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PRIDE IN LONDON OFFICIAL APOLOGY

Pride in London​ NEW OFFICAL STATEMENT We Pride in London are prepared to acknowledge that after 500 years of worldwide imperialism & capitalist based on inequality and division created by white organisations. It is likely that we have behaved in racist and unequal ways towards POC. We are in contact with Dr Robin DiAngelo the author of 'White Fragility' and Jane Elliot to help us to understand where and how our racism rises and most importantly what we can do about it. We also acknowledge that as an institution that has not been able to listen to black and POC who have been in the organisation for many years it is best that we get white people to teach us where we have gone wrong as we are unlikely to be able to handle news of our racist behaviour from POC. We are now ready to start a full 3 month in-depth anti racism course and really look forward to being the first British institution to admit to racism and did the work required to stamp it out. We apologise once again to the entire LGBTQ community and promise that as an organisation that represents marginalised people we will do everything we can to stamp out racism and discrimination in our organisation. We also encourage other white organisations, institutions and people to own up to racism and begin the work of dismantling it. We are weak when we become defensive, start gaslighting and fall into fragility. We have a strong and proud history of activism and we promise not to shy away from our racism. We promise to do the work to stamp it out and we thank the brave members whose resignations alerted us to the seriousness of the problem at the heart of our organisation. Thank you Pride In London please share our statement far and wide Please Read the background to our apology

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  1. Unknown19 March 2021 at 21:39

    Well done for being open, and having the courage to admit racism has existed, and Thank You for being part of the fight to stand up to, and stamp out such behaviour. Let People find their happiness, in a safe, adult and consenting environment. AKA Hannah Jones.

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