Saira Khan Instagram – I always believe that when the news is full of hatred and divisiveness it’s our responsibility to counteract that with news of love, hope and togetherness.
I am a brown British woman from a Muslim family. My husband is a white British man from a Christian Background. We’ve been married 20years this December.
We are both British. English. We have both throughout our life seen the Far Right raise its ugly head. As a couple we have seen the Islamophobia that has crept into our society.
But what we have both realised is this : unless you are strong in yourself, respect yourself, take full responsibility for your circumstances, question what is really going on and come to your own conclusions – you will be manipulated into thinking how the media/politicians want you to think.
My husband and I came together because of what we had in common and our differences is what made our relationship interesting.
Here’s an interesting Fact:
Around 677,000 people in the UK now define themselves as mixed. Mixed race people account for 1.2% of the total population and 14% of the ethnic minority population are mixed race, according to SocietyGuardian. This demographic is growing exponentially.
I share this fact because there are many of us of different colours, cultures and religions coming together in relationships and in our everyday communities…this is hope, this is the good news and this is togetherness.
Racists and fascists have had their day… but they’ve never won the day!
Speak up for togetherness and be proud always to call out prejudice, discrimination, racism, inequality and hate.
You cannot use the above to evoke violence …you have to raise your voice and peacefully change hate to love.
You may call me a dreamer… but I’m not the only one.
#love #peace #togetherness | Posted on 05/Aug/2024 17:58:50
