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    I am mixed-race ('black' to some people), disabled, female and living on a housing estate. 
    I also have an excellent education, been to a private girls' school and have lived in London, the West Midlands, the East Midlands/ South Yorkshire, Central Scotland and North East Scotland. I have lived in posh areas, and a zero point council estate. I have lived in an ex-mining town miles from the nearest town, and the middle of cities. I have been on Income Support and had an excellent job with a major bank. I have spent months in Dallas at a private university and studied at local colleges of further education.I have been at the mercy of Social Services, faced institutionalised and ordinary racism. I have faced genuine community spirit and total inclusion. 
    I am an eclectic mix of lower class and middle class all rolled into one. I have studied sociology, religion, media, computers, anthropology and social policy. 
    I speak German and have been to both the rural parts of Jamaica (with no running water) and a 5 star hotel with everything on tap. 
    I guess that gives me a wide view of the world and the pressures that affect ordinary people on a day-to-day basis.

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