MIXED/OTHER with Natalie Morris

7 Jun

My guest this week is journalist and author Natalie Morris.

Natalie is an online Senior Lifestyle Writer at the Metro, covering race, mental health, women in sport and women in the workplace. Her landmark weekly series ‘Mixed Up’ spotlighted under-represented narratives and explored the nuanced reality of being mixed-race in the UK today.

Natalie’s debut book ‘Mixed/Other’ was published in April this year, following a milestone year in the global conversation about race since the murder of George Floyd on 25th May 2020.

The mixed-race population is the fastest-growing ethnic group in the UK, but the mainstream conversation about mixedness is stilted, repetitive and often problematic.

In this episode, I ask Natalie about the experiences she presents in Mixed/Other, and why the concept of a “post-racial utopia”, where a golden generation transcends race, is not a solution to the inequalities racism creates today.

We talk about the role of the media in encouraging healthy conversations about race, how most publications’ bottom-up approach to diversity isn’t creating real change and the challenge for journalists to co-exist with online abuse on social media.

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