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Education & Development
What is Critical Race Theory?
What is Critical Race Theory and how could it be used to change structures and processes that sustain institutional and individual racism?
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Education & Development
How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?
Looking at institutional racism, this article explores how this affects the criminal justice system and policing.
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Education & Development
Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK
How does policing in the US and the UK operate and how does this feed into debates around policing and racism?
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Education & Development
Insights into Policing and Racism in the UK – a collection
This collection provides overview and historical context of (some of) the differences and similarities in policing in the USA and UK, particularly those related to race and systemic and institutional racism, and what’s being done about racism in the police.
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History & The Arts
Art, Loot and Empire: The Benin Bronzes
How did the West African artworks known as the Benin Bronzes end up in European museums? And why does it matter?
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History & The Arts
Reading Between the Lines: uncovering racism and homophobia in British history
Historically, there was a tendency to ascribe lesbianism to BAME women and ‘other’ nations. Anita Pilgrim draws on some examples in this article...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
How yoga conquered Britain: the feminist legacy of Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri
Suzanne Newcombe explores the contribution of two key female figures in the popularisation of yoga in Britain.
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Education & Development
Why Design Education needs Black and Women of Colour Feminist Thinking
Tanveer Ahmed reflects on how Black and women of colour feminist theories have helped her better understand how patriarchal and Eurocentric narratives continue to underpin and shape fashion design and explores how to decolonise design practices.
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Education & Development
Developing Stamina for Decolonising Higher Education
What are the challenges, possibilities and complexities of decolonising Higher Education? Sharon Stein explores how to hold space for the difficulties of decolonisation in this article and video.
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Society, Politics & Law
Remembering Stuart Hall
Stuart Hall (3 February 1932 – 10 February 2014) was a cultural theorist and Professor of Sociology at The Open University from 1979-1997. We remember him with these articles and video clips.
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Education & Development
Crafting a new international partnership for racial equity in Higher Education
As part of Black History Month 2020, Jessica Aguti of Makerere University and Charles Mbalyohere of The Open University were invited to talk about an exciting partnership between their two institutions.
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Education & Development
Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology
Why is it important for White people to talk about Whiteness? Rod Earle, a senior lecturer in youth justice, explores this in relation to racism and criminology…