Jamelia has criticised the UK’s issues with “covert racism” in an impassioned speech on BBC News.Appearing on the news programme to discuss the Black Lives Matter protests in the UK, the singer, 39, said that racism is “literally woven into the fabric of society” and that white people must “actively be a part of dismantling the systems that surround you” in order to be anti-racist.“As a black person who lives in the UK, I can tell you that we have a serious racism problem that goes far beyond the overt,” she told the BBC.“It’s the covert racism that is so damaging and it’s insidious because it’s literally woven into the fabric of society and the ignorance and indifference of white people allows a level of complicity.” (BBC)"You contribute.
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