Let’s talk about racism

Growing Up and Sometimes Down

Global

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 937 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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YouTubers and social media influencers, Evie and Olivia talk about the difficulties 18 year olds go through facing adulthood. The minefield of challenges is endless, from mental health, the pressures of social media, therapy, going to university to relationships and moving on to life at university and beyond. In this important episode, Evie and Olivia speak to Shelby Luke all about racism, the Black Lives Matter movement, Shelby's experiences growing up black in predominantly white areas, privilege, racial profiling and so much more. Listen and Subscribe on Global Player, or wherever you get your podcasts, now! Twitter/Insta @oliviagraceherring @lovevie Email us! [email protected]

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome back to growing up and sometimes down. Today we're doing a very important
0:08.8	episode about Black Lives Matter and we have one of our good friends sharing her story. As much as
0:13.8	we educate ourselves, we'll never know what it actually feels like to experience racism.
0:17.7	So we thought it was important to bring on one of our friends. So Shelby,
0:22.0	introduce yourself, say hello, say your age, where you from, all of that. Hi guys, I'm
0:27.5	I'm Shelby. I live in London currently. I'm 21. I'm a university student. I'm currently doing
0:34.2	like a fashion business course at London College of Fashion. I actually grew up in Cornwall and the Cotswolds like between both of those places.
0:41.3	Yeah.
0:41.8	Oh yeah. And also my Instagram is SM. Luke.
0:45.0	And yeah, that's me.
0:46.4	It's like the intro to like a dating show or something.
0:48.9	I know.
0:49.3	Hi, I'm Shelby.
0:51.6	And I'm looking for love.
0:53.4	Yeah.
0:59.2	So, should we talk about how we met? Yeah. So we met at a photo shoot, didn't we? We met at Atala. When was it? Like, there's been two years? No, I feel like
1:05.8	it was last year. Oh, last year? No, no, it definitely was last year. It was a year before. Yeah, because we did the neon one last year.
1:12.4	No, I think it was the year before
1:13.9	because I had my blonde hair at the front, I'm pretty sure.
1:17.1	And that was like ages ago.
1:19.7	It was a long time.
1:21.4	It feels like last year.
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