Discomfort with confronting whiteness, and a fear of being labelled as ‘racist’, is preventing White people from engaging in important conversations about race. The last year has seen the explosion of a global conversation about race, with an increased focus on the importance of being anti-racist. However, conversations about racism can often find themselves shut …
Artificial Intelligence systems are learning to replicate and codify systemic biases, posing problems for the fight against racial injustice. Artificial intelligence, or AI, is becoming an increasingly present part of our everyday lives. Programmes designed to integrate AI into areas like healthcare, education, and criminal justice are cropping up everywhere, designed to streamline and simplify …
Historically, the education system in the U.K. was designed for and only benefitted White students. Today, although there have been great leaps made since the beginning of the educational systems in the U.K., large disparities still exist between White students and students of colour. In recent years, universities have been tracking the “disparity in the …
