大象传媒

George the Poet, has told 大象传媒 Radio 5 Live that he declined becoming a 鈥楳ember of the British Empire鈥� but would accept the title 鈥榝riend鈥�, 鈥榓ffiliate鈥� or 鈥榗ontributor鈥� to the British Empire instead if they existed.

The spoken-word artist and award winning podcast creator told Nihal Arthanayake: 鈥淚 love the liberties and rights that we enjoy鈥� However, those advantages have been won, in many cases, and maintained, and propelled on the back of the exploitation, and the extraction, and the destruction of other societies and awkwardly, problematically for me, my parents just happen to come from one of those societies.鈥�

This clip was taken from Nihal Arthanayake programme on Monday 25 November 2019.