Having just returned from a visit to Victoria University in Melbourne where race and racism in sport organisations was the topic, it was drawn to my attention that when I visited the wonderful spectacle of the Australian Open that some of the fans wore blackface to depict Serena Williams. Read more
Gary Younge‘s column on the EU Referendum is deeply depressing but aptly sums up my mood and sentiment right now. The leave campaign won but Britain lost: “we are not independent. We are simply isolated”, as Younge laments. Read more
Attitudes around race, especially stereotypes we hold about ‘other’ races, genders, sexualities, nationalities, ethnicities, classes etc. are more real than we care to admit. Read more
Why am I the only Black female STEM academic (Associate Professor) in my faculty and why are there such a paucity of Black women in academic STEM careers? Read more
