Race
Colour, culture, class, colony … conform, reform, deform, transform … justice, inclusion, equality, antiracism
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INTRODUCTORY
It Was Worth Staying - start of a new job, 1979
Memorandum to Oppressors - power and privilege, 1984
Where We Are Now - and what next? 2020
Inner Character and Real Effects - the UK government, 2022
TALKS AND ESSAYS
They Struggled Here - bearing witness, telling tales,1996
Freeing Histories and Future Flowerings - narrative, lies and truth in multi-ethnic Britain, 2000
County Grounds and Town Halls - equality and belonging here and now, 2001
Looking Back, Looking Around - the university lecturer as modern saint, 2007
Unkind Names at School - an episode and points arising, 2008
COMMENTS AND BLOGPOSTS
Taking a Stand - a book review, 2008
'They made us nicer people' - olympics and paralympics, 2012
Think Danny Boyle, not Daily Mail - memo for a party conference, 2013
This is About You Too, Mrs Cohen - a very light sleeper, 2014
SEE ALSO
Faith - standing with Muslims against Islamophobia, 1992 onwards
Law - the public sector quality duty, 2010 onwards
School - policies and practice in antiracist education, 1979 onwards