Blog posts tagged ‘race’

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They All Must Fall: Does the racism of white suffragettes mean their statues must also come down?

Removing the statuses of racist icons throughout the United Kingdom and the United States has become a movement unto itself.
A poster saying 'Fear hate, not Islam'

Securing whiteness?

Cross posted from Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power – Blog post by ​Damian Breen, Birmingham City University, UK and Nasar Meer, University of Edinburgh, UK 
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Fighting Denial: The Lothian Black Forum and Anti-Racist Protests in Edinburgh, 1989-1992

Henry Dee explores a previous upsurge in anti-racist organising in Edinburgh through the Lothian Black Forum, prompted by the murder of Axmed Abuukar Sheekh in 1989.

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Taking Stock – Race Equality in Scotland

This report, Taking Stock – Race Equality in Scotland, features contributions from academics, civil society organisations and Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), and details significant racial inequalities in Scotland.
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The whiteness of cultural boundaries in France

Cross posted from Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power – Blog post by Angéline Escafré-Dublet, Université Lumière Lyon 2, France
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C.L.R. James and Henri Lefebvre: an imaginary conversation

Cross posted from Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power – Blog post by Andrew Smith, University of Glasgow, UK
Statue of Henry Dundas in Edinburgh

Making redress for slavery goes far further than statues of individuals

Article by Diana Paton (William Robertson Professor of History at The University of Edinburgh) – Cross posted from The Scotsman – 21 June 2020
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Race, intersectionality and Covid-19

Cross posted from Discover Society – Blog post by Ashlee Christoffersen
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Reviewing the reviewers: how people made sense of W. E. B. Du Bois’s Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil

Cross posted from Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power – Blog post by Matthew W. Hughey, University of Connecticut, USA
Black Lives Matter protest

White shields

Cross posted from London Review of Books – Blog post by Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini
black and white image of a protest, with a sign reading 'Justice Now'

Welcome to RACE.ED

It is with a great sense of purpose that we announce the inauguration of RACE.ED – a cross university hub for research and teaching on race, ethnicity and decolonial thought.RACE.ED […]
women reading a book titled 'Decolonising University' at a window.

The 21st century university: source of dystopia or decoloniality?

Cross posted from Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power – Blog post by Marcelle C. Dawson, University of Otago, New Zealand

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