A new study shared in the Metro UK stated that 50% of working professionals are unsure of what terms they can use without causing offence or saying something inappropriate. So what do they say instead? They prefer to use the…
We are still reeling over the death of Richard Okorogheye, who was reported missing on March 22nd. When his mother Evidence Joel first notified the police that Richard hadn’t come home she was chillingly told “What makes you think we…
28 years ago today, Stephen Lawrence’s life was tragically cut short. The former Prime Minister Theresa May declared on this day in 2019 would now be known as Stephen Lawrence Day. Stephen was a Black teenager who lived with his…
40 years ago was the anniversary of the Brixton Riots or the Brixton Uprising. The riot was a tipping point of the frustration that young Black people were feeling. Unemployment in Brixton was at 13% whilst 50% of young Black…
Ahead of writing the book, we carried out focus groups and asked them when they first experienced racism, and what were some of their experiences? People who do not experience racism felt that racism disappeared after the 90s. So much…
Do you remember the Italian FA’s campaign to combat racism? They launched this after a number of the black players in the league spoke out about the increasing number of racist taunts suffered when playing. I strongly believe that when…
In June 2020, the Director of The Royal Botanic Gardens Richard Deverell wrote an article discussing racism, diversity and inclusion at Kew Gardens. Richard acknowledges that “Like so many other organisations, parts of Kew’s history shamefully draws from a legacy…
One of my favourite scenes in Black Panther was right at the beginning. Erik Killmonger is in an English museum looking at all of the African history locked up behind glass panels. He begins to talk to the museum’s curator…
The psychologist Kevin Nadal defines microaggressions as: “The everyday, subtle, intentional — and oftentimes unintentional — interactions or behaviours that communicate some sort of bias toward historically marginalised groups.” “The difference between microaggressions and overt discrimination or macroaggressions is that…
We were crushed to hear that a young white man by the name of Robert Aaron Long shot and killed 8 Asian people in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday 16th March. He attacked three different Asian owned massage parlours. The Georgia…
