{"id":150923,"date":"2019-10-29T11:42:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T11:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=150923"},"modified":"2019-10-29T11:42:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T11:42:37","slug":"mr-simms-from-bilsthorpe-says-he-thinks-the-uk-needs-to-do-more-to-stamp-out-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2019\/10\/29\/mr-simms-from-bilsthorpe-says-he-thinks-the-uk-needs-to-do-more-to-stamp-out-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr Simms, from Bilsthorpe, says he thinks the UK needs to do more to stamp out racism."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dudley Simms is a world champion at karate but says he originally took the sport up to defend himself &#8220;against racists&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He moved to the UK at the age of 11 as part of the Windrush generation, travelling alone from Jamaica to Nottinghamshire to meet his mother.<\/p>\n<p>The 64-year-old was crowned a champion in his age category at the Shotokan Karate-do International Federation (SKIF) world championship earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Simms, from Bilsthorpe, says he thinks the UK needs to do more to stamp out racism.<\/p>\n<p>Video journalist: Chris Waring. Reporter: Navtej Johal.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/av\/embed\/p07s9k3k\/50209134\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dudley Simms is a world champion at karate but says he originally took the sport up to defend himself &#8220;against racists&#8221;. He moved to the UK at the age of 11 as part of the Windrush generation, travelling alone from Jamaica to Nottinghamshire to meet his mother. The 64-year-old was crowned a champion in his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2019\/10\/29\/mr-simms-from-bilsthorpe-says-he-thinks-the-uk-needs-to-do-more-to-stamp-out-racism\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mr Simms, from Bilsthorpe, says he thinks the UK needs to do more to stamp out racism.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-Dgf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9150,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2015\/05\/01\/the-guardian-view-britain-needs-a-new-direction-britain-needs-labour\/","url_meta":{"origin":150923,"position":0},"title":"The Guardian view: Britain needs a new direction, Britain needs Labour","author":"diana Stone","date":"May 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Election 2015 poses some profound questions for this country. 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