The conversation we all now need to engage in will be a difficult one. The movement has taken hold in the UK and throughout Europe too, although it does not appear to be quite as toxic as in the USA. Some of these, no doubt, subscribe to the view that the oppressed somehow deserve their lesser status. The #BlackLivesMatter movement is rocking the United States to its very foundations and leading to some intense friction between people who have been historically oppressed and who are saying enough is enough, and people who fear what they might lose. Their talents have been undervalued, their lives and their health have been damaged, their daily lived experience has, for many, been characterised by fear and by acts of hostility. Many people who have experienced discrimination are angry. We are living in an age where minorities are beginning to find their voices.
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