‘Racism is like a weighted coat that you can’t take off.’ Photo: Clay Banks / Unsplash.

Put to rights: Sophie Bevan has spent too long being treated as ‘strange or unusual’

‘I’ve watched our response to the growing issue of black rights. And I’m a bit disappointed.’

Put to rights: Sophie Bevan has spent too long being treated as ‘strange or unusual’

by Sophie Bevan 10th July 2020

Friends, do you care about black lives? I’m sure you believe you do. But if a non-white person comes to your Meeting, do you treat them as an equal? Or do you slow your voice and ask if they speak English, or where they’re from?