1/ A quick PSA: I’ve just had a conversation with a dear friend who has experienced racial discrimination in a school to the point of damaging her mental & physical health. She has been forced to leave because she felt the constant battle would destroy her health further.
2/ She is not the 1st either. That school has had a drain on Global Majority talent because of the incessant bullying & ‘hush-up’ culture.

The irony is they are taking procedures against her at the start of #BlackHistoryMonth.

Guys, in this month while the usual slides of
3/ MLK & Nelson Mandela get shown, if your school is not pursuing active anti-racist policies it’s the equivalent of trying to train a dead horse to run at Ascot.

Please understand, especially during this period, to understand that the systemic injustices are not just in the
4/ past. They are happening now in the present. There are many who struggle to thrive in your places of work & communities because of the implicit & structural disadvantages that they have to navigate everyday.

Although society has rightly got better at curtailing the
5/ overt displays of discrimination, it’s the microagressions & other ‘little’ things that can wear even the best of us down.

Please be aware & proactive this month. Otherwise you efforts will be seen as a tick-box exercise.

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