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A photo of the student occupation in Old College Quad in protest about the ongoing conflict in Israel and Palestine.

In times of Catastrophe and Struggle: Reckoning with UoE's Past as Present

As you would have seen by now, there is an open call towards taking on RACE.ED’s directorate responsibilities, which we’re excited about as we turn a new chapter. Accordingly, this note will be one of the last ones I write to you in this particular role within RACE.ED, for which of course there is much to feel ambivalent about.
A photo of a map showing the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan

Exploring Death in Waziristan from post-9/11 United States Led Drone Warfare

In 2009, then president of the United States Barack Obama called Waziristan “the most dangerous place in the world”. But why did Obama take it upon himself to indiscriminately label an entire region, where some of Pakistan’s most impoverished reside, as dangerous?
Dear Reader, thank you! With solidarity, the RACE.ED Team

Notes for solidarity and care: RACE.ED December 2023 Newsletter

As the year comes to a close, we would like to take a moment to recognise all that has happened over the last few months and acknowledge the challenges of continuing with “business as usual” amid collective grief, exhaustion and pain. The world is laden with hostility and continues to challenge us as we undertake the work of antiracism and decolonisation.
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Reflections on Black History Month as a student in a predominantly white institution

As November unfolds, we mark the conclusion of the UK’s Black History Month. This year’s theme, ‘Saluting our Sisters,’ directed our focus towards the remarkable achievements of Black women across various domains, both in history and in the present.
A photo of a field, trees and blue skies

Naming Ourselves, Naming Each Other: Reflections on Mixed Race Sisterhood and the Violence of Racial Categorisation

Blog post by Dr Tana Forrest, Teaching Fellow in Sociology (Race, Ethnicity and Decolonial Thought)
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Brazilian Migrants Challenging Invisibility: How whiteness equates to being invisible

Through the work that I have done in my dissertation in exploring how Brazilians reconstructed their social, political, and historical contexts into their lives in the U.K., the theme of how navigating spaces with “whiteness” became apparent as some of the informants shared vastly different live experiences relating to racism.
If not use then who, if not now then when. Act now.

Re-thinking Impact through Epistemologies of Ignorance

Social scientists probably agree that approaches to policy impact stressing only supply side research, incentivised action, or that which overlooks political dynamics, are insufficient. If we begin from this position and explore policy impact concerning racial equality, we should also take seriously the role that ‘epistemologies of ignorance’ may play in policy approaches that are exacerbating racial inequalities.
Legs stick out of a bin in front of graffiti that reads 'Jesus'

Your Jesus is my Devil: transversal perspectives in travel photography

The exact place, I don’t know. But I took this picture on a corner near Nivia Uchoa’s house, a photographer from Ceará (Brazil) that I met through Ruth Sousa, an artist and teacher that I met back in college – relationships that transcend institutions. We were traveling by car and photographing the landscapes between Brasilia and the hinterland of Cariri.
Advancing Racial Equality in Higher Education. Edited by Ashlee Christoffersen, Aerin Lai and Nasar Meer

Advancing Racial Equality in Higher Education: launch of edited collection

RACE.ED and Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power have published a new collection of essays exploring racial justice work in higher education, titled Advancing Racial Equality in Higher Education. The collection follows on from the event “Racial Equity Work in the University and Beyond: The Race Equality Charter in Context”, which explored what racial equality means in higher education and was organized following publication of the report of a large-scale review of the Race Equality Charter.
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Concepts in practice and doing things in other ways

It’s been an immense privilege to be part of the founding team of RACE.ED, first as Director and then as a network member this past year under the stewardship of its present co-Directors Dr Katucha Bento and Dr Shaira Vadasaria and administrator Michaelagh Broadbent.

RACE.ED Celebrates our third anniversary!

Celebrating three years in inter-action: RACE.ED third anniversary newsletter

This year RACE.ED brought forward global discussions on the historical and on-going legacies of race and colonialism in contemporary politics from Brazil, France, Palestine, Lebanon and Turtle Island, among other countries.
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Mzungu and global white supremacy

Discussions of contemporary white supremacy are seemingly everywhere: the election of Donald Trump and the January 6th insurrection, the murder of George Floyd, Brexit, the rise of the Alternative Right and white supremacist violence, and the coordinated efforts to deny racism and not educate children about the history and contemporary reality of race.

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