Hello Cruel World
- Smashed Cinema
- Sep 6, 2020
- 3 min read
Hello everybody and welcome back! I have a few reviews lined up for ya, but I didn’t want to just jump back into things. Please enjoy this overshare and I’ll see you soon 😊
This blog post contains mentions of the Corona virus outbreak, mental health and the Black Lives Matter movement. If you are sensitive to these topics you do not have to read further. Resources and references for all these topics will be in a list at the end of this post.
Whilst I have your attention, I would like to voice my alliance with the Black Lives Matter movement. If you, like me, are white please educate yourself on the injustice that the BIPOC community face everyday. I have included links to Inclusive and educational content for you to ingest as well as a few charities and programmes that help uplift and celebrate black voices.
You do not need me to tell you about how the world has gone up in flames for most of 2020…and we where starting off the year so well, Parasite swept the Oscars and I got tickets to the My Chemical Romance reunion. What could possibly go wrong? Oh, sweet ignorance, where have you gone?
This quarantine has been a roller-coaster for me, and I’m not talking about Disneyland. I am talking about those old wooden coasters in Blackpool or Great Yarmouth that someone has definitely been decapitated on. Through therapy, medication, friends and family I have been able to keep myself alive and thrive (or thrive as much as the current circumstances will allow me to thrive) If you or someone you know is struggling please get the appropriate help you need. Resources below.
We opened the cinema back up recently and so far, I am impressed at everyone’s effort to comply with the rules around social distancing. My message to anyone who is wanting to go to a cinema soon is: Do not go if you are experiencing symptoms of Covid-19, please wear your mask and social distance with everyone in the venue. And for the love of God above, please be nice to the staff.
Resources
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Films
I Am Not Your Negro directed by Raoul Peck
Do the Right Thing directed by Spike Lee
13th directed by Ava DuVernay (Available for free from Netlfix via Youtube. Watch here)
Books
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
Black Charities and Funds
From their about me page
At the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, we don’t accept that your background should limit what you can achieve. We work with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds aged 13 to 30 to broaden their view of what’s possible. We help them to gain the knowledge, skills, and qualifications they need to pursue the career of their choice, and we support them to progress through the early stages of their career. We also work with community groups, companies and others to create a fairer society in which everyone can thrive.
From their about me page
The 100 Black Men of London is a community-based charity led by Black men delivering programmes and activities focused on Mentoring, Education, Economic Empowerment, and Health & Wellness... we have created and delivered a wide range of great programmes including our accredited Community Mentoring Programme, 100 Book Club, Fathers’ Day Quality Time, Education through Film programme, Family Fun Day, Leadership Development Programme, Audience with our Children debate, Black History Challenge, and more.
From their about me page
We bring together universities and businesses looking to diversify their student intake and workforce, with a pool of exceptional talent. We are transforming lives and changing the negative narrative and perceptions surrounding young black men and women. We are normalising success.In 2016 the unemployment rate for black male graduates aged 16-24 in London was 18%, in comparison to 10% for their white counterparts (Office for National Statistics, 2016)
Black male graduates earn £7,000 less per year than their white counterparts (Guardian, 2018)
Only 2% of board members in FTSE 100 companies are Black or minority ethnic (Global future, 2018)
COVID-19 INFORMATION
MENTAL HEALTH AID
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