📢Why does everything have to be about race?

Keith Boykin debunks the lies, myths, & misinformation around race with history, knowledge, & truth. In discussion with Gary Younge

📆5pm, 23 April 2024, Manchester - see link for updated room

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My new article on the use of rap lyrics as evidence in legal cases. Open access. Race & Class thread.

📢JOBS: 2 x Lecturer and 1 x Senior Lecturer.
Permanent, £40-68k. Expertise in ‘race’/ethnicity; health; ageing; social media & social networks (quant); quant/mixed method SNA; survey methods. Apply by 29/04/2024
The British Academy The BSA UoM School of Social Sciences
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📢CoDE (Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity) seminar

Meet NYT bestselling author @KeithBoykin for a discussion chaired by Prof @GaryYounge of his new book, Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?, which debunks 25 toxic arguments about race💡

📅23 April, 5-6pm
📍University Place 3.212, @officialuom

❗IN THREE WEEKS, hear how rap music is unfairly used in criminal trials with Keir Monteith KC for his inaugural lecture w/ UoM Law & CoDE (Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity)

Join us for a conversation on stereotypes and reform ⚖️

📅1 MAY🕒5-6.30PM🎟️FREE

📍 Uni Place

👉Book: bit.ly/3VrniCa

📢 SPECIAL SEMINAR:

Why does everything have to be about race?
Keith Boykin debunks the lies, myths, & misinformation around race with history, knowledge, & truth.

📆5pm, 23 April 2024, Manchester, intro by Gary Younge

🎫Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-does-eve…

How it started…how it’s going.

Shame on you HOME for choosing to silence rather than celebrate Palestinian voices.

📍MANCHESTER 📍

Our very own Keir Monteith KC gives his inaugural lecture at The University of Manchester on May 1st ‼️ Get your free tickets now, we’re looking forward to meeting you all there

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Important upcoming lecture at UoM: Keir Monteith KC Garden Court Chambers on the Misuse of rap in criminal trials.
CoDE (Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity) Policy@Manchester School of Arts, Languages and Culture Creative:mcr JENGbA
Free event; all welcome. Register in-person or online :
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New publication in Politics & Gender with Maria Sobolewska 🇺🇦 on experiences of ethnic minority women in UK local government

'Ticking two boxes', ethnic minority women meet both gender & ethnic quota imperatives at once but fight two battles due to intersections of racism & sexism 1/

In this new paper Dr Neema Begum & I use 85 interviews with ethnic minority women & men in local gov. to show that despite minority women experiencing increased success at the stage of selection, they still experience sexism, racism, and an intersection of these. Short thread 1/

What a sad and shameful statistic for humankind

“This is the biggest cohort of pediatric amputees in history”

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All too often, creative ideas are pursued, and startups are launched (or abandoned), without understanding the options, legal structures and what the best approach is for your creative idea or business. bit.ly/CreativeStartU…

Reimagining the 'English' Pub: Race, Class & Convivial Possibilities

CoDE (Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity) seminar this Thursday in-person in Manchester discussing pubs, pints and stuff

1 - 2.15pm

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Deadline TOMORROW!

Simple application: if you know of any 15-25yr olds who are passionate about the need to change the UK education system.

This is a unique opportunity (with funding & support) to research their area of interest and share their findings.

'Labour's opportunistic sanctimony is difficult to stomach. This is the definition of instrumentalisation. Racism is not a game. When a party exploits it for its own political advantage, it cheapens the accusation and deepens the cynicism.' theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

How many thousands more Palestinian children must Israel slaughter before the University of Manchester ends its blood-soaked partnership with BAE Systems? The University of Manchester

EVENT:

Reimagining the 'English' Pub: Race, Class & Convivial Possibilities

📆1-2.30pm Thurs 21 Mar 2024

Amit Singh Am It

In person, all welcome.
UoM School of Social Sciences UoM SoSS PhD Dr Meghan Tinsley Bridget Byrne University of Manchester Sociology department
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📣 Our Keir Monteith KC writes in Counsel Magazine March Issue - ' #RacialBias & the Bench: One Year On'📣

'One year on & the Court of Appeal fails to quash convictions after receiving evidence of racism in the jury room.'

Read the virtual issue here 🔽
tinyurl.com/ysaznaj3

Almost a quarter of women live with migraine ♀️

For #InternationalWomensDay , we want to raise awareness of the huge impact migraine can have on their lives, from influencing decisions around contraception, pregnancy and menopause to affecting mental health.