Black British History and Diversifying the Labour Party w/ Jermain Jackman & Nicki Adeleke

This year's events have brought many conversations regarding
Black issues to the forefront. With the BLM protests sparking
discussions about police brutality and racial profiling;
Coronavirus exposing the deep, existing inequalities against
Black people in the UK; and the first Black History Month debate
in Parliament in 5 years, addressing the growing calls to
decolonise the school curriculum and make UK education more
representative of BAME history.

In this week's episode, we are joined by political activist and
singer-songwriter Jermain Jackman, who is running to become the
first black male member of The Labour Party's NEC, as well as
newly-elected YF Exec member, Nicki Adeleke.

We talked about Black British History, the importance of teaching
Britain's colonial past, the underlying issues within the Labour
Party and what needs to be done to make it a more representative
and inclusive place for Black members, and much more!

Speakers:
Jermain Jackman - Chair of 1987 Caucus, Co-chair of
Hackney Young Futures and candidate for Labour's NEC 
https://twitter.com/JermainJackman
Nicki Adeleke - Vice-Chair of Young Fabians Health Network
and member of the YF Executive Committee
https://twitter.com/morenikeadeleke
Louie Marlow - Content Producer at Young Fabians
https://twitter.com/louiemarlow

This event was recorded on Tuesday 3rd November.

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The intro music is by ‘One in a Googolplex' and used under
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