Lewis Hamilton has today been named Britain’s most influential black person in a list dominated by people who have supported the Black Lives Matter movement. The Formula 1 star, 35, who won his seventh world title on Sunday, has encouraged drivers to take the knee before races, changed his Mercedes racing car from silver to black and set up a commission to get more black people into motor sport. He has described topping the Powerlist 2021 as a ‘monumental moment’ but used the award to pledge he would not ‘stay silent’ on racism in F1 as Boris Johnson was urged to give him a knighthood. Professor Kevin Fenton, London chief of Public Health England, was given second place by the Powerlist judges who said they wanted to celebrate black Britons who have helped fight Covid-19 and ‘spoken truth to power’ on how BAME communities have been disproportionately hit. Grime star Stormzy, broadcaster Afua Hirsch, editor-in-chief of British Vogue Edward Enninful, historian David Olusoga are also recognised for campaigning against racial injustice. Footballer Marcus Rashford made the longer list but not the top ten, despite twice forcing the Government into U-turns on providing free school meals during school holidays and today launching a national book… Read full this story
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