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The Root Interview: Playwright Roy Williams on Race in the U.K.
LONDON — Revered as one of Britain’s most prolific black playwrights, Roy Williams was born in the United Kingdom to Afro-Caribbean parents. At 42, the award-winning playwright has more than 15 plays to his name — Sucker Punch, Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads and Fallout are among his latest — gritty, witty and…
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Black Britain Makes Political Gains in an Economic Crisis
While the world focused its attention on the political cliffhanger in May that led to Great Britain’s first coalition government in 70 years, the U.K.’s minorities were making significant gains in national representation. A record turnout of minority voters in the closely contested race doubled the number of black, Asian (in the U.K., “Asian” usually…
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The Root Interview: Delroy Lindo
LONDON—Joe Turner’s Come and Gone has a new home at the Young Vic, one of the United Kingdom’s premier theater venues, known for its diverse productions. The London revival has been received enthusiastically here, from the audience, who greeted its opening with deafening applause, to theater critics. The Guardian said that the play ”takes time…
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U.K. Election Raises Black Identity Issue
LONDON—At the recent Black Britain Decides rally, the first of its kind in the British history, representatives of Great Britain’s leading political parties—Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat—made an unprecedented pitch to convince black Britons why their parties and policies would best serve their needs. They also felt the impassioned anger, dissatisfaction and disaffection of the…
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Ashley Walters Learns You Cannot Be a Role Model in a Jail Cell
Ashley Walters is being hailed as a black role model and a rising star of the British film industry. At 27, he is an actor and musician, and he has appeared in critically acclaimed British films and starred alongside 50 Cent in Get Rich or Die Tryin’ as a gangster friend who gets shot in…
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