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One of Britain's largest charities will stop considering applications for grants so that its board members can learn about colonialism and become truly anti-racist.

The Tudor Trust, which has assets of nearly 300 million and awards about 20 million a year to good causes, announced this week that it was temporarily halting awarding grants to new applicants so its staff could better understand racism.

In a statement, first reported by The Times, the charity said: Staff and trustees are still learning about racial justice, white supremacy culture and how racism exists within Tudor and the wider society in which we operate.

It comes after the charitys trustees attended anti-racism workshops following the global Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, with the trust saying at the time that it had started a journey towards a better understanding of the history of racism, the inequity it perpetuates today and how it can be dismantled.

The trust was set up in 1955 following a bequest by Sir Godfrey Mitchell, an engineer who made his fortune after the First World War with his building company George Wimpey. Many of the current trustees are descendants of Sir Godfrey.

The board of trustees is led by Sir Godfrey's grandson, Matthew Dunwell, and also includes his brother Benjamin, author James Long, and Francis Runacres, who is an executive director of Arts Council England.

It is understood that Christopher Graves, the 120,000-a-year executive director who has worked for the trust for 38 years, is departing next month.

The trust, which is based in Notting Hill, made news in 2020 after it said that the Black Lives Matter protests had further exposed the systemic racism . . . upheld by our institutions, media and culture, causing harm and denying opportunity to so many.

The charity attacked the report by the Government's Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities which in March 2021 claimed that structural racism is not endemic in the UK.

Shortly after, the trust announced that it would undertake its journey into anti-racism, starting by looking inwards at our own understanding of racism and white supremacy.

According to the trust, these learnings included some initial thinking about whiteness at Tudor and areas that require change for the organisation to become truly anti-racist.

The white trustees undertook about 12 hours of workshops, which the trust said gave them a better grasp of the different characteristics of racism born of Britains colonial history, as well as the white supremacy culture that prevails.

Workshops were held with black, Asian and other minority ethnic staff while white employees attended separate meetings.

In its latest accounts, the trust donated about a quarter of its grants to causes it said focused on Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities.

The trust has awarded grants to 700 groups and said it will continue to support these beneficiaries while the applications process is frozen.

A spokesman told The Times: The process to become a truly anti-racist organisation takes time and involves a complex dialogue with our staff and trustees. This process is not yet complete and as a responsible organisation we cannot commit to a date when we will accept new applications.

He added: Tudor is moving away from its long history as a family trust and will be seeking new trustees to reflect that as the reimagining process progresses.

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As part of our Black History Month activities, the Venable Success Network (VSN) hosted a panel discussion on Black resistance in America, which is the theme of this years celebration. Moderated by William Lawrence, an associate in our DC office, the panel included Lynn French, executive director of Hope and a Home, Inc. and former member of the Black Panther Party, and Frank Smith, executive director, African American Civil War Memorial and Museum.

Frank began the discussion by sharing the defining moment that led to his involvement in the civil rights movement. It occurred in 1955 when a girl in his high school class brought in an edition of Jet magazine featuring a picture of Emmett Tills mutilated body. (The 14-year-old Till had been brutally murdered during a visit to Mississippi for allegedly flirting with a white woman.) As a young Black man growing up in the Jim Crow South, Frank realized that what had happened to Till could all too easily happen to him and other young men like him.

During his freshman year at Morehouse College, Frank joined the civil rights movement that was already under way and soon became an active member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He noted that many fellow members of SNCC were also motivated to join the movement after seeing Tills photo in that magazine. Facing such a real threat to their lives meant that the fight for civil rights inevitably became all-consuming, and in 1962 Frank left Morehouse to begin working full-time for SNCC. What followed were many years of fighting to end segregation at lunch counters, on buses, in schools, and indeed across society, meaning that Frank and his fellow activists spent much of their younger lives either on picket lines or in jail.

The panelists also discussed how more modern movements like Black Lives Matter compare with the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Frank noted that many of the Black people who were activists in his day were middle class and college educated. But despite the wealth they had accumulated and the professional success they had achieved, there was no place in society for them. He used the example of Rosa Parks being asked to give up her seat on a bus as a case in point: the public space she had to move in was wholly controlled by white people, creating an urgency in the demands of the movement that has since lessened somewhat. But while there has been progress regarding segregation, young Black people today remain at risk of wrongful arrests and police violence. So, the core goal of the movementto ensure all people are treated equallyhas not changed.

Lynn, a sixth-generation Washington native, also spoke about getting involved in the fight for civil rights while she was still in high school. She said she frequently attended SNCC demonstrations and hugely admired their work to change the unacceptable status quo. Ultimately, she joined the Black Panther Party after being drawn to its 10-point programthe first principle of which was We Want Freedom or the power to determine ones own destiny. As a young Black woman about to go to college, Lynn realized that her options were extremely limited and that she had little power over her own future. You either became a schoolteacher, married someone who you hoped would take good care of you, or you cleaned someones house, she explained, and that just wasnt how I envisioned my life.

Lynn also discussed the work the Black Panther Party did in monitoring police stops and challenging police brutality, while noting that the problems in how Black communities are policed persist to this day. Every decade or so, we see riots flare up because theres never been real change, she said, citing the example of George Floyd, who died after being held face down by several police officers in Minnesota, who knelt on his neck and back for more than nine minutes. Floyds murder did result in the prosecution and conviction of the officers who were involved in his arrest, largely because a bystander recorded the entire incident on their smart phone. But even though video evidence often exists these days, incidents of police brutality toward people of color appear to be proliferating, and convictions in such cases remain rare.

This country is still wrestling with what citizenship means for a Black person, Frank said, and sadly that means that the struggle for equal rights is far from over.

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On February 21, while addressing a National Security Council meeting in Tunis, Tunisias President Kais Saied condemned irregular migration from sub-Saharan Africa and described it as a conspiracy to erase Tunisiasidentity.

The undeclared goal of the successive waves of illegal immigration is to consider Tunisia a purely African country that has no affiliation to the Arab and Islamic nations, he said. Hordes of illegal immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa are still arriving, with all the violence, crime and unacceptable practices that entails.

Two days later, as he called on Tunisias interior minister to crack down on irregular migration, the 65-year-old leader denied accusations from human rights groups that his hateful comments were racist, and claimedthose accusing him of racism want division and discord and seek to damage our relations with our brothers.

He, however, did not renounce his unsubstantiated claim that migrants from sub-Saharan Africa are arriving in Tunisia as part of a plot to alter its demographics.

The estimated number of Black African migrants in Tunisia today, including those without proper documentation, is just 21,000. Given the countrys 12 million-strong population, they dont have anywhere near the numbers necessary to alter Tunisias demographic composition. The elaborate plot to end Tunisias affiliation to the Arab and Islamic nations is clearly just a figment of Saieds imagination.

Nevertheless, the presidents provocative remarks unleashed a wave of discrimination and violence against sub-Saharan Africans in Tunisia.

Hundreds were arbitrarilyarrested, dismissed from work, evicted from theirhomesand violently assaulted.

According to Amnesty International, a 22-year-old Cameroonian asylum seeker was hospitalised after she was stabbed in the chest and left for dead by six Tunisian men, who yelled go back home, you gang of Blacks, we dont want youhere.Another woman, a student from Burkina Faso, was arbitrarily detained and physically assaulted by the police, despite producing her school papers.

In my neighbourhood, Black people were sought out, chased, raped, and their homes looted by Tunisians, a university student who was voluntarily repatriated to Guinea told the AFP news agency.

In Tunis, scores of migrant families who were left homeless as a result of Saieds crackdown set up camp outside the headquarters of the International Organization for Migration.

The presidents racist rabble-rousing also sparked widespread condemnation.

On February 25, Tunisian protesters, holding Black Lives Matter placards, took to the streets to denounceracismand declare that they are Africans.

On the same day, the African Union Commission Chair, Moussa Faki Mahamat, strongly condemnedthe shocking statement issued by Tunisian authorities targeting fellow Africans, and urged Tunis to refrain from racialised hate speech.

Later, the World Bank placed its Country Partnership Framework withTunisia on hold, while the Tunisian General Labour Union said it will defend the rights of migrants, regardless of their nationality or the colour of their skin.

In the face of growing criticism, Saied attempted to clarify his remarks during a meeting with Guinea-Bissaus President Umaro Sissoco Embalo on March 8.

He claimed there was a malicious interpretation of his comments, and issued a blatant denial that he is racist. I am African, and proud to be so. But, of course, while meeting with Embalo, who is also the current chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), he would claim to be one of us.

While Saieds clarification about his comments failed to convince most in the international community, he had already managed to secure enthusiastic support for his racist anti-migration agenda from one European politician.

Eric Zemmour, a far-right politician from France widely known for his anti-immigration and anti-Islam views, shared a news story about Saieds comments on Twitter and wrote: The Maghreb countries themselves are starting to sound the alarm in the face of the surge in migration. Here, it is Tunisia that wants to take urgent measures to protect its people. What are we waiting for to fight against the Great Replacement?

Zemmours mention of the great replacement in relation to Saieds comments was understandable, as Saieds claims about African migrants alleged ambition to alter Tunisias demographic composition indeed fits in well with the popular white supremacist conspiracy theory which falsely asserts that white people are being replaced and losing their standing in society as a result of a plot to increase non-white immigration.

In this context, it can be argued that Saied is borrowing his right-wing populist rhetoric from the Western far right and by doing so reintroducing to the African continent the race-based ideologies and false hierarchies of the colonial era.

As a Black African, who lives in Africa, I have always felt extremely blessed to be fairly insulated from the white supremacist hatred and violence that is pervasive in Europe and theUS.

I would have never imagined that an African president would employ a white nationalist conspiracy theory that originated in Europe to target Black Africans to score cheap political points in Tunisia, an African country.

I remember with immense fondness how, last December, Africans of all shades, socioeconomic backgrounds and nationalities supported Moroccoat the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

When the Atlas Lions became the first Arab and African team to reach the semifinals of a FIFA World Cup tournament, millions of sub-Saharan Africans wholeheartedly celebrated their amazing and unprecedented accomplishment as enthusiastically as their Arab neighbours.

After it lost to France in the semi-finals, Moroccos coach, Walid Regragui, paid homage to Africa declaring, We were representing our country and our continent.

His sincere and admirable words confirmed what everyone knew: The Atlas Lions did it not only for Morocco and the Arab world but the whole of Africa.

Africans across the continent felt proud and that feeling of pride, it must be said, transcended the football pitch.

For possibly the first time in history, a post-colonial and post-racial Africa stood united and celebrated together like one big, diverse family.

Barely three months after Qatar 2022, Saied is now attempting to destroy that unity to divert the worlds attention away from the extensive failings of his authoritarian regime.

In July 2021, he suspended parliament, dismissed the prime minister, seized executive control of the country and dismantled independent institutions. He cracked down on the political opposition and his other critics with incredible force, receiving condemnation from many of Tunisias international partners. Since assuming near absolute power, he not only destroyed Tunisias young democracy and international standing, but also failed to revitalise its economy and resolve the myriad socioeconomic problems facing its people.

Now, it seems, he is trying to scapegoat undocumented Black African migrants for all his failures and sacrificing African unity and solidarity in the process.

The African Union swiftly and firmly rebuked Saieds divisive comments and, in response to the consequent government crackdown and racist attacks against sub-Saharan nationals, indefinitely postponed a conference it was due to hold in Tunis in March.

However timely and commendable these actions were, they might not be enough to deter Saied from continuing to incite racial violence and sow divisions with Tunisias sub-Saharan neighbours under the guise of addressing irregular migration.

Xenophobic violence with racial undertones is not new to Africa or unique to Tunisia. Just last year the United Nations warned that South Africa is on the precipice of explosive xenophobic violence. But Tunisia is currently the only country on the continent where the president is blatantly flaming violence with racist dog whistles and conspiracy theories.

Sure, Saied said he is not racist and a proud African, but he is yet to denounce the sinister Great Replacement conspiracy. This calculated silence demonstrates enormous contempt for Africas collective wellbeing and unity.

Like Mahamat pointed out in his initial condemnation of Saieds remarks on irregular migrants, Tunisia has certainly flouted the letter and spirit of the AUs founding values.

So, it must be reprimanded accordingly and suspended from the organisation, at least until Saied publicly disowns the great replacement theory and ends his anti-migrant and anti-Black African fearmongering.

The AU must move to protect Africa from the populist nationalism and racism of the likes of Saied. Without unity, the 2063 Pan-African agenda is doomed tofail. Its high time the AU demonstrates its authority and brings in line African leaders who attempt to divide us along racial lines.

The views expressed in this article are the authors own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeeras editorial stance.

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Ashley Banjo has become of the nation's favourite faces on TV since first appearing on our screens back in 2007.

Rising to fame as the leader of dance troupe Diversity and winning the third series of Britain's Got Talent, Ashley has gone on to forge a career for himself as talent show judge and popular presenter.

In addition for standing in for Simon Cowell as a judge during the live-shows for Britain's Got Talent in 2020, the street dancer and choreographer has enjoyed stints on shows like Dancing On Ice, the Sky1 talent show Got to Dance and was one of the co-presenters of the Saturday night BBC game show Can't Touch This.

Away from his thriving career Ashley is a doting father to two children from his romance with long-time love Francesca Abbott, but the former couple stunned the showbiz world when they announced their split at the end of last year.

Ashley and Francesca, who is a member of another dance troupe called Out of the Shadows, announced their engagement and tied the knot the following year, going on to welcome kids Rose (born 2019) and Micah (born 2020) into their family.

But the pair, who met and fell in love as teenagers, shocked fans when they announced the end of their marriage with a moving statement shared publicly in December 2022.

The statement read: "Nearly 18 months ago, we took the difficult decision to separate. After being together for over 16 years, since we were teenagers, this is not a decision that has been taken lightly.

"It has not been easy and the processing of the situation has not been fast by any means. But we feel that as we approach the new year it is time to share the news with others."

The two dancers continued to state how their main focus was on their "beautiful children", three-year-old Rose and two-year-old Micah, adding that they want to ensure they can "continue as a loving family and give the very best of ourselves as parents".

"Raising Rose and Micah in a healthy happy environment is the most important thing to both of us," the statement continued, before concluding by saying they wouldn't be offering any further comment.

The former couple have seemingly remained on good terms despite going their separate ways, but that didn't stop a online row erupting earlier this month as Francesca celebrated her birthday.

As the mum-of-two celebrated her 36th birthday with a sweet selfie at the start of March, sharing a picture of herself wearing a metallic bustier and mini skirt, ex-husband Ashley was one of the first to comment and wish the mother of his children well.

"Happy birthday dude x," the Diversity star quipped in the comments, alongside a hands up and prayer emoji.

As fans lashed out at Ashley over what they perceived to be a very casual message for his former partner, the dad-of-two hit back at critics who were slamming him for referring to Francesca as 'dude'.

He fumed: "For those of you who wish to comment in outrage. This is what we've called each other for over a decade and a half.

"But your input is very much appreciated."

Francesca then penned: "Thanks dude," with a heart Emoji icon, before adding: "Shut down lol hes right thoughwe really have."

In 2021, Ashley revealed he had spoken to people who complained to Ofcom about Diversitys Black Lives Matter performance on Britain's Got Talent the year before.

Diversity performed a powerful routine at the 2020 final of the TV show that propelled them to stardom, which commented on the then-ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests that had been taking place across the world.

Despite many applauding Ashley and his fellow dancers for using their platform to highlight the reality of the world, the performance attracted 24,000 complaints to broadcasting regulator Ofcom.

"The performance had a lot of attention on it. The Bafta was another angle, and this documentary will be another angle," Ashley confessed in 2021 when speaking ahead of the release of his ITV documentary, Ashley Banjo: Britain in Black and White.

"Its not just about me and the group and what happened, its actually looking at it from both angles, so Ive actually been doing interviews with people who complained, people who think opposite to me, and its been really interesting."

When asked by Metro if the interviews had been tough to conduct, the dancer replied: "No, not really. I would say it was interesting, but not difficult.

"Im so set in my opinions but also massively open to new ways of thinking so when people say things to you that you feel are slightly nonsensicalits been interesting."

Addressing the backlash in September 2020, Ashley took to Instagram to share headlines surrounding the row of the 'politicisation' of the show.

He penned: "Art: The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.

"My truth, my platform, my art.

"I've always tried to create not only to entertain but also to inspire... That will never change."

The dancer then went on to quote civil rights icon Martin Luther King and showed his love for his fans.

Ashley's originally broke his silence regarding the Ofcom drama in 2020 with the help of one of his adorable children.

At the height of the drama in September 2020, as the powerful BLM performance was close to becoming the most complained about TV moment of the decade, Ashley ignored critics and took to Instagram to share an adorable snap with his young daughter Rose.

"Just me and Rosie patiently watching as we head for the number 1 spot in other news though, I was out and about today and felt so much love from people," Ashley wrote.

"Never let the minority warp the reality... This country really is Great #Diversity #ofcom."

Ashley previously opened up about life as a father, telling The Sun: "Kids are the best thing that has happened to me in my life. But oh my gosh, I feel like I experience dad guilt 24/7, if I am honest.

"All you want to be is a good dad and its trying to get the right balance that I have probably found most challenging. Trying to make sure my kids feel like I am present, but also trying to provide for them. Its knowing that you have to walk out the door."

Away from dancing and reality TV, Ashley has also conquered the stage thanks to announcing a surprise career move earlier this year.

The multi-talented star is set to make his West End debut as he takes on the role of Tin Man in Andrew Lloyd Webber's new production of The Wizard of Oz.

Announcing the news at the star of February on Instagram, Ashley wrote: "Im honestly so excited about this one

"Bringing my creations into a whole new world, working alongside some of the best on the planet including @jasonmanford as the Cowardly Lion and the absolute legend that is @andrewlloydwebber."

The upcoming production will see comedian Jason Manford play The Cowardly Lion and Gary Wilmot take on the roles of The Wizard and Professor Marvel.

The show will run at the London Palladium from June 23 to September 3, with more casting to be announced at a later date.

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England flanker replaced her idol in last years World Cup final and has earned a starting place in Six Nations opener against Scotland

Fri 24 Mar 2023 11.30 EDT

When Sadia Kabeya was learning her trade as a No 7, there was one person she wanted to play like and it wasnt Courtney Lawes, or Peter OMahony, or Siya Kolisi. I had no interest in watching mens games, she says, shaking her head. Her inspiration was Marlie Packer, the woman who has been wearing the No 7 jersey for England for nearly a decade.

Last November, for the final half-hour of the World Cup final, Kabeya filled Packers shoes, in only her eighth international appearance. Its a huge validation of the 21-year-olds talent that she will start alongside her in Saturdays Womens Six Nations opener against Scotland playing at No 6 for the first time in her life.

Ive been learning all the lineouts and they said they wanted to have me and Marlie play together so I knew it was something that could potentially happen, says Kabeya, who has played at blindside only a handful times during her single season at Wasps. Itll be like having two sevens on the pitch the big difference is the lineouts. Ive always been a lineout jumper but playing seven you dont usually use those skills!

By Kabeyas own admission, shes someone happy to go with the flow. Im quite a head-down person, she smiles, I just get around the pitch and do my job. It makes her particularly suited to life as a flanker. In that position you can never complain, you can never do too much work.

Her aggressive tackling is another reason: its been turning heads since she made her Premier 15s debut in 2019. She topped the leagues tackle count last year and leads this seasons, and last year she was the Rugby Player Associations player of the year in only her third season.

The responsibility she has been handed in Englands defensive line has taken her aback. I dont think of myself as a leader, so its something I was nervous about. But defence is a big part of my game and the coaches think I have the knowledge to communicate that to the rest of the squad. But then the story of Kabeyas career is packed with people who have appreciated her skills far quicker than she has.

As a south London schoolgirl she followed her older brother into tumbling and gymnastics before swapping to athletics. And if there was ever a ball game going on in the playground, me and my brothers joined it, says Kabeya. Her older brother, now 24, has moved to Canada to compete at the highest level of cheerleading; her younger brother plays flag football because he loves American sports but hates contact. Perhaps having such a hard-tackling sister is the reason why.

Their mother runs marathons and a 10-year-old Kabeya would beg to join her on her practice runs although, she admits, she cant imagine doing the same today. Her first taste of rugby came at Harris City Academy where her PE coaches and early champions were Englands twin forwards Bryony and Poppy Cleall (real rugby nerds, as Kabeya describes them). With their encouragement she soon joined her first club and the age-group pathway.

Even stepping up to top-flight rugby, the relaxed Kabeya was just in it for fun I had no ambitions, I wasnt one of those people who set their sights on playing for England and rejected Bryonys plea to join her at Saracens, because the vibe was too serious. Instead she made three-hour round trips to train and play at Richmond, somewhere I could learn and felt comfortable to make mistakes. Facing women older and bigger than her for the first time was a shock I was definitely achey for the majority of the season but she was surprised to find herself starting every game.

There have been two moves since, to Wasps and then to Loughborough, where she also studies sports science. Moving up rugbys performance ladder has been an education in more ways than one. It has taught her both about herself and the socio-racial stratification of the country she represents. Growing up in Crystal Palace, playing club sport in Croydon, she had been surrounded by people of colour. The rugby heartland of west London was new territory.

I was suddenly meeting different people, and being quite young it was easy to feel I needed to change to fit in, she remembers. Not my physical aspects so much but the music I listened to, the jokes I made. Im quite an expressive sassy person, which is typical for a girl from south London, where youve got to have some street cred growing up. When I moved to Richmond I was quite quiet, trying to tone that down. She would never have thought to play her own music Afro beats, R&B in the changing room.

But when her season at Wasps coincided with both lockdown and the Black Lives Matter protests, the club put on a Zoom call that invited the six black women in the squad to speak about their experiences. It was my first time realising people do want to listen to you. I realised its not about being the same as everyone else, and I really felt Id found my people. That was the first turning point.

Shaunagh Brown, the England and Harlequins prop, offered more support and friendship. When I got my first call-up to play in Englands 2021 autumn internationals against Canada and the US she said dont be afraid, dont quiet your voice, be yourself. Ill be here, and not everyones going to like you but that doesnt matter. Just make sure you dont dim your light.

The two ended up as roommates at the World Cup just a year later, even if Brown did have to move out when Kabeya caught Covid just 10 days before Englands opener against Fiji. I felt like poo so I went to bed, tested and fell asleep before I saw the result. When I woke up at 3am and checked there was the hard line

Kabeya knew that her best chance of a start was in the Fiji game, so it was a rush to get over the illness and then get fit. An exercise bike and dumbbells were delivered to her hotel room, and added motivation came when she saw her name on the team sheet while still isolating. The first 10 minutes against Fiji turned out to be the toughest she had ever experienced on a rugby pitch.

I was like: wow, this is what proper international rugby feels like. After our first or second try I dropped the kick-off. I said to myself, Oh my God Sadia, you need to switch on and get your head in the game. She finished it as player of the match.

Last month, she was named Rising Star at the inaugural Rugby Black List awards an honour she ranks highly for coming from people you relate to, who only want to lift you up. She believes that players have proved themselves more progressive than coaches in that regard: Theres a misconstrued idea within the coaching scene that we want to take any player of colour and chuck them to the top. But she also sees improvements in coaches awareness of issues surrounding race, and a willingness to deal with them. In the past people were often uncomfortable, so things got brushed under the rug.

If she continues her trajectory with England in this tournament, a contract in the summer seems almost inevitable. Until then, her Test match fees have been paying her rent, and her friends refuse to buy her drinks at the bar, joking that shes the richest student they know. And her move to No 6 has already blindsided plenty of onlookers: rugby omens dont come better.

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