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Events celebrating the UK's Caribbean community may have been cancelled this year due to the pandemic, so here are a few ways you can still mark Windrush Day at home.“I would advise people of all backgrounds to be part of online discussions to learn more about the Windrush generation," says poet and playwright Khadijah Ibrahiim."They integrated within British society despite the racism they faced.
Khadijah is the creative associate director of the Geraldine Connor Foundation in Leeds, which is hosting a Zoom event featuring a range of literature and music exploring the themes of Windrush. The Black Cultural Archives will also be hosting a live discussion on their Instagram page with the charity Poetic Unity.The BBC's recent drama Sitting in Limbo tells the story of Anthony Bryan who was threatened with deportation by the Home Office even after spending the majority of his life in the UK.“There’s no better way to find out more than to speak to the people who actually lived in that generation,” says Charlin Skeete, a Barbadian student from the University of Kent.
She thinks Windrush Day is a great opportunity to start conversations with anyone you know who has links with the Windrush generation, or moved to the UK from the Caribbean. “If you have a friend who is of Caribbean descent, reaching out to them will not hurt if you want to educate yourself," she says.
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