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Tag: racism

  • Supporting Our Community Following the Death of Professor Jason Arday

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    UCU Sussex extends its condolences to all those affected by the death of Professor Jason Arday. We recognise that this news may have affected colleagues in different ways. Professor Arday’s scholarship, public engagement and advocacy held particular significance for many Black colleagues and colleagues from other racialised and minoritised backgrounds. His passing, alongside the public…

  • Call for University of Sussex to condemn racism in research funding

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    5th September 2020 Dear Professor Becker, We write to ask for the University’s public support for a recent open letter condemning racism in research funding. The letter, written by ten Black women involved in UK research and addressed to UKRI, was prompted by a funding call which saw £0 of £4.3 million awarded to Black…

  • Dismantling White Supremacy at Sussex

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    The most recent Black Lives Matter protests precipitated by the murder of George Floyd in the US have accelerated a polarisation in debates about the nature of “race” and racism in the UK and other “liberal democratic” states. Hard coded into the movement’s very name is a recognition of the fact that black people experience…

  • Black Lives Matter

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    Image credit: https://blacklivesmatter.com/ UCU Sussex stands in solidarity with Black staff and students at the University. We also stand with all those protesting against police brutality and working to dismantle white supremacy within Sussex, the UK, the USA and worldwide. We ask you to sign this open letter addressed to the Vice Chancellor Adam Tickell,…