In this episode of EduKATE, Deanna Lyn Cook teaches me a very important lesson on race. She teaches me about the state of race in UK Academia, and specifically educates me on the Black British female figures who have been erased from mainstream British histories. We then have a general discussion about what micro-aggressions are specifically to Black people in Britain today, Deanna's experience of racism in Britain, and why people find it uncomfortable talking about Race.

Key references from this discussion:

Non-Fiction

•Peter Fryer, Staying Power (1984)

•Kennetta Hammond Perry, London Is The Place For Me (2015)

•Paul Gilroy, There Ain’t No Black In The Union Jack (1987)

•David Olusoga, Black and British: A Forgotten History (2016)

•Ben Bousquet & Colin Douglas, West Indian Women At War: British Racism In World War II (1991)

•Emma Dabiri, Don’t Touch My Hair (2019)

Reports on Academia:

•Royal Historical Society: Race, Ethnicity & Equality in UK History: A Report and Resource for Change (October 2018)

•Leading Routes: The Broken Pipeline – Barriers to Black PhD Students Accessing Research Council Funding (September 2019)

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