Ruby Fatimilehin, Secretary of OnBeat Society, discusses the relaunch of the society and the importance of community.
Home Office resume dehumanising deportation of Black Britons
News of the Home Office’s plan to deport 50 Black Britons on the 2nd of December was met with outrage and fierce resistance from campaigners and public figures alike. 82 Black public figures including David […]
Decolonising education: In conversation with Melz
Melz Owusu speaks to Ruby Fatimilehin about founding The Free Black University, Black activism and decolonising education. Leeds alumni Melz Owusu has raised over £126,000 in their campaign to create the Free Black University. They […]
Death of Black Panther Star Chadwick Boseman Sparks Conversation About Ableism
The unexpected and tragic death of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman took the world by surprise. The actor was just 43 when he passed away from colon cancer on the 28th of August. As King T’Challa Boseman was […]
The Murder of Ahmaud Arbery: Viral Videos Lead to Dehumanisation
On the 23rd of February, Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was jogging through his neighbourhood, just outside of Brunswick, Georgia, when he was stopped and killed. A video which has since gone viral shows an unarmed Arbery […]
Windrush Scandal Review Reveals Home Office Ignorance
The highly anticipated Windrush Lessons Learned Review has condemned the Home Office’s treatment of migrants, referring primarily to the Windrush scandal. The review highlights the “profound institutional failure” which caused people who came to the […]
Black Students Disproportionately Affected By Cancellation Of A-level Examinations
Due to COVID-19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Education Secretary Gavin Williamson have announced that GCSE and A-level exams will not be taking place in England this summer. For year thirteen students whose conditional university […]
All Bark and No Bite: Corporate Commitment to Diversity
In recent years, there has been an increased push for diversity, of all kinds, in the workplace, whether that be in business, marketing, education or public institutions. The public are tired of air-brushed pictures of […]
Is There Racism in Maternal Healthcare?
Black women in the UK are far more likely to die from complications surrounding pregnancy and childbirth than their white peers. Although death during pregnancy is still relatively rare in the UK, for black women […]
Is Notting Hill Forgetting Its Roots?
When 500 people gathered for the first ever Notting Hill Carnival in 1966, no one could have imagined its coming popularity. This year saw 2.5 million attendees, 40,000 volunteers and 9,000 police, making it the […]