Akala Speaks To GMB

I have been asking for this for a while and was very pleased to see that  ITV's Good Morning Britain had invited Rapper and Educator, Akala, on to the programme to discuss the recent spate of youth violence.

Rapper & Educator, Akala 

Akala has so much knowledge and knows how to articulate himself. There was things he said that I had no idea about.

"I never knew a black child in the UK has a higher IQ than even Einstein and the four youngest people to ever do their GCSE's early were also black."

In 2014, Ramarni Wilfred was just 11 Years-Old when he obtained an IQ score of 162, this was more than (Stephen) Hawkings, (Bill) Gates and (Albert) Einstein were able to achieve.

Ramarni Wilfred is now 16 years-old

Hawkings, Gates and Einstein all have an IQ score of 160. Wilfred's score of 162 puts him in the top 1% in the UK.

Of course this is not published in the UK press like it should be, with some media outlets having the audacity to have headlines reading, "Is this Britain's smartest schoolboy?"- Mirror.

"Is this Britain's smartest schoolboy? Are you kidding me. What do you think the IQ score means? Dam right he is. Why is this even a question?"

In 2010, a young black girl named Desiree Alli who was only 5 years-old at the time, achieved an A* in GCSE Maths. This was of course overlooked by the UK media as they spent most the time reporting about another child who also obtained the same grade at age seven, however he was of European descent.

The seven year-old child received more press and admiration than Desiree and there were no question's asked.
Even when an article was about Desiree it always ended with a pleasant paragraph about the seven year-old child. "This always happens and is why we don't see many positive reports or articles in the press about black people." 

How black people are depicted in the media was also spoken about briefly, although this is a topic in itself, and Good Morning Britain do have some lessons to learn when it comes to this matter.

This was definitely confirmed today when I watched Good Morning Britain. After having Akala on the programme, uplifting and highlighting the excellence within the black community, GMB invite a young white child on to the programme to show how great his memory is and give him the title of 'Child Einstein'.

"Really?" 

Why was this child on the programme? What was the point? "I didn't know reading an autocue made you a genius."

This had nothing to do with anything other than Akala drawing attention to the achievements accomplished by young black people and GMB needing to please their core viewers by inviting a "brainy" white child on to the programme.

Videos courtesy of BBC News Youtube & ITV GMB Youtube