Today we join you and milions of others in attempting to dissect the Stephen Lawrence verdict and our responses to it.

Listen live at 4pm (GMT) on Monday 9th January to The Janelle Oswald Show as we are joined by special guests, including accounts from people local to Eltham who claimed to know exactly who murdered Stephen Lawrence just hours after his death; but were too afraid to come forward.

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Our very-own Sandra Smart of Team PlayVybz who remembers being the childhood victim of a racist attack by one of the murderers' relatives says; "My heart is heavy, I feel confused...part of me thinks that we should be happy with the verdict; but the other part of me wonders if race relations in this country has moved on if it takes a mother and father eighteen years to get justice."

"What some might call incomptence, I call instituational racism in action. What about the other Stephen Lawrences out there, aspiring to make something of their lives...what is the solution to this madness?"

"The solution isn't to 'bu'n down Babylon' or to 'kick up' non-blacks (as was mine and my friends childhood reaction after watching Roots on TV) but what is it? If the people that are supposed to protect us dont value us...what is it?"

The Janelle Oswald Show will cover this, plus an update on Haiti as we near the 2nd Anniversary of the earthquake - Fola Phillips, who has been actively raising funds for the United Haitians United Kingdom organisation. Fola will be in the studio discussing her latest project the album 'All 4 One' which she will be launching at a charity event, taking place on Wednesday 11th January 2012 at Plan B in Brixton.

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