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How has Black Lives Matter affected racism in education?
02 May 2024, 4:45 pm–7:30 pm
Prof. Kalwant Bhopal (UoB) will examine racism in education in the wake of Black Lives Matter. She’ll also present her first trade book: Race and Education (Penguin).
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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SELCS Department
Location
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Sir Ambroise Fleming LTRobert BuildingMalet PlaceLondonWC1E 7JE
This lecture examines racism in education. It explores how post Black Lives Matter has made little if any difference to the experiences of ethnic minority students in schools and higher education. Instead, the lecture argues that racism has deteriorated and whiteness shapes educational spaces which perpetuate structural, institutional and individual racisms. Consequently, education works to deliberately reproduce white supremacy. The lecture will focus on empirical research to examine how this takes place, as well as offering ways forward for a socially just education system.
About the Speaker
Kalwant Bhopal
at University of Birmingham
Kalwant Bhopal is Professor of Education and Social Justice and Director of the Centre for Research in Race and Education at the University of Birmingham. She is the author of multiple books, including the highly influential White Privilege, which helped to popularize the term. Race and Education is her first trade book.