Although I'm sad to see this happen, don't you think it's sad that more Universities around the country don't hold any Black studies courses. As a black woman in the North East of England who has just completed my Master's degree and my dissertation was on Intersectional women in educational leadership and talked about the glass ceiling etc, the research was great but other than the one black male tutor on the academic team I had no one that represented black women. In fact, I found alarming facts and figures on black women and other women of colour that show we still haven't broken through and the pace is almost at a standstill for closing any racial gap! So sad!
So sorry . I am A Black Studies student at Birmingham City Uni . Everything Kehinde says about the course applies . It is something very different, challeging, encouraging a d nurtures genuien independent thought. Hopefully this decision can be reversed
Can the community help to fund and support the cause? This was my initial question after only 10mins in..18mins in i see "we" or a lack thereof is the problem. So going forward, why provide something people don't want or don't value? It looks like this mission is to far up the road and needs seeding from a earlier stage of childhood for them to want to progress onto a degree level in the subject. Parents of black children are a disgrace though, it has to be said. Any kind of "consciousness" in this modern day should carry an endangered species listing. So what does the future really look like for black ppl in the UK? From community to commonality..to "my truth" individuals.
Years ago, there was Black history course in the Midlands, . Just because BU withdraws support.. doesn't mean it has to go. I would love to do a few modules but not a whole 3/4 yes again.
Have you thought of getting Black Studies degree into prisons? Unfortunately, it’s where a lot of our Black folk are disproportionately represented and if they had a strong sense of self they may not have ended up there in the first place. There is education offered in prisons accredited by colleges and universities. Just a thought.
At 15 mins approx. Your claim that this is an institutionally racist decision seems to be based solely on the thought that you think the course is important, even though the representatives of the institution disagree because in their view the course is is not economically viable due to low numbers. Is it anything more than that? What of other courses that are rejected for similar reasons, but whose content has nothing to do with race issues? What would your view be of those? In other words, I'm struggling to see how the fact that decisions are based on economical viability, lamentable as they are in the context of HE, have anything to do with structural racism.
Exactly, if there is only one black studies course in the whole country and it still can't recruit sufficient students (even after presumably reducing entry requirements to the bare minimum), that rather confirms the course is simply not economically viable and a bit of a failed experiment. Had there really been structural racism the course would never have been set up in the first place. I suspect that many of the students who were the target audience have realised that countless courses across the country provide the opportunity to explore race issues, if they so wish, as part of a wider programme of study.
Black people should be funded and offered places on undergraduate Black Studies courses as part of our reparations. We have been mis-educated for free in the school system, so re-education for our wellness should be free.
Black people should be funded and offered places on undergraduate Black Studies courses as part of our reparations. We have been mis-educated for free in the school system, so re-education for our wellness should be free.
Although I'm sad to see this happen, don't you think it's sad that more Universities around the country don't hold any Black studies courses. As a black woman in the North East of England who has just completed my Master's degree and my dissertation was on Intersectional women in educational leadership and talked about the glass ceiling etc, the research was great but other than the one black male tutor on the academic team I had no one that represented black women. In fact, I found alarming facts and figures on black women and other women of colour that show we still haven't broken through and the pace is almost at a standstill for closing any racial gap! So sad!
Really good listening to you on a bank holiday morning. I’ll be looking forward to more…..
Im so sorry to hear this love and solidarity ❤️
Thanks for all you do
So sorry . I am A Black Studies student at Birmingham City Uni . Everything Kehinde says about the course applies . It is something very different, challeging, encouraging a d nurtures genuien independent thought. Hopefully this decision can be reversed
How about sending an information pack to career departments of schools? and posters in jobcentres... The Open University??
Can the community help to fund and support the cause? This was my initial question after only 10mins in..18mins in i see "we" or a lack thereof is the problem. So going forward, why provide something people don't want or don't value? It looks like this mission is to far up the road and needs seeding from a earlier stage of childhood for them to want to progress onto a degree level in the subject. Parents of black children are a disgrace though, it has to be said. Any kind of "consciousness" in this modern day should carry an endangered species listing. So what does the future really look like for black ppl in the UK? From community to commonality..to "my truth" individuals.
I am going to email The Stephen Lawrence Foundation at De Montfort and see if they can assist u. We have to save this course, its so vital.
I have a degree in “Izz it coz I Izz black fam”
Years ago, there was Black history course in the Midlands, . Just because BU withdraws support.. doesn't mean it has to go.
I would love to do a few modules but not a whole 3/4 yes again.
Have you thought of getting Black Studies degree into prisons? Unfortunately, it’s where a lot of our Black folk are disproportionately represented and if they had a strong sense of self they may not have ended up there in the first place. There is education offered in prisons accredited by colleges and universities. Just a thought.
Even if only Black people read the book, what's wrong with that?
At 15 mins approx. Your claim that this is an institutionally racist decision seems to be based solely on the thought that you think the course is important, even though the representatives of the institution disagree because in their view the course is is not economically viable due to low numbers. Is it anything more than that?
What of other courses that are rejected for similar reasons, but whose content has nothing to do with race issues? What would your view be of those? In other words, I'm struggling to see how the fact that decisions are based on economical viability, lamentable as they are in the context of HE, have anything to do with structural racism.
Exactly, if there is only one black studies course in the whole country and it still can't recruit sufficient students (even after presumably reducing entry requirements to the bare minimum), that rather confirms the course is simply not economically viable and a bit of a failed experiment. Had there really been structural racism the course would never have been set up in the first place. I suspect that many of the students who were the target audience have realised that countless courses across the country provide the opportunity to explore race issues, if they so wish, as part of a wider programme of study.
Black people should be funded and offered places on undergraduate Black Studies courses as part of our reparations. We have been mis-educated for free in the school system, so re-education for our wellness should be free.
Free uni cos slavery innit fam. No, you don’t get a pampered life because of historical events I’m afraid.
Black people should be funded and offered places on undergraduate Black Studies courses as part of our reparations. We have been mis-educated for free in the school system, so re-education for our wellness should be free.
Facts been saying this for years they should make every major university in the uk capital citys free for blacks as part of repatriations