Rahila Gupta

WHY BLACK MATTERS

New Internationalist, 18 January 2021   We live in an age when self-identification is all the rage. And yet, for many years, there has been a storm growing in sound and fury about the use of the label ‘Black’ by racialized minorities in the UK. It is a Very British Debate which even our US … Continue reading

Why abolishing the police and turning to the community won’t protect women

The Independent, 21 June 2020 Women come to us when their family and elders have not only failed to remedy the situation but reinforced it. Furthermore, communities cannot be held accountable in the same way as the state The killing of Rayshard Brooks by police in America happened less than three weeks after that of George Floyd. With jaw-dropping … Continue reading