#BLACKLIVESMATTER

“ I can’t breathe,” were his last words,

“I am filled with seethe,” is what I prefer.

Just because of my race, I get so much hate.

Without any justice will bring no peace.

The amount of times you brought our lives to a cease.

You officers, are full of disrespect.

He took his last breath with a knee on his neck.

Their families are left in tatters,

while others are going around saying that blacklivesmatter.

Why can’t we just stop this madness?

All we are getting in this world is sadness.

Please educate yourself, and many others,

Because who knows, maybe the world could recover.

So, instead of you coming to attack us, and putting our families

hearts into shatters,

just remember that black life matters.

Alesha Hohm 7HV

MATHS

SCIENCE

Post Windrush scandal and in the midst of London's knife

crime epidemic, rapper and writer Akala's new book Natives,

which explores the relationship between race and class in

Britain.

Akala has written a fierce and necessary polemic on race and

class. Natives stands out for its clarity, urgency and humanity.

Akala uses his own personal experiences to explore how race

and class intersect and how we’ve come to be where we are

in contemporary British society.

A favourite read of

2020 among staff at

Heath Park

English

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

By Akala