Black Undergraduates Incapable of Learning from White Professors Claims Student Union
by Jack Montgomery The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Students’ Union has released a report which claims the “whiteness” of the school curriculum, coupled with the “unconscious racism” of white academics, is having a negative impact on Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) undergraduates. The report, titled “Degrees of Racism”, highlights the “need to recruit more BME staff”, questioning the ability of white academics to “relate” to students from a BME background. It also calls for “research on whiteness”, although what form such research would take is left unclear. While conceding SOAS “by design predominantly studies people of colour in Asia...
by Jack Montgomery The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Students’ Union has released a report which claims the “whiteness” of the school curriculum, coupled with the “unconscious racism” of white academics, is having a negative impact on Black and Minority...
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