The government’s attitude to Fatima and the arts will put them on the wrong side of history – they just don’t know it yet

Posted on October 12, 2020 by mkmswain

The latest tone-deaf salvo from our government to the creative sector is a CyberFirst campaign (belatedly removed after an outcry), one part of which depicts a ballet dancer called Fatima. The text reads: “Fatima’s next job could be in cyber (she just doesn’t know it yet)”, alongside the tagline “Rethink. Reskill. Reboot.”

Read my full Independent article here

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