A PgCert Collection
I am a mixed race woman of British and Nepalese heritage, born into a lower middle class family. I attended primary and secondary comprehensive schools in inner London, before going onto study Fine Art at Chelsea. During my BA, I was one of very few students of colour, a stark contrast to my experience of… Continue reading Intervention: Reflective Report
I came away from our PGCert session on Race struck by the significance of being able to ‘name racism’, following our group discussions about unconscious bias and racial discrimination. Miriam’s declaration, ‘I am a racist’ was helpful in shifting the conversation from this statement feeling like an accusation, or a label to be branded with, towards… Continue reading Race – Shining Lights
Writing this post forced me to think about my own positionality in relation to faith. I grew up in the UK in a dual heritage British-Nepalese household. My mothers atheist scepticism sometimes clashed with my fathers Buddhist/Hindu practises. Although I wouldn’t class him as particularly ‘religious’, to echo Appiah’s lecture, there weren’t beliefs or creeds… Continue reading Faith + Fashion Communication
Intersectionality was first coined over 35 years ago by Kimberlé Crenshaw, drawing on black feminist and critical legal theory. It highlights how facets of our identities, such as race, gender, disability can overlap to compound social disadvantage. Intersectionality is a lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and intersects“… Continue reading Where Power Comes and Collides