Anyone seen the John Lewis advert yet? No? Then honestly, don’t bother – unless you want to feel physically sick and question what sort of society we are becoming.
Tag Archives: Respect
Whose Town? Whose Future? When Racism Comes to Your Doorstep
After 32 years of calling Stafford home and a decade working to counter extremism, I never imagined I would hear openly racist rhetoric in my own town centre. On a sunny autumn Saturday, calls to “take our town back” gave way to language echoing the infamous white supremacist David Lane’s 14 Words. When did hatred, fuelled by misinformation and fear, become so acceptable in our communities? And whose future are we really trying to protect?
