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Jason Osamede Okundaye (born 30 January 1997) is a British left-wing newspaper columnist, political commentator, author and journalist. He writes a column for Tribune.

Early life and education
Okundaye was born to Nigerian parents in Wandsworth and grew up in Battersea. Okundaye experienced homelessness, insecure housing and local authority housing in the 90s. Okundaye won a scholarship to attend Whitgift School in Croydon. Okundaye attended Pembroke College, Cambridge University to study Human, Social & Political Sciences. During his time at the university, he led Black and Minority Ethnic society of the Cambridge Students' Union.

Okundaye first caught the media's attention following a series of post on social media about racism in the United Kingdom where he claimed racism manifested in all social groups. Following the coverage, Okundaye experienced racist abuse, death threats and rape threats.

Career
Okundaye has written for many UK-based media publications including The Guardian, NME, Dazed, i-D, New Statesmen, GQ, and The Independent. He is currently writing for Tribune Magazine as a columnist. Okundaye vocal about a number of social and political issues in the United Kingdom. He has written about racism in British society, racism in the LGBT community, the experiences of Black gay men and many other topics.