first person
Ranging from emotive personal essays to rich creative non-fiction, this section seeks to tell colourful first person perspective stories.

Reaction to girl being slammed by police officer shows black parents need to be more loving

Why Che Scott-Heron created the petition to get Raven Symoné removed from The View

gal-dem.com interlude series: UK Black History Month

Halloween is a modern-day minstrel show

Having a ‘foreign’ name in the UK isn’t always easy

Why is no-one stepping up to help the victims of hate crimes?

Office ‘professionalism’ stems from structural and cultural racism

Black History Month and the power of song and dance in prison

Seriously, stop touching my hair

Will there be equality for all women in the Women’s Equality Party?

Black bodies and cheap laughs – Ellen Degeneres, what’s good?
