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“When I spoke to pupils at Sydenham School in London, I was shocked and saddened …” — A. J. Odudu
When I spoke to pupils at Sydenham School in London, I was shocked and saddened to hear some of the teenage girls say they felt pursuing a career in television was not even worth the effort as a Black woman.
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