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itemprop="headline">Racial Inequality in Research and Academia</h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="onDate date"> <i class="icon-time icon-metas" title="Date"></i> <time class="published" datetime="2020-10-07T11:00:23+01:00" itemprop="datePublished">7th October 2020</time> <time class="updated" datetime="2022-03-17T15:12:40+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">17th March 2022</time> </span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <blockquote><p><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span><span data-contrast="none">These are unprecedented times being experienced the world over. </span></p></blockquote> <p><img decoding="async" class=" wp-image-1437 alignleft" src="https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2020/10/Racial-Inequality-in-Education-and-Academia-corrections-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="291" height="194" srcset="https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2020/10/Racial-Inequality-in-Education-and-Academia-corrections-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2020/10/Racial-Inequality-in-Education-and-Academia-corrections-375x250.jpg 375w, https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2020/10/Racial-Inequality-in-Education-and-Academia-corrections.jpg 620w" sizes="(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px" /></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Seemingly everything is coming to an accelerated standstill. The world is experiencing upheavals of varying complexities</span><span data-contrast="none">—</span><span data-contrast="none">upheavals to remove archaic structures and to shake up antiquated norms. The rose</span><span data-contrast="none">–</span><span data-contrast="none">colored lens with which we view the outside realms of affairs are broadening largely in part to the leadership and enthusiasm of the younger generation.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">The recent ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement brought</span><span data-contrast="none"> about a closer introspection of the under imposed</span><span data-contrast="none"> racial imbalance all over the world. The field</span><span data-contrast="none">s</span><span data-contrast="none"> of research and academia </span><span data-contrast="none">are</span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="none">not</span><span data-contrast="none"> immune to the existing racial disproportions. </span><span data-contrast="none">Th</span><span data-contrast="none">ese last 6 months have </span><span data-contrast="none">placed immense pressure on </span><span data-contrast="none">everyone to be cautious in their</span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="none">speech</span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="none">and </span><span data-contrast="none">actions</span><span data-contrast="none">, and reflectiv</span><span data-contrast="none">e in their</span><span data-contrast="none"> personal</span><span data-contrast="none"> thoughts</span><span data-contrast="none"> as well</span><span data-contrast="none">. This blogpost does not aim to generalize anything, it is merely a result of a conversation with different people from different backgrounds and cultural predispositions. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p> <blockquote><p><i><span data-contrast="none">It is a weird feeling for me, because at home; the co</span></i><i><span data-contrast="none">untry I am from is predominantly black, so till my secondary education, I was relatively in my comfort zone. However, when I came here (Australia) for my undergrad, I realized everything is vastly different</span></i><i><span data-contrast="none"> than from what I was used to.</span></i></p> <p><i><span data-contrast="none">-Anonymous </span></i><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p></blockquote> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">The f</span><span data-contrast="none">ield of education may be more accommodating to people of other races and cultures in financially dominating countries like the USA, UK</span><span data-contrast="none"> and</span><span data-contrast="none"> Australia; countries where you witness a huge footfall of international students. </span><span data-contrast="none">However, the outcome of this global amalgamation is not very different.</span><span data-contrast="none"> A study was</span><span data-contrast="none"> conducted by Dr. Jason Arday on </span><span data-contrast="none">“</span><span data-contrast="none">Exploring Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Doctoral Students’ </span><span data-contrast="none">Perceptions </span><span data-contrast="none">of</span><span data-contrast="none"> An </span><span data-contrast="none">Academic Career” </span><span data-contrast="none">found that BME doctoral </span><span data-contrast="none">students </span><span data-contrast="none">were being significantly disad</span><span data-contrast="none">vantaged in relation to oppo</span><span data-contrast="none">rtunities to progress and develop the type of CV required to pursue a career in academia. </span><span data-contrast="none">The findings also </span><span data-contrast="none">illuminated experiences of </span><span data-contrast="none">racism</span><span data-contrast="none"> most notably through more insidious forms such as racial microaggression, hyper-surveillance, and othering. </span><span data-contrast="none">Feelings of exclusion, </span><span data-contrast="none">victimization</span><span data-contrast="none"> and </span><span data-contrast="none">marginalization</span><span data-contrast="none"> within university faculties w</span><span data-contrast="none">ere</span><span data-contrast="none"> also highlighted</span><span data-contrast="none">. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none"> It is apparent that some professions</span><span data-contrast="none">—</span><span data-contrast="none">e</span><span data-contrast="none">specially within fields like medicine, psychology and other high</span><span data-contrast="none">er academic leveled degrees</span><span data-contrast="none">—</span><span data-contrast="none">produce professionals and leaders belonging predominantly to the Caucasian ethnicity.</span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="none">While</span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="none">n</span><span data-contrast="none">o one</span><span data-contrast="none"> is to blame for tipping the scales this way, it is quite evident that higher education degrees like professional doctorates and </span><span data-contrast="none">PhD’s are opted for white candidates, resulting in ‘All-White’ faculties in the most world-renowned higher institutions.</span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="none">“</span><span data-contrast="none">‘Whiteness’ is also a significant </span><span data-contrast="none">feature that was a mechanism that perpetuated racist practices and culture within academia”,</span><span data-contrast="none"> stated Dr. Ardey, whose research was published by the UKCGE. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">In another piece of rese</span><span data-contrast="none">arch</span><span data-contrast="none"> by H. B. Adediran Olaiya on “Inclusivity in</span><span data-contrast="none"> Postgraduate Education” stated that 4% of domicile UK Black academic staff were professors in contrast to an average</span><span data-contrast="none"> of 13% for other ethnicities; only a meagre 0.4% of domicile professors and </span><span data-contrast="none">2.1% of non-domicile professors were Black, which simply s</span><span data-contrast="none">hows the actual numbers of people belonging to other </span><span data-contrast="none">ethnicities do enter the educational institutions as students, but that necessarily does not translate them into getting an actual job. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p> <blockquote><p><i><span data-contrast="none">I have noticed that there are certain degrees which are opted by international students,</span></i><i><span data-contrast="none"> whilst</span></i><i><span data-contrast="none"> there are some degrees</span></i><i><span data-contrast="none"> with</span></i><i><span data-contrast="none"> predomin</span></i><i><span data-contrast="none">antly white</span></i><i><span data-contrast="none"> participants.</span></i><i><span data-contrast="none"> </span></i><i><span data-contrast="none">N</span></i><i><span data-contrast="none">o one</span></i><i><span data-contrast="none"> is directly </span></i><i><span data-contrast="none">at fault for </span></i><i><span data-contrast="none">this,</span></i><i><span data-contrast="none"> but it is a reality which</span></i><i><span data-contrast="none"> definitely leads to inequalities within th</span></i><i><span data-contrast="none">e</span></i><i><span data-contrast="none">se professions.</span></i></p> <p><i><span data-contrast="none">-Anonymous</span></i><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p></blockquote> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Pondering upon the reason for this, one glaring reason comes to mind</span><span data-contrast="none">:</span><span data-contrast="none"> So</span><span data-contrast="none">cio-Economic Status. Whil</span><span data-contrast="none">st</span><span data-contrast="none"> many African and Asian countries are not a</span><span data-contrast="none">s</span><span data-contrast="none"> financial</span><span data-contrast="none">ly affluent</span><span data-contrast="none"> as the above-mentioned countries, most students from these countries opt for degrees, which more or less guarantee jobs right after they graduate which in many cases are associated with lower pay in the long term. While this may not actively be termed as </span><span data-contrast="none">racial inequality persisting within education, the </span><span data-contrast="none">‘</span><span data-contrast="none">conveyor belt mentality</span><span data-contrast="none">’</span><span data-contrast="none"> of securing a well-paying job immediately after completion of a degree stems from a long-standing tradition of oppression and historical imperialism, which each and every one of us </span><span data-contrast="none">su</span><span data-contrast="none">btly condones by our silence</span><span data-contrast="none">.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> <img decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-1440 alignleft" src="https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2020/10/2560-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2020/10/2560-300x300.jpg 300w, https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2020/10/2560-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2020/10/2560-150x150.jpg 150w, https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2020/10/2560-768x768.jpg 768w, https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2020/10/2560-250x250.jpg 250w, https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2020/10/2560.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span><span data-contrast="none">In fields where research actively involves participation of people from all walks of life, it is very difficult to recruit participants from ethnic minorities</span><span data-contrast="none"> which invariably result</span><span data-contrast="none"> fr</span><span data-contrast="none">om the</span><span data-contrast="none"> narrow</span><span data-contrast="none"> perspective of one majority community</span><span data-contrast="none">;</span><span data-contrast="none"> thus, going against the very principle of generalizability, which is one of the major pillars</span><span data-contrast="none"> needed to be</span><span data-contrast="none"> research</span><span data-contrast="none">ed</span><span data-contrast="none">.</span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="none">T</span><span data-contrast="none">hese disparities do not exist in complete isolation. All of </span><span data-contrast="none">us, in one way or another</span><span data-contrast="none"> directly or indirectly contribute to</span><span data-contrast="none"> the undulating levels of personnel presence within education</span><span data-contrast="none">. We, as torch bearers</span><span data-contrast="none">,</span><span data-contrast="none"> need to consistently remind ourselves of the multi-faceted nature of the world</span><span data-contrast="none"> in which</span><span data-contrast="none"> we</span><span data-contrast="none"> currently resid</span><span data-contrast="none">e and the structural lag that exists to provide significant and unfair disadvantage</span><span data-contrast="none">s</span><span data-contrast="none"> to the marginalized.</span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p> <blockquote><p><i><span data-contrast="none">I think </span></i><i><span data-contrast="none">it starts with us realizing that the world is not binary. There is</span></i><i><span data-contrast="none"> a</span></i><i><span data-contrast="none"> whole new world that exists outside the realm of what we see in front of us. So, it is important for us to change the way we think about the issues that not only affect us directly but a</span></i><i><span data-contrast="none">s a community, at large.</span></i></p> <p><i><span data-contrast="none">-Anonymous</span></i><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p></blockquote> <p> </p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"><img decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-1441 alignleft" src="https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2020/10/race-equity-illustration-300x169.png" alt="" width="300" height="169" srcset="https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2020/10/race-equity-illustration-300x169.png 300w, https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2020/10/race-equity-illustration-444x250.png 444w, https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2020/10/race-equity-illustration.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /> </span><span data-contrast="none">The PGR Community </span><span data-contrast="none">in the School of Health in Social </span><span data-contrast="none">Science is</span><span data-contrast="none"> actively represented </span><span data-contrast="none">at the School’s </span><span data-contrast="none">Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group for </span><span data-contrast="none">staff and </span><span data-contrast="none">students to discuss various issues related to racial equality, amongst other</span><span data-contrast="none">s</span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="none">related to gender, wider participation,</span><span data-contrast="none"> and student mental & physical health. </span><span data-contrast="none">We have initiated a discussion group called ‘</span><span data-contrast="none">ConveRACEion</span><span data-contrast="none">’ to promote discussions on racial equality within research and academics. The g</span><span data-contrast="none">roup will also invite speakers to talk about topics like ‘Use of Language</span><span data-contrast="none">’ and ‘Decolonizing the Curriculum’ (See the ConveRACEions flyer below)</span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"335559740":360}"> </span></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class=" wp-image-1457 aligncenter" src="https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-06-at-19.56.39-211x300.png" alt="" width="369" height="525" srcset="https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-06-at-19.56.39-211x300.png 211w, https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-06-at-19.56.39-176x250.png 176w, https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-06-at-19.56.39.png 555w" sizes="(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px" /></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://www.race.ed.ac.uk/"><span data-contrast="none">Race.Ed</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> is also a platform that consists of various resources, workshops, and panel discussions on these issues on the university level</span><span data-contrast="none"> in addition to</span><span data-contrast="none"> various societies and groups under EUSA for students to actively join and spread awareness. </span></p> <p>You can also access different studies on racial equality published and funded by the UK Council for Graduate Education.</p> <hr /> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-2023 aligncenter" src="https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2021/03/Meet-the-Blog-Author-40-300x114.png" alt="" width="639" height="243" srcset="https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2021/03/Meet-the-Blog-Author-40-300x114.png 300w, https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/wp-content/uploads/sites/928/2021/03/Meet-the-Blog-Author-40-1024x390.png 1024w, 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