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As we end October’s Black history month when schools and colleges up and down the country will have been exploring the rich, beautiful, and often brutal history of enslaved Africans, and the African Diaspora, spare a thought for the former caddie of Tiger Woods, Steve Williams.

It seems that with no hint of irony he claims that a Black man, in this case Tiger Woods, literally treated like he was, ‘his slave’.

Like many parents who were able to, I took last week off to be with my son during school half term. So when the news came in - last Thursday - about the once every three years, Equality and Human Rights Commission report; ‘Is Britain Fairer’, I only caught flashes of it on the news, and from quickly scanned newspaper reports.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

An extremely contentious judicial finding that argued Mark Duggan was lawfully shot dead by police in 2011, has been questioned by a High Court judge, who will allow the family to appeal that decision.

One of the largest crises facing the global community today is that of the escalating Syrian crisis. Having started as a revolt against an existing regime, the crisis has become a full scale civil war, resulting in the death of over 250,000 and the expulsion of another 11 million. As the world’s biggest refugee crisis since the WW2, there has been endless debate about how each country should provide aid, often conflicting moral obligation with economic feasibility.

I would guess that Lewis Hamilton winning his third World Championship in the US was meaningful for a number of reasons: He knew that he was now in the group of some of the most revered and illustrious drivers ever to have graced Formula One; secondly, that he has always been the first to acknowledge that he is not like ordinary drivers who either come from wealthy families, and or are sons of former drivers, such as his ungracious team mate Nico Rosberg-son of Keke Rosberg, who could not congratulate his team mate after being resoundly beaten all season.

The longest serving Home Secretary in recent years, Theresa May, is making it her mission to change the relationship between the police and Black and minority ethnic communities.

I like the idea that two of the most influential/powerful Asians in the UK today are children of working class families: Sons of bus drivers. At number one is Sajid Javid, the UK’s first BME Secretary of State for any Government department. At number 7 on the Asian Powerlist is Sadiq Khan, former Cabinet Member and London Mayoral Candidate.

They and others will join the Asian glitterati tonight for a swanky dinner at the Park Plaza in London.

Cassie Rodgers is our latest intern from Colby College, currently studying abroad through the Boston University London Internship Program. With all our interns, we seek to give them front-line opportunity to write, and help with campaigns that inform and empower.