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For black Britons, UK riots leave lasting scars

Aug 21, 2024

London [UK], August 21: "Please do not go out until this blows over," Sarah Akinterinwa, messaged a friend on August 7. "I'm going into town tomorrow. Should be okay," came the response. "Alone?" she asked. The messages from Akinterinwa, an illustrator and writer from London, are typical of the concern that spread among Black Britons as racist riots erupted in towns and cities across the country at the start of August.

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