Staff and Student Resources - University of Wolverhampton

JEDI is about the exploration of self and finding new perspectives on our journey to become an equitable community for all students and staff at the University of Wolverhampton. Our first step towards social justice is to become unswervingly anti-racist.

Our journey will undoubtedly reveal some uncomfortable truths, which may reveal that we need to unlearn racist ideas that exist due to the circumstances we were born into. While we did not have a hand in designing things the way they are. Everyone has an essential role in helping rectify the situation, and on that journey, we can discover new ways of seeing the world around us.

Fortunately, there are steps you can take to embark on an anti-racism journey. To help everyone join us on this journey of unlearning, we have provided some fascinating materials below.

Resources

Taking Up Space by Chelsea Kwakye and Ọrẹ Ogunbiyi

Black British Lives Matter: A Clarion Call for Equality by Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder

Black and British: A short, essential history by David Olusoga

Maybe I Don't Belong Here by David HaAlerewood

The New Age of Empire How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World by Kehinde Andrews

Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga

Nice Racism How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm by Robin DiAngelo

Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging by Afua Hirsch

In Black and White A Young Barrister’s Story of Race and Class in a Broken Justice System by Alexandra Wilson

Closing the Gap (UUK and NUS 2019)

Staying Power: The Career Experiences and Strategies of UK Black Female Professors by Dr Nicola Rollock (UCU 2019)

Equality in Higher Education: Staff Statistical Report 2019 (Advance HE 2019)

Equality in Higher Education: Students Statistical Report 2019 (Advance HE 2019)

Unmasking 'racial micro aggressions' (American Psychological Association 2009)

Employment and earning differences in the early career of ethnic minority British graduates: the importance of university career, parental background and area characteristics (Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 2017)

Tackling racial harassment: Universities challenged (Equality and Human Rights Commission 2019)

Teaching race, racism and racial justice: Pedagogical principles and classroom strategies for course instructors (Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching 2019)

Pedagogy of fear: toward a Fanonian theory of ‘safety’ in race dialogue (Race Ethnicity and Education 2010)

Tackling Racial Harassment in Higher Education (Universities UK, 2020)

Office for Students: Universities Must Eliminate Equality Gaps (OFS 2018)

Revealed: How Ethnic Minority Graduates Lose out on Jobs (The Guardian 2017)

Living in Fear: One in Three Muslim Students Attacked on Campus as Islamophobic Hate Crime Surges (The Independent 2018)

Lack of diverse curriculum 'hampers BAME students', university study finds (BBC 2021)

UK universities are institutionally racist, says leading vice-chancellor (The Guardian 2021)

Fixing racial inequality in universities shouldn't just be left to BAME students (The Guardian 2020)

Is Uni Racist? Black and ethnic minority students allege mishandling of racism complaints (BBC 2021)

Thread Shred: I exposed racism at my university and got suspended (BBC 2018)

Panorama: Let’s Talk about Race

Football, Racism and Social Media

Does the UK suffer from similar systemic racism to the US? | Question Time - BBC

The School That Tried to End Racism

Leigh-Anne: Race, Pop & Power