BAME Lived Experiences

Instagram and BLM: Is it better to say the wrong thing or nothing at all?

The oppression of human lives is not a trend, and should not be treated as such

BAME Lived Experiences Kiki Francis -

My Thoughts

CW: racism, police brutality In all honesty, I don’t think I speak about race all...

BAME Lived Experiences Morayo Adesina -

Black trauma porn, slacktivism, and chicken soup for the activist soul

TW: racism, police brutality, racial violence The torrential online aftermath of the murder of a...

BAME Lived Experiences Kanengo D -

NEVER fail to call out racism: the devastation of silence

TW: Racism, sexual assault British society and campuses continue to live in denial of racial...

BAME Lived Experiences Melanie Onovo -

Latest

Belonging and Burdens at Oxford: Confessions of a BAME Oxonian

‘I’m never going to feel like I belong here!’ It was almost a year ago when those words flew out of my mouth. I...

“Your English is so Good!” and Other Racist Microaggressions

TW: Racism Upon descending at Oxford railway station with my dad at the start of Freshers’ Week and waiting almost fifteen minutes in the queue...

Feeling (Un)attractive in Brown Skin – a personal account

TW: Racism The protests in the US spurred on by repeated institutional injustices against black bodies have opened up numerous conversations about race across the globe....