Black History Month: Lutalo Muhammad - Why I’m proud to be black and British
My grandparents and the majority of the generation that moved here were skilled people. They were welders, cobblers, people that came and literally had the assignment to help rebuild this country.
came about - ethnic communities pooling their resources. It was like the bank for the black community. If you stop someone on the street and talk about black history or black leaders, they're going to name Malcolm X or Martin Luther King. This is fantastic. Both men are absolutely critical and there are many others who have transformed world history. However, I don't feel we celebrate British black heroes to anywhere near the same level.
Daley was so confident and so keen to do it his own way, it just inspired me and it really is the power of representation. I'm just thinking, wow, what's that representation doing for young black children up and down the country where they can see these superstars and identify with them? It's fantastic on a sporting level but also on a representation level. I know that would've blown my mind as a youngster.
I have freedom and opportunities my grandparents could only dream of. So when I think about Black History Month that's exactly what I'm most proud of, that's exactly what I think about when I'm just by myself and thinking about life.
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