Being that her book was released last year, the examples she uses to support her arguments are still very fresh in our collective memories – I guess this makes her writing relatable and easy to understand. In the first chapter, ‘Does White Privilege Whitewash Racism’, Mos-Shogbamimu looks closely at what allows people like Piers Morgan, to ignore such statements as falsity. In the words of the author, "there is no freedom without rights and no rights without the freedom to exercise those rights.

This is Why I Resist by Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu

Mos-Shogbamimu takes control of this statement and turns the narrative around, refusing to allow the media to vilify or silence her when she is speaking out on the injustices against Black people.

Annie Lennox OBE 'Written with fearless articulacy, this book recalibrates the conversation on race to ignite transformational change.

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She was sat alongside another guest, opposite the show’s hosts Phil and Holly, making strong points to defend the argument that the British media’s treatment of Meghan Markle is racially motivated.

Perhaps some things you already agree with, some things you were not aware of, some things you totally disagree with: here is my conversation with you. Shola has provided essential insight and her dedication to political activism is helping the Women's March on London move forward. I like that Mos-Shogbamimu is very bold in the statements she makes, empowering Black people who for so long have been told that the way they think, or feel is not true. She’s also a mother-of-three (“my kids can’t wait to get back to school because they now prefer their teachers to me”, she tells me down the phone from her lockdowned South London home). It’s a powerful, challenging polemic: David Lammy describes it as “recalibrat[ing] the conversation of race to ignite transformational change”.

Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu Phd MBA LLM MA LLB IAQ

It felt like a secret that is kept only amongst Black women expressing themselves after a stressful day in a corporate job, or in a predominantly white school – or any institution which singles you out as different – can finally be revealed to the masses. My book is speaking to those who are ready to be challenged, who are ready to have thought-provoking solutions to an ongoing structural issue. she goes in-depth into debunking the concept of “reverse racism”, explains why anti-semitism is not racism, and why discrimination against class and discrimination against race are not to be conflated. In This Is Why I Resist activist and political commentator, Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu digs down into the deep roots of racism and anti-blackness in the UK and the US. Morgan was particularly offended by the Queen’s drop into the conversation – as part of the Oprah interview, Markle said the Queen “has always been wonderful to me” – and said, "I think what you just said about the Queen is disgusting.She speaks with great intelligence and heart, and we are incredibly grateful to have had her participate. It’s saying that in fighting the good fight to eradicate racial inequality and racial injustice, it does need stepping outside your comfort zone.