COVID-19 and Racism

Vini Lander is Professor of Race and Education and Director of the Centre for Race, Education and Decoloniality at Leeds Beckett University.Kavyta Kay is Senior Lecturer in Race and Education at the Centre for Race, Education and Decoloniality at Leeds Beckett University. Tiffany R. Holloman is Lecturer at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Project Manager in the Centre for Inclusion and Diversity at the University of Bradford and Co-founder/Director of Same Skies Think Tank.

• Introduction - Vini Lander, Kavyta Kay and Tiffany R. Holloman1. BLAME the BAME - Javeria Shah2. COVID-1984: Wake MBE Up When Black Lives Matter - Tré Ventour-Griffiths3. Black Vaccination Reticence: HBCUs, the Flexner Report, and COVID-19 - LaTonia A. Siler-Holloman and Tiffany R. Holloman4. Pregnancy, Pandemic and Protest: The Critical Reflections of a Black Millennial Mother - Sharon Anyiam5. It’s Alive! The Resurrection of Race Science in the Times of a Public Health Crisis - Jon E.C. Tan6. It’s Not Just Cricket: (Green) Parks and Recreation in COVID Times - Kavyta Kay7. Muslim Funerals During the Pandemic: Socially Distanced Death, Burial and Bereavement Experienced by British-Bangladeshis in London and Edinburgh - Farjana Islam8. Racial Justice and Equalities Law: Progress, Problems, and Potential - Robin Richardson9. Out of Breath; Intersections of Inequality in a Time of Global Pandemic - Anon10. An Exploration of the Label ‘BAME’, Other Existing Collective Terminologies, Their Effect on Mental Health and Identity Within a COVID-19 Context - Yemi Moses11. COVID-19 in the UK: a colour-blind response - Jane Hinchliffe12. Reviewing the Impact of OFQUAL’s Assessment ‘Algorithm’ on Racial Inequalities - Bruno Mallett13. The Impact of COVID-19 on Somali Students’ Education in the UK: Challenges and Recommendations - Yusuf Sheikh Omar, Baar Hersi and Abdishakur TarahConclusion: Long COVID, Long Racism