You Clap for Me Now: video hails key workers with antiracist poem

Dear students,

With the pandemic we are all going outside to clap for carers, which is a lovely thing. 

In the UK, some BAME people - a term used in the UK since the 1970s to refer to black Asian and minority ethnic people - decided to value kindness, solidarity, tolerance, peace and fraternity as immigrants have come over to help the NHS (National Health Service). They created a video then.

Please below here is an excerpt from an article published by The Guardian on April 15th 2020 giving more clues about the short video clip which features a mixture of first-, second- and third-generation immigrants living in the UK:

"What the UK is most afraid of has come from overseas, taking our jobs and making it unsafe to walk the streets.".

"This is the opening message of a widely shared video on coronavirus that subverts racist language often directed at immigrants, showing that those who have experienced discrimination are now key workers, trying to keep people safe.

The clip – which has gone viral worldwide – features UK residents, immigrants and people of foreign heritage who are medics, delivery drivers and teachers working hard amid the Covid-19 outbreak. They read a poem, penned by Darren James Smith, entitled You Clap for Me Now.".

Source : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/apr/15/you-clap-for-me-now-video-hails-key-workers-anti-racist-poem-coronavirus

Now what about watching the video clip? Here you go:

https://youtu.be/gXGIt_Y57tc

Enjoy and let us have a think about it!

Best regards.

Miss Amar