Kehinde Andrews

Birmingham

Editor-in-Chief and Writer at make-it-plain.org

Author of #NobodyCanGiveYouFreedom. Chair of @HarambeeOBU. Editor-in-Chief of @makeitplainorg

Articles

Nobody Can Give You Freedom

1 month ago | penguin.co.uk | Kehinde Andrews

Skip to ContentMalcolm X is a titanic figure in political history, but he is also one of the most misunderstood. So much of what we know about his life and politics is from books, films and documentaries that are all guilty of peddling the Malcolm myth for their own nefarious interests.
Paul Stephenson obituary

Nov 22, 2024 | theguardian.com | Kehinde Andrews

In 1964 it was still legal in the UK to refuse service on the basis of someone’s skin colour. Signs saying “No blacks, no Irish, no dogs” were commonplace in pubs and the windows of boarding houses, creating a hostile environment for Black people. The civil rights activist Paul Stephenson, who has died aged 87, played a key role in events that led to the Race Relations Act of 1965 and the outlawing of racial discrimination in Britain.
Coconut is not a racial slur, it's a critique of White supremacy

Oct 2, 2024 | english.alaraby.co.uk | Kehinde Andrews

There are moments in life that are so bizarre you feel as though you have stepped onto a movie set. I’ve found myself in utter disbelief twice in the last few weeks. The first was watching Professor Gargi Bhattacharyya tell off the prosecution barrister in the case against Marieha Hussain for "not doing his homework".
Coconut is not a racial slur, it's a critique of White supremacy

Oct 2, 2024 | newarab.com | Kehinde Andrews

There are moments in life that are so bizarre you feel as though you have stepped onto a movie set. I've found myself in utter disbelief twice in the last few weeks. The first was watching Professor Gargi Bhattacharyya tell off the prosecution barrister in the case against Marieha Hussain for "not doing his homework".
Calling a spade a spade, my police statement on naming the House Negroes

Sep 23, 2024 | make-it-plain.org | Kehinde Andrews

On Tuesday 24 September I attended a ‘voluntary’ interview with West Midlands Police, under the threat of arrest for not attending. The investigation is based on Calvin Robinson’s complaint that I accurately described him as a House Negro in a video I made to defend Marieha Hussain in her meritless Coconut Trial. I gave a prepared statement to , which was abridged on legal advice explaining the ludicrous nature of the investigation.
The Knife is Still in Our Backs: Reparations Washing and the Limits of Reparatory Justice Campaigns

Aug 15, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Kehinde Andrews

INTRODUCTION There are no good arguments against reparations for either slavery or colonial exploitation. The prosperity of the West is directly related not only to the wealth derived from centuries of genocide, slavery and colonialism, but also to the colonial economic and political system it has created which continues to oppress those in the Global South (Andrews, 2021).
We’ve heard too much of the voices of the racist riots

Aug 5, 2024 | make-it-plain.org | Kehinde Andrews

Race riots are not the voice of the unheard. Race riots are the expression of White rage, the pent up violence that is vented every so often when a scapegoat is needed. There is nothing unheard about those in Britain attacking mosques, hotels housing asylum seekers and random Black and Brown people on the street.
Sixty years on: Building Malcolm’s OAAU legacy

Jun 28, 2024 | make-it-plain.org | Kehinde Andrews

On 28 June 1964, Malcolm X launched the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU), at the Audubon Ballroom in New York. Contrary to the dangerous Malcolm myth of the anti-White firebrand preacher with no political program, the OAAU laid out a blueprint for the Black revolution, complete with a constitution.
Benjamin Zephaniah was the heart and consciousness of Black Britain

Dec 7, 2023 | msn.com | Kehinde Andrews

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Benjamin Zephaniah was the heart and consciousness of Black Britain

Dec 7, 2023 | msn.com | Kehinde Andrews

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