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Oli London is a British influencer, singer, and television personality who gained notoriety for undergoing numerous plastic surgeries to resemble BTS member, Jimin. He has since identified as transracial, claiming to have changed his racial identity to Korean.  Transracialism is a controversial concept that challenges traditional notions of race and identity. It posits that an individual can identify as a different race or ethnicity than the one they were assigned at birth.  Oli London - I could've done him so dirty here but I chose a photo I don't find laughable. Firstly, I'd like to say that transracialism is ridiculous, and not a valid identity. It is the ultimate cultural appropriation - taking all the beautiful aspects of other cultures and using them without the burden of racism. However, I think it raises some interesting questions about the myth of race, and its importance in society despite its status as a social construct. Race is a social construct, science has c

 The Covid-19 pandemic has had a dramatic and devastating effect on the British education system. Forced into our homes, under lock and key, we had little to do but sit with our own thoughts and somehow find the self-motivation to learn. It’s something that all British schoolchildren have had to endure by now, and it’s not to be laughed at, the lockdowns have had an unpredictably massive effect on our educational experience, and I don’t doubt I’m worse off for it. I felt the effects of the pandemic first-hand, as did my peers.  The first lockdown was a brutal and wholly unforgiving period for me, made to hop on Zoom once a day to endure a few hours of technical difficulties. With no motivation to continue, and no sight of light at the end of the tunnel, it was so easy for me to just disconnect and dissociate from the hellish monotony my life had become.  The second lockdown was slightly better, but it was still a vicious cycle of boredom, disappointment, and an unidentifiabl