Letter to my MP on racism in the US and UK

Here is the text of a letter I wrote to my MP today via writetothem.com :

writetothem.com

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> Dear [], I am writing to you to express my growing horror at the ongoing

> police violence and brutality Black protesters are facing in the US, and

> the UK's disturbing silence on the matter. These protests, begun as

> peaceful demonstrations against the state-enabled murder of George Floyd

> at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department, have been escalated by

> the US police, who are using excessive force against protesters practising

> their civic rights. If this were a non-white country, Western countries

> would have denounced this brutality; instead, the UK has elected to remain

> silent. I am painfully aware that the UK itself suffers from many racist

> structures. Thanks to systematic injustice, the recent pandemic has

> impacted BAME people at a vastly higher rate than white people. The death

> of Belly Mujinga, caused by a racist attack and by her presence at work

> despite underlying conditions that should have resulted in paid leave, was

> horrifying and preventable, and the dropped inquiry utterly disgraceful. I

> ask you personally to: - write to the Foreign Secretary asking for a

> strong statement of condemnation of police brutality in the US, - make it

> a personal priority to address the systematic injustice of unfair outcomes

> for BAME people in the UK, - ensure that the government responds

> materially to the report on BAME COVID-19 deaths, - insist on a full

> enquiry into the circumstances surrounding Belly Mujinga's death. Yours

> sincerely, []

Inspired by: @anahitrooz.

Originally posted at 2020-06-05 11:26:35+00:00. Automatically generated from the original post : apologies for the errors introduced.

@anahitrooz

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