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Our Lives Matter
Byline Times’ dedicated stream of stories, giving a platform to new voices of colour

OUR LIVES MATTER: Black History is Still Confined to the Margins of the Education System
Teacher Dr Cheryl Diane Parkinson explains how students are taught to equate Britishness with whiteness

OUR LIVES MATTER: When Parents Need Parenting
As part of Byline Times’ series dedicating to giving a platform to new voices of colour, Neha Maqsood shares her experience of being in lockdown with her Mum and Dad during the Coronavirus crisis in Pakistan

OUR LIVES MATTER: Eurocentrism & the Privilege of Not Having to Care
Airbrushing the crimes of European history fuels the structural racism and conscious apathy we see in modern Britain, argues Khadija Akhi Uddin

OUR LIVES MATTER: The Generational Fears Holding Young Asian People Back
Pruthvi Khilosia explores how cultural taboos about what is and isn't possible for those from minority communities must be understood by the creative industries

OUR LIVES MATTER: Educating the White Moderate
Creating a fuller, fairer picture of British history requires urgent reforms to the National Curriculum, explains Dr Cheryl Diane Parkinson

OUR LIVES MATTER: White Reaction is a Yawn
Continuing Byline Times’ series dedicated to giving a platform to new voices of colour, S Dorothy Smith from Virginia argues symbolic gestures alone won't improve the lives of African Americans

OUR LIVES MATTER: I Have Died Many Times – A Black Woman's Experience
Chantel K Watts shares her thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement and asks: who is standing up for black women?

OUR LIVES MATTER: "I Can't Breathe" & the Syrian Living Dead
In the second of Byline Times’ new series dedicated to giving a platform to new voices of colour, Amina Shareef explains how George Floyd's last words resonate across the world
OUR LIVES MATTER: An Education in Institutional Racism
In the first of Byline Times’ new series dedicated to giving a platform to new voices of colour, Cheryl Diane Parkinson shares her experiences of confronting structural prejudice within schools