STORMZY IN BORIS RACE ROW Rapper’s attack on Twitter
STORMZY has blasted media reports of his comments that Britain is “definitely” racist.
The rapper claimed Boris Johnson was a “figurehead” for racism in an interview in Italy. He also alleged that the PM “encourages hate among others” with comments such as comparing Muslim women to letterboxes.
Asked if the UK was a racist country, he “Definitely, 100%. It’s like, ‘Oh no, we’re not racist,’ but there’s a lot of racism in the country.”
ITV later ran the headline: “Rapper Stormzy says UK is ‘100 per cent’ racist”. The headline was deleted, but Stormzy said: “ITV you lot can suck my d*** for this.” The Heavy Is The said:
Head star added: ‘All you publications and media outlets that are intentionally spinning my words for some click bait can suck my d***.”
A UNIVERSITY head has apologised for a lecturer reading the word “negro” from a book even though it was in its title.
York Uni’s head of English Helen Smith said she was “extremely sorry” and banned staff from quoting from The Philadelphia Negro by a black civil rights leader.
Chris McGovern, of the Campaign for Real Education, said: “It comes to something when even black writers are being censored.” ★
MARLEY the labrador who munched his way through 34 Christmas tree decorations and ribbons is on the mend after a three-hour operation. ★
Owner Rachael Bulmer, of Bournemouth, Dorset, said: “I thought I’d left them out of reach, but I instantly knew who had taken them.”