“You cannot enjoy the rhythm and ignore the blues”
Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo has been praised for her speech on George Floyds death.
Speaking on her June 2nd show, Amfo said “As you know at Radio 1 we talk a lot about mental health, and mine was in a really, really bad way yesterday. In fact it has been for the past few days, in particular, in relation to the death of George Floyd. George Floyd, an unarmed black man, who died whilst being held under arrest. Now, I didn’t have the mental strength to face you guys yesterday, to ask, ‘Hi, how was your weekend?’ like I usually do with my happy intention, because I know that my weekend was terrible.”
Listen to her emotional speech in full below.
“You cannot enjoy the rhythm and ignore the blues”
— BBC Radio 1 (@BBCR1) June 2, 2020
This is incredibly powerful from @claraamfo on the death of George Floyd, racism and its effect on her own mental health. pic.twitter.com/qxHrvKfn0e
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