![]() ![]() Many of us could usefully use this technique without half the provocation heaped on this boy. Stop, think - is it you or a generic slur? Only then decide whether you have something to say on the subject or to let it ride. When he first started to realise he was 'different', she helped him understand why, and gave him his guiding principle. Michael Fuller was lucky enough to be given sound principles from a remarkable housemother in the 60s/70s. Brought up in care, the only black kid the bright boy in school-'can't be right', say the teachers a black policeman on the beat-what's he doing? from both sides. ![]() Michael Fuller selected it as the title for his memoir of life in isolation. 'Kill the Black One First' was a phrase shouted by rioters at Brixton as the police officers formed a barrier to control them. Brilliant and thought-provoking memoir of a black police officer in London during the blackest part of the racial intolerance scandals. ![]()
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