Ranvir Singh has revealed her son’s school called her after she spoke about him facing racist abuse.
The Good Morning Britain presenter emotionally spoke out on Wednesday about racism experienced by herself and her son and many others and how they think about it every day.
Ranvir has spoken about how it is a privilege at work if someone does not have these concerns.
Now on Wednesday, Ranvir has revealed that her son’s school phoned her to check in on his wellbeing after she discussed his situation.
Speaking to Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid, Ranvir said: “What was really interesting yesterday was I got a call from the school, just asking if everything was okay, which was good, you know, and I think that’s what all schools should be doing with all children of different backgrounds at the moment, actually.
“It’s a showing of care and understanding that there may be conversations in the home that children feel uncomfortable having in the classroom, and that shouldn’t be the case. So I thanked them for that.”
Ranvir then spoke out against critics of taking the knee as a symbol of standing against racism.
“I would say this: Courage is contagious, right.”
She went on: “I am 43-years-old. I am inspired by young Black sportsmen half my age to speak in a way I have not spoken before. That is incredible.”
“Any age can be inspired. Age is not a factor. Your job is not a factor.
“Whether you earn millions of millions of pounds a week, is not a factor. All of those things are not a factor.”
“The factor is that you can feel inspired by other people to be courageous in your own life and speak up in your own workplace.”
Ranvir then added: “What I find astonishing is that the taking of a knee is the most peaceful of protests, it is Gandhi-esque. It is peaceful, it is quiet. It is a simple note.
“For it to cause such a provocation in people who don’t like it shows you exactly why it should be done, right.
“It is riling exactly the right people, in my view.”
The journalist then revealed that her own son had also spoken with her about what she had said the next day.
Ranvir revealed: “I spoke to my son yesterday because obviously, it was on the telly, he didn’t know, I didn’t know I was going to say it. It happened. So it was my responsibility to talk about it when I got home.
“As soon as I said I spoke about it on the telly, he said ‘I’m really proud of you, Mummy.’
“I said, 'That’s really nice'.
“And he said to me, ‘Just like you don’t want your child’, meaning him, ‘to have racism, I don’t want my children to have racism, but I imagine it will still happen.’
“That’s my nine-year-old saying, ‘I imagine that will still happen’.
“It’s all of our responsibility, isn’t it?”
*Good Morning Britain airs on weekday mornings from 6am to 9am on ITV with past episodes on ITV Hub.
