The new bishop of Dover, Rose Hudson-Wilkin, is a child of the Windrush generation. She speaks out about racism, inequality … and compassionRose Hudson-Wilkin was just a baby in Montego Bay, Jamaica, when her mother left for the UK as part of the Windrush generation of Caribbean migrants seeking work. She didn’t see her again until she was nine years old.“So many of my generation’s parents left their little ones behind. I didn’t know anything different,” says Hudson-Wilkin. “As I got older, I learned that I had a mother in the UK, and then I eventually met her. It was a big moment. I remember standing beside her thinking, ‘Oh, this is my mother, she’s so pretty’.” Continue reading…
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