Akala and Frankie Boyle Discuss Structural Racism in Britain

Name: Akala and Frankie Boyle Discuss Structural Racism in Britain
Uploaded: 2015-05-22T16:33:10
Duration: 8 min
Description: Comedian Frankie Boyle puts forward the proposition that Britain is racist to the core. Rapper, poet and educator Akala speaks to this, giving clear examples of structural racism and talking about the ongoing effects of colonialism and imperialism. You can watch the whole of Frankie Boyle's Election Autopsy 2015 on BBC iPlayer (access through Security Kiss if viewing outside of the UK).

Comedian Frankie Boyle puts forward the proposition that Britain is racist to the core. Rapper, poet and educator Akala speaks to this, giving clear examples of structural racism and talking about the ongoing effects of colonialism and imperialism.

You can watch the whole of Frankie Boyle's Election Autopsy 2015 on BBC iPlayer (access through Security Kiss if viewing outside of the UK).

Empire Social Issues

Rate this video

Added by Andrew Butler

Trending Videos

He Was The Most Decorated Marine In US History. Then He Turned on The Empire.

8 min - Smedley Butler was the most decorated marine in US history. By the time he left, he said that he spent most of his time as a "gangster for capitalism" and called all wars a racket. BT's Kei...

Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980)

780 min

Climate Inertia: Why Change Feels Impossible (2022)

50 min

Deep State Deep Ecology (2025)

53 min

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)

174 min - A series of BBC films about how humans have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the...

Protecting Country (2018)

40 min

Jon Stewart Calls Out GOP Hypocrisy with L.A. Wildfire Disaster Relief | The Daily Show

20 min

Project 2025 Explained in Schoolhouse Rock Style!

5 min

Schooling the World (2010)

66 min - If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? You would change the way it educates its children. The U.S. Government knew this in the 19th century when it...

Local One (2025)

10 min

You Need To See This Incredible 17–Minute Film Set Entirely On A Teen’s Computer Screen

17 min

The TRUTH about LA's Wildfires | The Kyle Kulinski Show

29 min

George Carlin on Conspiracies

1 min - We've been saying this for years. There's no need for formal conspiracies when all of these economic and political elites share the same ideology, which they learned from their environment growing...

Plutocracy: The History of Class War In The USA (2019)

560 min

HyperNormalisation (2016)

161 min

TAWAI: A Voice From the Forest (2017)

100 min

I'm going Vegan for Valentines (that's literally your gift) by FOSSILHEADS (2025)

6 min - "I’m going VEGAN for VALENTINES (that’s literally your gift)" This song was inspired by the books Farmageddon: the True Cost of Cheap Meat and 60 Harvests Left, both by Philip Lymbery Thanks to...

ONCE UPON A TIME, HUMANS | Anime Short Movie | Rishi Miranhshah (2025)

9 min

Human (2015)

382 min

Make Inishturk Great Again

10 min

I've Never Seen the Israel / Palestine Conflict Illustrated More Uniquely Than This

3 min - The story shared by Israel and Palestine has been told in several stunning films, but I don't think I've ever seen it told like this. Nina Paley created this (extremely brief) animated history of...

How Wolves Change Rivers | George Monbiot

4 min

The Corporation (2003)

145 min

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

65 min

Today I Rise: This Beautiful Short Film Is Like a Love Poem For Your Heart and Soul

4 min - "The world is missing what I am ready to give: My Wisdom, My Sweetness, My Love and My hunger for Peace." "Where are you? Where are you, little girl with broken wings but full of hope? Where are...