As a brown woman in Britain, it took 48 hours to confirm my worst fears

As a brown woman in Britain, it took 48 hours to confirm my worst fears

Last year, when the details of the Southport attack emerged, my Black and Asian friends all had the same reaction: “Oh God. Here we go again.”  We knew that before the facts had been settled, before the investigations had finished and before grieving families had buried their dead, race would become part of the story. Again. We knew the incident would be used by right-wing politicians, exploited to whip-up rage and racism towards people who look…