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Not white, not seen: study uncovers France’s racial blind spot

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Faculty of Humanities @uomhums.bsky.social · Sep 9

🔗Read more about the story here: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/s...

@uomsoss.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social

A groundbreaking new study from The University of Manchester has challenged traditional ideas of race and national identity in France, revealing how French citizens of Indian descent are navigating th...

Connect with others at this meeting of the CoDE Early Career Researcher Network then hear Gary Younge's lecture 'Pigeonholed'

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CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · Sep 9

Early Career Researcher Network meeting:

🗣 Activism & Academia (followed by 'Pigeonholed', Faber lecture by Gary Younge)

📆Thurs 16 Oct 2025 Manchester
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/activism-a...

Activism and Academia

Call for papers - On the Body | Jessica Cox

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CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · Sep 9

Call for papers:

'On the body' conference
7 Nov, Uni of Dundee

Race & racialisation in medicine and humanities. More info 👇🏾
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Hello again! Mathilde Lyons and I are very excited to announce the launch of On the Body: an interdisciplinary conference on race and racialisation in medicine and humanities, held on the 7th of Novem...

www.linkedin.com

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CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · Sep 5

“A flag doesn’t hold any inherent meaning – it’s about why you put it up and what’s behind it.” Bridget Byrne comments on the recent increase in St George's flags
@uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/e...

From patriotic to racist – can the England flag ever be reclaimed?

A group raising money to get every lamp post in their village adorned with the ‘beautiful’ St George’s flag has been met with backlash. Helen Coffey asks whether the far right’s commandeering of our n...

www.independent.co.uk

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CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · Aug 12

EVENT: Collaborative Café: Conversations on Racism

📆 12-4:30pm,Thurs 11 Sept 2025
📍Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool

Dialogue & discussions on racism & intersectionality. Organised by Dr Niroshan Ramachandran.
@uomsociology.bsky.social
events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...

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CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · Jul 30

🎧Dharmi Kapadia contributes to this episode of #AntiSocial on racism & prejudice. Dharmi discusses our research on the many complex, overlapping & accumulating impacts of racism.
(Dharmi's section starts around 22:40mins) @uomsoss.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

AntiSocial - Racism and prejudice - BBC Sounds

Is it useful to talk about a hierarchy of racism?

www.bbc.co.uk

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CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · Jul 30

New article from @amit-singh.bsky.social on how young working-class people balance potential risk and reward in decisions on whether to go to university 👇🏾

Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · Jul 28

New paper for @bjsociology.bsky.social exploring how working-class young people in London, Rochdale & Morecambe associate university with risk due to debt (deterring some), but also potential reward in terms of grad premium, and crucially, dignity

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Managing Risk & Seeking Dignity: Working‐Class Perceptions of University in London, Rochdale & Morecambe

This paper examines how working-class young people enroled at college in London, Rochdale and Morecambe perceive of university. It argues that university represents a great risk, associated with high...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · Jul 14

...If you aren't part of our network but are an early career scholar of race, racism and ethnicity then you can join us here for online meetups, in person events and our email list. All welcome!
www.ethnicity.ac.uk/connect/earl...

Early career researcher network | Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity | The University of Manchester

www.ethnicity.ac.uk

'The Making of pragmatist feminism in Arab American women cultural productions '- Roaa Ali seminar

CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · Jul 14

Are you part of our early career scholar network? We are collecting feedback on our activities - if you can help us out by filling in our short & sweet form we'd appreciate it 🙏🏾
www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

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CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · Jul 7

📽 RECORDING OF

'The Making of pragmatist feminism in Arab American women cultural productions '- @roaa-ali.bsky.social

@uomsociology.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social

youtu.be/mzTYUTkmCWg

YouTube video by CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity

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CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · Jul 7

Care, community & wellbeing event for early career researchers who are racially minoritised or working on 'race'/racism

Weds 23 July, Manchester
Registration 👇🏿

CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · Jun 30

🧘🏾‍♀️Somatics, Yoga & Working Lunch - CoDE Network Event

9.45-2pm Weds 23 July 2025, Manchester

Care, community & wellbeing event for early career researchers who are racially minoritised or working on 'race'/racism. Lunch provided @uomsoss.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/somatics-y...

Somatics, Yoga & Working Lunch - CoDE Network Event

This event aims to provide a space for radical care, community and wellbeing for ECRs working on race and racism

Researching equality at work and in society in a hostile political context

CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · Jul 3

Researching equality at work & in society in a hostile political context

🗣 @shamuskhan.bsky.social & Nelarine Cornelius
📆2-4pm Weds 16 July (lunch from 1pm) Manchester

Workshop from @workequalities.bsky.social & @ethnicityuk.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researchin... @uomsoss.bsky.social

A roundtable workshop exploring challenges faced by scholars working on equality, inclusion and social justice.

Police in schools | Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity | The University of Manchester

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StopWatch @stopwatchuk.bsky.social · Jun 30

Important @ethnicityuk.bsky.social research project exploring the presence and impact of police in schools across England. Find out more via the link:

www.ethnicity.ac.uk/research/pro...

www.ethnicity.ac.uk

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CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · Jun 30

🧘🏾‍♀️Somatics, Yoga & Working Lunch - CoDE Network Event

9.45-2pm Weds 23 July 2025, Manchester

Care, community & wellbeing event for early career researchers who are racially minoritised or working on 'race'/racism. Lunch provided @uomsoss.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/somatics-y...

Somatics, Yoga & Working Lunch - CoDE Network Event

This event aims to provide a space for radical care, community and wellbeing for ECRs working on race and racism

Police in schools | Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity | The University of Manchester

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Child of the North @childofthenorth.bsky.social · Jun 24

A new project from @ethnicityuk.bsky.social‬ is collecting testimonies on experiences of policing in school. They want to hear from students, parents, carers, teachers, staff and others.

Share your thoughts via WhatsApp, email, or online, using the link below 👇

www.ethnicity.ac.uk/research/pro...

www.ethnicity.ac.uk

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CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · Jun 24

We’re collecting testimonies on policing in schools across England.

Students, parents, carers, teachers, youth workers & others — if you’ve got a perspective, we want to hear from you. WhatsApp, email, or online form 👇🏿. Pls share 🙏🏿
#PoliceInSchools www.ethnicity.ac.uk/school-policing/

Repeats text in post plus 'have you seen police in and around a school? have you had experiences with police at or near school?'

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Bridget Byrne @bridgetbyrne8.bsky.social · Jun 18

New article by @roaa-ali.bsky.social and me - coming out of @ethnicityuk.bsky.social research on how agendas of inclusivity and diversity played out in a museum setting. We make the case that a focus on anti-racism would have produced more critical change.

The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · Jun 16

“There was an investment on being inclusive – but in a way which tended not to involve a clear sense of what might need to change.”

@bridgetbyrne8.bsky.social @roaa-ali.bsky.social‬ @uomsociology.bsky.social‬ on the challenges that museums face in decolonisation.

#OpenAccess buff.ly/NtDEu6L

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · Jun 16

“There was an investment on being inclusive – but in a way which tended not to involve a clear sense of what might need to change.”

@bridgetbyrne8.bsky.social @roaa-ali.bsky.social‬ @uomsociology.bsky.social‬ on the challenges that museums face in decolonisation.

#OpenAccess buff.ly/NtDEu6L

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Barbora Cernusakova @bcernusa.bsky.social · Jun 16

In this article in the New Political Economy, I discuss the extractive & disciplinary power of household debt over Roma workers in Czechia. Drawing on ethnography, I show how the unpayable debt becomes a mechanism to discipline labour as a whole.

shorturl.at/VOQrB
@uomsociology.bsky.social

Disciplining of Roma workers through predatory debt in Czechia

Looking at the entrapment of Roma workers in unpayable debts in Czechia, this article discusses the relationship between racialisation, predatory debt and labour disciplining. Drawing on long-term ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Healthier Futures at the University of Manchester @healthierfutures.bsky.social · Jun 16

Hugely important research on #racialdiscrimination and #mentalhealth from @ethnicityuk.bsky.social

#healthinequalities

CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · Jun 16

REPORT: The impact of racial discrimination on mental health
📌 'dose-response' relationship (more experiences of racism -> worse mental health)
📌 impact is cumulative & recency counts
📌 impact is direct & indirect (racism -> poorer housing -> worse mental health)
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...

New report shows a ‘dose response’ relationship between racism and poor mental health

A new report titled The impact of racial discrimination on mental health investigates how experiencing racial discrimination affects mental health, both directly and indirectly.It finds a ‘dose-respon...

CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · Jun 16

Authored by @patsyirizar.bsky.social, Dharmi Kapadia, Harry Taylor, Gertrude Wafula, Albert Kwansa, @charleskod.bsky.social @inequalccsr.bsky.social @vkatikireddi.bsky.social

@uomsoss.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social @healthierfutures.bsky.social

New report shows a ‘dose response’ relationship between racism and poor mental health

CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · Jun 16

REPORT: The impact of racial discrimination on mental health
📌 'dose-response' relationship (more experiences of racism -> worse mental health)
📌 impact is cumulative & recency counts
📌 impact is direct & indirect (racism -> poorer housing -> worse mental health)
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...

A new report titled The impact of racial discrimination on mental health investigates how experiencing racial discrimination affects mental health, both directly and indirectly.It finds a ‘dose-respon...