Abstract
The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement is generating a new appetite for understanding the ubiquity of systemic racism. In this short piece, a professor and three newly graduated students from different racialized groups reflect on the reproduction of social inequalities in key institutions and on what decolonization means for the nation, not just for education.
Highlights
The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement is generating a new appetite for understanding the ubiquity of systemic racism
The publicity following the death of George Floyd after the white policeman Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck in May 2020 galvanized support for the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement
BLM and the attention it has garnered over the following months has thrown light on the ongoing discrimination and systemic racism that black people continue to face
Summary
The scrutiny of racism that BLM has produced raises questions of commonalities and differences in experiences of racism across groups. Comments from elders range from complaints of becoming too tanned in the summer, and darker skin ruining marriage prospects for young girls, to offhand remarks about how beautiful a baby is for no other reason than their fair complexion. Viewpoint: `When black lives matter all lives will matter’ 521 as external racism since it tears South Asians apart from the inside. This colourism is recognized to be one face of racism that has gained strong footholds because of histories of enslavement and colonialism. There is still a long way to go, but the fact that these conversations are even being had in households across the country is enormously hopeful
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