Ethnic minority women are too often forgotten when we discuss disability

The government and our educational institutions have a responsibility to make sure that no child feels like I did ever again, writes Raya Al-Jadir

Being a disabled Muslim woman means that different identities often intersect (Getty/iStock)

For the past year, all I have been reading is how the United Kingdom is racist, how Brexit, Meghan Markle’s treatment and pay inequality show how ungenerous and narrow minded we are.

But all I can think about is that this is not an exclusive issue with the UK. Bigotry is a disease that runs deep through every part of the world.

In fact, for the majority of my life, I have accepted such attitudes – believing it is the norm, or just part of a fact of life. Showing any reaction often just made me the odd one out, the one who couldn’t take their definition of a joke.