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Prof Nisreen Alwan ☀️<p>I just want to say that I’ve been asked ‘where you’re from?’ many many times in my life. And you know if the asker’s intention is to alienate or befriend. You feel it straightaway.<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NgoziFulani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NgoziFulani</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a></p>
David Njoku<p>Every <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Nigerian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nigerian</span></a> reading about this <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NgoziFulani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NgoziFulani</span></a> issue right now is facing a conundrum:</p><p>How do I ask "Yes, but where are you really from?" without sounding like that racist old white woman? </p><p>How can your first name be Ngozi and your last name Fulani?! </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nigeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nigeria</span></a></p>
ThatAuntie<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@redgreenmick" class="u-url mention">@<span>redgreenmick</span></a></span> I haven&#39;t seen <a href="https://blacktwitter.io/tags/NgoziFulani" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NgoziFulani</span></a> &#39;s interview, but will look for it today, Michael. Thanks!</p>
Michael Cooksley<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://blacktwitter.io/@ThatAuntie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ThatAuntie</span></a></span> I was just watching her being interviewed on BBC news. Her dignity and clarity was really impressive especially under such pressure. What a brave woman and what a leader she is for us all. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NgoziFulani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NgoziFulani</span></a> 🥰</p>
ThatAuntie<p>Oh come, all ye champions of diversity. This story is not about Lady Hussey. This story is about the courage it took <a href="https://blacktwitter.io/tags/NgoziFulani" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NgoziFulani</span></a>, CEO of <a href="https://blacktwitter.io/tags/SistahSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SistahSpace</span></a>, to make it known that a Black woman has a right to every boundary possible. It&#39;s a celebration. Look again.</p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/11/30/uk/buckingham-palace-resignation-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/c</span><span class="invisible">nn/2022/11/30/uk/buckingham-palace-resignation-intl/index.html</span></a></p>
'Modele Olowoyeye MD, PhD<p>The experience of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NgoziFulani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NgoziFulani</span></a> reminds me of Jimmy's musing in <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TheChioduFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheChioduFiles</span></a>. Spoiler alert! </p><p>"For someone born in the USA, I always found questions about where I was from very annoying. I usually replied that I was from Cincinnati, Ohio, then they will prod further, asking where I was originally from or where my parents were from. I always desired to blend in, and not to stand out like an immigrant when I was fully American, born and bred....." <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0821RWS45/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_awdb_t1_x_lDI4DbMCYJ9EX" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">amazon.com/dp/B0821RWS45/ref=c</span><span class="invisible">m_sw_r_tw_awdb_t1_x_lDI4DbMCYJ9EX</span></a></p>
'Modele Olowoyeye MD, PhD<p>When making small talk, if you start on a topic that the person you are speaking with doesn't want to talk about, it is courteous to change the topic, rather than double down on it. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NgoziFulani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NgoziFulani</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vice.com/amp/en/article/g5vn39/royal-family-ngozi-fulani" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">google.com/amp/s/www.vice.com/</span><span class="invisible">amp/en/article/g5vn39/royal-family-ngozi-fulani</span></a></p>
Jasmine Diaz<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@SamYoung841" class="u-url mention">@<span>SamYoung841</span></a></span> I think the misconception about Black people is that we are overly sensitive. So we are dismissed when we experience racism or talk about our experiences. </p><p>But we&#39;re not sensitive. We actually ignore a lot of shit. What we actually talk about should require pause and reflection. </p><p><a href="https://blacktwitter.io/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://blacktwitter.io/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://blacktwitter.io/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://blacktwitter.io/tags/NgoziFulani" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NgoziFulani</span></a></p>
Sam Young<p>Lady Susan Hussey, has resigned her post amid a controversial racist conversation she had with <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NgoziFulani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NgoziFulani</span></a> after she continually asked Ms Fulani “where she was really from?” even after being told by Ms Fulani that she was British. Maybe next time Harry and Meghan tell us the institution is racist, maybe we should believe them. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/30/buckingham-palace-aide-resigns-black-guest-traumatised-by-repeated-questioning" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/n</span><span class="invisible">ov/30/buckingham-palace-aide-resigns-black-guest-traumatised-by-repeated-questioning</span></a></p>
Brexit Pirates<p>Would you ask Richard E Grant which part of Africa he was born in (he was)?<br>Then why would you ask the same question of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NgoziFulani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NgoziFulani</span></a> (she wasn't)?</p>
Christoph Mergerson<p>In which a close friend of King Charles interrogates a Black woman in Buckingham Palace to determine where she fits on the racial hierarchy adjacent to her: "Oh, I knew we’d get there in the end, you’re Caribbean!" <a href="https://journa.host/tags/NgoziFulani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NgoziFulani</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/KingCharles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingCharles</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/LadyHussey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LadyHussey</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/30/buckingham-palace-aide-resigns-black-guest-traumatised-by-repeated-questioning" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/n</span><span class="invisible">ov/30/buckingham-palace-aide-resigns-black-guest-traumatised-by-repeated-questioning</span></a></p>