is the only western country that can recount in its history two leaders of African descent. There was Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence and during the Roman Empire there was Lucius Septimius Severus. Like if you go to Verona, the patron Saint of Verona is African, his name is San Zenone (St Zeno). San Zenone was from Mauritania. But you know Italians tend to ignore this. They don't want to acknowledge the African presence in this country over time. They think that it's just a recent phenomenon." - Theo

These series are giving me life, WOW! This is worth all 13:23 minutes of viewing and more! Knowledge portal. 

part of the #strollingseries by Cecile Emeke