Just saw a Black woman post up that she is the first Black person to be employed by a psychology dept at a UK uni. She’s obviously thrilled with her appointment but I’m just horrified that in 2020 we are still hearing of these ‘firsts’ for Black academics. Shameful racism.
It’s hard to ‘like’ something like that too, because you just know she’s going into an all white department where it’s not going to be easy for her at all, which is clearly steeped in racism hence they have never employed anyone Black before now
I hope she isn’t alone for too long. I have seen depts like that and the racism is so blatantly obvious. I cannot imagine what that is like. The mixture of joy of being appointed, and fear of knowing you’re going into a department as the first and only Black person there.
Sorry to be clear:
This is in a specific uni in UK. So she’s the first Black person to be appointed in that uni to the psychology dept - not naming it here as I don’t want to out her.
This is in a specific uni in UK. So she’s the first Black person to be appointed in that uni to the psychology dept - not naming it here as I don’t want to out her.
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