[arista]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50523462



This is Real Shame
he could have taken this award
to show Younger Blacks
they can get awarded...........


[George the Poet, the spoken word artist
and award-winning podcast creator,
has said he turned down an MBE
because of the "pure evil" of
the British Empire.
He made the revelation in the
final episode of his BBC Sounds
series Have You Heard George's Podcast?,
in which he discusses the legacy of colonialism.
A recipient of an MBE becomes
a Member of the Order
of the British Empire.
But George the Poet said the
"colonial trauma inflicted on
the children of Africa" meant
he was unable to accept.]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50523462


Debated today
on Ch5HD Live AM