June Sarpong
The TV presenter and broadcaster has written a book, Diversify, that may prove to be our handbook to negotiate these troubled times. Here, she speaks about the inspiration behind her writing, and what really matters to her
shared values
INTERVIEW DANIELLE WOODWARD
PHOTOGRAPH: MARK EMBERTON
In the book, I use the word ‘other’ to talk about those people we fear; ‘racism’ is too harsh and ‘prejudiced’ is too broad. The ‘other’ describes what happens when you meet someone who is different from you and you feel uncomfortable around them. Most of us aren’t even aware of it, it comes from conditioning, not malice, so how can we recondition centuries of programming?