Chanté Joseph

Sep 21, 2024 | independent.co.uk | Chanté Joseph

I come from a working-class family in northwest London. However, when I got the notification from Ucas that I had been accepted to study social policy at the University of Bristol, everything was about to change. This piece of paper was to be my ticket out of my humble working-class background; I was now a member of the middle class. Apparently.

Jul 18, 2024 | theguardian.com | Chanté Joseph |Danielle Stephens

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Mar 20, 2024 | refinery29.com | Chanté Joseph

It was the last three days of my one-month solo trip in Brazil, and I’d just returned from seven blissful days in Salvador back to Rio, where my journey began. I checked into the Hotel Nacional Rio de Janeiro, where I’d booked a gorgeous honeymoon suite just for me with a breathtaking view of the mountains in Sao Conrado. I dumped my luggage and collapsed on the bed when uncontrollable tears streamed down my face.

Mar 14, 2024 | independent.co.uk | Chanté Joseph

Imagine for one minute you are in your kitchen, just minding your own business making a cup of tea and listening to the news, and someone comes on saying that a Black woman should be shot. Imagine now you are a Black woman in your kitchen and how this could make you feel. Then imagine how it feels to be told this has “nothing” to do with the colour of your skin or gender. That is the “parallel universe” position I and thousands of other Black women found ourselves in on Tuesday.

Feb 14, 2024 | independent.co.uk | Chanté Joseph

Sitting at dinner with a friend, we slowly made our way between courses, switching topics as we did so. Starters: work and play; mains: family and friends; dessert: relationships and fears. Dating, for both of us, had recently been uninspiring and frustrating. We compared notes on the lack of suitable candidates and how whenever there was a modicum of interest, our needs seemed to be constantly at odds with what the other person wanted, which put us back to square one.