You Clap for Me Now: the coronavirus poem on racism and immigration in Britain

[Maddox]

A video featuring UK residents and people of foreign heritage reciting an antiracist poem has highlighted the crucial role immigrant workers are playing in the Covid-19 outbreak.

You Clap for Me Now, penned by Darren James Smith, features Britons with black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are key workers during the global pandemic – including doctors, nurses, teachers, shopkeepers and delivery drivers, many of whom have previously experienced discrimination

The video, which was produced by Sachini Imbuldeniya begins with the message: 'What the UK is most afraid of has come from overseas, taking our jobs and making it unsafe to walk the streets'