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“It's a horrifying thing when people say it's anti-patriotic to acknowledge the very real problems with racism- it suggests that for the sake of unity we need to pretend everything is ok.” @rgay says it’s a fantasy to suggest Australia doesn’t have a problem with racism #TheDrum

I am a working class woman of colour. There are many, many moments when I am made to feel like an outsider, that I don't belong, that the space is not mine to own. Time for change #equity #socialjustice routledge.com/The-Experience…

Tomorrow I will discuss how 'Higher education institutions are spaces of white privilege which fail to cater for the experiences of BME groups. They employ a rhetoric of inclusion, but one that is rarely evidenced in practice or outcomes' (p103) policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/white-privilege

Dear @nikeshshukla, thanks - always... the work you do supporting other writers always makes it seem like I did some huge thing. I'm mad proud of you - and crazy flattered by the company you shout me out in: @salenagodden & @niven_govinden - legends! ❤ theguardian.com/books/2019/mar…

This is a horrible sad day. artnews.com/2019/03/15/okw…

Not one, but TWO, Jamaican poets have won the prestigious and hefty Windham-Campbell Prize this year--an unrestricted grant of $165,000 to support their writing--congrats to @kwamedawes and Ishion Hutchinson windhamcampbell.org/?fbclid=IwAR2h…

#BreakingNewGround19 IS LAUNCHED!!!!! #LBF19

@sltashley OMG!

Your Complete Guide To Halal Authentic Japanese Food In Tokyo havehalalwilltravel.com/blog/the-ultim…

Are Soas students right to ‘decolonise’ their minds from western philosophers? theguardian.com/education/2017…

Interested in getting your research out to UK policy-makers? We spoke to Dr Seán Williams (@WiggishHistory) about attending our Engaging with Government course with @instituteforgov ahrc.ukri.org/newsevents/new…

@Everyday_Muslim changing the discourse at VolOrgs&Archives:Why Do Records Matter? conference "What is culture if not a record of the time we're living in? If people don't see themselves represented in the past, they don't feel they have a place"#volsecarchives @MultCulHeritage

"The danger with #identitypolitics, always, is the degree to which it’s just about you, or whether you are using your identity to engage with other people. It’s a great place to start, identity, and a terrible place to finish." @garyyounge thebritishacademy.ac.uk/podcast/gary-y…

Sir Stuart Etherington suggests organisations should share their history alongside their plans for the future as a way to increase public trust in the organisation. Rooting their future in how they have developed and evolved over time. #volsecarchives

@Everyday_Muslim on Black Muslim Heritage Project talking about monolithic presumptions of Muslims and the need for representations of 'diversity within diversity' at Voluntary Orgs & Archives; Why Do Records Matter? conference @BritishAcademy_ @ucl #volsecarchives

We’re at @LdnMetArchives #morethanwords #huntleyarchives

Asian academics push for diversity in higher education easterneye.biz/asian-academic… via @EasternEye

Nina Simone born this day, 1933, North Carolina. Here she is live in London, 1968 performing "Ain't Got No/ I Got Life," songs written for the musical 'Hair.'

This research (published in 2016) explores the experiences of BME academics in higher education in the UK and USA - from lecturer to professor #equity #socialjustice routledge.com/The-Experience…