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Special Comment: Black Pride and Prejudice

By Kevin Maxwell   Mon, Aug 23, 2010

"It doesn't matter where you are in the world, we all face the same prejudices; it is just how we go about the fight which is different." --Kevin

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By Kevin Maxwell

Kevin Maxwell

Born in Liverpool, England, Kevin Maxwell is a British Filmmaker, Writer & Performer, whose mixed-race and gay. He spent his twenties in Manchester after studying performing arts and is currently finishing a screenwriting Masters in London, where he lives with his husband Alex whom he married in Toronto. He is the last child of eleven of Irish and Bajan decent, a great uncle and became an adult orphan at the age of 26, when his mum died from ovarian cancer. He was raised a Catholic, but now finds Buddhism of interest, and has suffered with severe reactive depression as a result of his experiences of racism and homophobia in his job as a Scotland Yard Detective, bringing to an end his 10-year policing career. His interests are social justice and equality.

His personal website is www.kevinmaxwell.co.uk and his 'View from the Bottom' blog is at www.blog.kevinmaxwell.co.uk

Follow Kevin on Twitter @kevin_maxwell  #maxwell2015

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Comments(1):

  1. Cool.

    Thanks for sharing. Best, Jeff Cobb

    Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Jeffrey

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