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MyAVᦠhas adopted a statement on race developed by MyAVᦉ۪s Race Equality Steering Group
The development of MyAV·¶â€™s Statement on Race was led by Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu, Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience and MyAV·¶ Envoy for Race Equality, who says: “MyAV·¶ wants to be at the forefront of promoting race equality in the UK higher education sector, and that requires us to explicitly name the challenge we are fighting against. This statement was initiated by Dr Kamna Patel, Associate Professor of the Development Planning Unit and is the result of wide-ranging consultations and explorations across MyAV·¶. Its formal adoption by MyAV·¶ sends a strong, empowering anti-discrimination message to all staff and students.”
The full text of MyAVᦉ۪s Statement on Race is:
“Action for race equality exists because racism exists in our daily lives, our institutions and society at large. Racism in the UK is the exercise of historic power relations that produce discrimination and is ideologically driven. It means students and staff who identify and are identified as part of the white ethnic majority enjoy a position of relative and typically unspoken and unacknowledged privilege over Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students and staff. Racism manifests at work, in student attainment, staff appointments and promotions. Racism must be fought by everyone. This statement names the challenge.”