The latest Micah McLean Talks interview features an interview with Marvin Rees who was Mayor of Bristol from 2016-2014.
You can be pre order Marvin’s autobiography by using this link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lets-What-Happens-Marvin-Rees/dp/1035009161
Contents
0:00 – 12:00 – Early Life, Growing Up, Experience With Racism, Becoming Mayor of Bristol and Key Challenges
12:01 – 24:00 – Hauling Down of Edward Colston Statue, Vaughan Gething Resignation, Media Portrayal of Black People
24:01 – 37:00 – Proudest Achievements As Mayor, Christian Faith, Importance of Black Leadership, Importance of Compromise
37:01 – 51:34 – Climate Change, Upcoming Autobiography, Future Plans
3 Comments
You kept aggravating issues by harping back to the past , dragging up the past . We can’t change the mistakes of the past but we can learn from it ,and make sure we don’t repeat it . History is vital
It’s the reference bench mark to make sure we never repeat it again.
You were party to obliterating part of Bristols history . So that it would never be forgotten and never repeated. You were party to that destruction of history
Why do you say black mixed race , and not white mixed race ?
We can create a bright tomorrow for everyone,staying a victim of the past achieves nothing .
So you aren’t descended from your white heritage as well ? You are mixed race ?
Why the bias ?
Equality?
You by your birth you have been given an amazing gift , you have duel heritage.
That’s a unique position of privilege if only you chose to see it as that . But you chose to deny that you deny 50% of your heritage
You should be proud of your heritage
and stop ranting about being a victim of it . You achieved Mayor ?
in a City of all races , how did you achieve that if Bristol was as bad as you portray it ?
I lived in Easton near Marvin. I was walking behind him once and i saw him pick up someone else's rubbish and put it in a bin. It might not seem like much but i saw someone who cared. Good guy.