When Donald Trump launched his unilateral attack on Iran, the UK Prime Minister, Kier Starmer, was slow in giving his permission for American planes to use British bases for their attack. Like a petulant bully who did not get his way, Trump turned to insults to show his annoyance. In diplomatic circles, certain words are often used to mask the deeper disagreement between parties, but this American president is not known for his diplomacy.  He uses words as he likes, regardless of their effects on the receivers, especially women. He wanted to belittle Starmer because he felt entitled to get what he demanded, and there was someone standing in his way, preventing him from acting macho and powerful. Disrespecting Starmer by comparing him to the great Churchill seemed the next best thing. But should we ignore the words people speak? Did Trump's words really matter, or are they trivial in the scheme of things? Well, they are not trivial. Words embrace, exclude, damn, and uplift. Words ca...

My boyfriend told me this interesting, and somewhat sad anecdote about one of his colleagues who was trying to draw his attention to a woman who was sitting with another group. The guy kept trying to find all kinds of descriptions to let my boyfriend know which woman he was trying to identify, taking ages to do so, while skirting round the obvious fact that the woman was not only Black, but she stood out because everyone else around her was White! It seems that the guy did not want to mention her colour, as he thought it might be offensive, and he too felt self-conscious at ‘making her different’ from the others. Being White himself, my boyfriend added that he, too, would have done the same before he met me! Yet such a seemingly ‘inclusive’ approach begged more questions than it answered. Many people, predominantly White, often pretend that outward appearances do not matter. In fact, some take great pride in professing to be 'colour blind' to others. Colour is supposed to...

It was Eleanor Roosevelt , the amazing 32nd White First Lady of the USA, who once said, “No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.” And she was so right. The serene, responsible Barack and Michelle Obama , without doing anything negative, is still showing White supremacist, Donald Trump , how true leaders conduct themselves; that he cannot make them feel inferior, no matter what he does.  Trump has always felt inferior to the Obamas because of his low self-esteem and obvious envy and greed. And we won't even mention that Nobel Peace Prize he craves which President Obama got. Not having received public acknowledgement or acclaim from them, especially as he secretly seeks their approval, he has turned on them over the past year in a vicious way that only a rabid, obsessed person is capable of doing. This latest gutter action from the President of the United States, depicting the Obamas as apes (and I won’t dignify it by reposting it here) has come about for ...

🍮  Welcome to  Viral Vibe , where we do news and politics differently.  If you’re tired of the mainstream media telling you what to think, while life just feels like it's stuck on repeat, you’re in the right place.  We’re here for anyone who values an inclusive perspective, and who knows that the real story is found in the lives of people like themselves. While the "official" channels are busy talking about petrol price apps and government handouts today, we’re looking at what’s actually happening beneath the surface, especially from a Black perspective.  We’ll be talking about: The voices being silenced:  Like the minority leaders in the Met police who are being sidelined just for speaking the truth. The "Groundhog Day" trap:   Why every election feels like the same empty promises for our communities. The Leading Act:   Why it’s never too late to stop being a supporting character in other people's stories and start leading your own life. Today m...