Why we need to keep talking about racism
Panel discussions and dialogues are not for me. There’s always a cleverer person in the audience trying to show me up or poke holes in my argument.But I’m also jealous of my time with my family – especially if said dialogue cuts into my ritual bedtime story time with my kids.
I keep regular office hours now as a media exec and I feel I’ve earned that right after paying my dues with many late nights covering SONAs and cabinet reshuffles that drop at 11pm.
But this time I succumbed to pressure from my bestie and colleague, Lutfia Vayej. So I found myself on a Monday night as a reluctant panellist at a discussion hosted by the Institute of Justice and Reconciliation (IJR), which was presenting a series of anti-racism dialogues.
Panel discussions and dialogues are not for me. There’s always a cleverer person in the audience trying to show me up or poke holes in my argument.But I’m also jealous of my time with my family – especially if said dialogue cuts into my ritual bedtime story time with my kids. I keep regular office hours now as a media exec and I feel I’ve earned that right after paying my dues with many late nights covering SONAs and cabinet reshuffles that drop at 11pm. But this time I succumbed to pressure from my bestie and colleague, Lutfia Vayej. So I found myself on a Monday night as a reluctant panellist at a discussion hosted by the Institute of Justice and Reconciliation (IJR), which was presenting a series of anti-racism dialogues. But this time I succumbed to pressure from my bestie and colleague, Lutfia Vayej. So I found myself on a Monday night as a reluctant panellist at a discussion hosted by the Institute of Justice and Reconciliation (IJR), which was presenting a series of anti-racism dialogues.