1Xtra Talk: What Issues Do You Face If You're Young, Black and British?
9 November 2016
What issues do you face if you're young, black and British? #1XtraTalk
The panel discuss issues facing young, black, Britons today.
We brought together a group of journalists, musicians, DJs, activists and commentators to address the issues faced by young, black British people today.
Hosted by 1Xtra's own Ace and BBC journalist and presenter Bridgitte Tetteh, they were joined by singer and songwriter Shakka, TV presenter and writer Emma Dabiri, Joshua Virasami from Black Lives Matter UK, social commentator Rants N Bants, sports journalist and former Olympian Jeanette Kwayke and 1Xtra DJ Seani B, who recently made a documentary called 'Black Is A Dirty Word' looking at the experience of being black in the UK.
The panel had mixed views on how directly applicable Black Lives Matters' US aims could be to UK ones - and you agreed
The panel moved on to talking about the experience of being black in a significantly white society
You tweeted us your experiences
Joshua discussed Black Lives Matter's importance after the US election
"Clearly Trump is trouble."
Josh Virasami from BLMUK gives his reaction to Donald Trump's view on Black Lives Matter.
Jeanette talked about the difference in representation between black people on the field in sports and black people framing the narrative of sports in journalism and management roles
"I can count on one hand the amount of black female sports journalists that are in this country"
Jeanette Kwakye on the differences between being an athlete and being a sports journalist
Davina said that representation was something that came naturally, not something forced by surroundings
Our panellists described their experiences of everyday racism
And you shared your experiences as well-
Rants n Bants talked about white people choosing not to speak out when they witness everyday racism
Janette talked about the time a colleague used the n-word in front of her and how casually racist terms are used
Jeanette Kwakye talks about the time a colleague used the n-word in front of her
Jeanette Kwakye reveals the most offensive thing someone has ever said in front of her
The final topic for the night was media representation of black British people
Rants N Bants said even in areas where there is a strong black community, that's not reflected on TV
Shakka talked about people assuming he's from gang culture because he's a black musician
Shakka on gang culture in music
Shakka tells the 1Xtra Talks panel about the presumptions his boss made about him.
