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I picked up on an important message that Matt Stewart shared two days ago on LinkedIn about racist microaggression being harmful. I shared this message and my thoughts about it. I said that we should do away with the term microaggression, many people agreed. This is a stance I have taken for some time and I was glad that others thought so too. It isn't likely that the perso...

I had an interesting conversation with Anthony Horrigan, CEO of Spktral. As you may be aware I am a Non-Exec Director of Spktral. We often have discussions about pay gaps as you can imagine, particularly because Spktral are pay gap analysis experts who advised the previous government on how to present Ethnicity Pay Gap Data. Our discussion was on the Ethnicity Pay Gap. Anth...

According to the House of Commons Library, The Race Equality Act 1976 extended the definition of discrimination to include indirect discrimination. The Act replaced the Race Relations Board and the Community Relations Commission with the Commission for Racial Equality. Individuals gained the ability to take discrimination complaints directly to civil courts or industrial tribu...

Over the last few weeks, I have seen posts that have truly shocked me. For example, one lady wrote on Twitter that her university did not put out any guidance to support Black, Asian and any other minoritised staff during the period when the right-wing racists were on the rampage. She said she was left frightened, not knowing what to do. Another person said their company seeme...

Time Magazine has identified the following when it comes to colourism vs race; 'skin colour will continue to serve as the most obvious criterion in determining how a person will be evaluated and judged. In this country (America), because of deeply entrenched racism, we already know that dark skin is demonized and light skin wins the prize. And that occurs precisely because thi...

In 2011, I undertook a Myers Briggs assessment. My results showed that I was an ESTJ which is one of Myers Briggs personality types. According to the report, I am practical and a realistic person who can make and implement decisions quickly. I may sometimes leap to conclusions on occasion or act without waiting for new information to become available. I'm highly motivated and ...

I was having a conversation with my business partner Jacqueline A. Hinds MA (HRD) CEIC MCEP where we discussed collaborative working. We were trying to unpick the dynamics of collaborative working.  Collaborative working can be done in different ways; two or more organisations can work together. Approaches range from informal networks and alliances, through j...

I am a product of being brought up by my parents who were part of the Windrush generation. My mother and father came over by ship in 1960, filled with hope for a better life. They married and started a family like many other Windrushers. My parents struggled, because of the unwelcoming behaviours of some of the people they came across in England. societal racism was rif...

I have seen many articles about neurodiversity over the last couple of years. This year seems to be a peak of information, advising and supporting those who are neurodiverse. What I haven't seen a lot of in articles are discussions about the emotional side of neurodiversity, I may have missed it, however, it seems to me that when talking about neurodiversity people should cons...

Institutional Racism as a construct was defined initially by political activists Stokely Carmichael and Charles Vernon Hamilton in 1967.  It subsequently came to prominence in 1999 with the Mcpherson Inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence and latterly other reports emerged such as a Public Health review or disparities in the risks and the outcomes of Covid (2020)...