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Protecting Our Crowns: Sadia Kabeya’s Satin Scrum Cap Is Changing the Game

Posted byblam UKApril 18, 2025April 18, 2025Posted inblog, Opinion
🚨NEWS UPDATE: Court backs live facial recognition in London. Black young people are being failed by an education system where anti-Blackness is embedded, with 84% experiencing racism in school. At BLAM UK, our AI Accountability Research Team has been working to expose how bias shows up in these systems and how it impacts Black communities in real life. This is about more than technology, it is about power, rights, and justice. 🚨A company linked to Gaza surveillance is now inside the NHS. More than 130 titles were yanked from a Manchester school library including works by Nova Reid, Dean Atta, Reni Eddo‑Lodge, Bernardine Evaristo, Michelle Obama and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie . Essex Police paused live facial recognition after evidence of bias Over the last 30 years, Black music has generated £24.5 billion, making up 80% of UK music revenue. From sound system culture to grime, drill, Afrobeats and UK rap, Black communities have shaped the sound, identity, and global influence of British music. Our CEO, Ife Thompson (@ifedior), spoke on @bbc1xtra about culture, heritage and language in the Black British diaspora. Yesterday was the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, yet racial inequality is still rife in society, and is often propagated by technology.

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Posted byblam UKApril 18, 2025April 18, 2025Posted inblog, Opinion

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