Racism is a structural barrier perpetuated by individuals that lead to discrimination against a person because of their race.
This discrimination can include assumptions about capabilities based on racial stereotypes, the denial of promotions or a dismissal of the expertise of the racialised individual. These injustices are still experienced everyday by Black people, including Black educators.
The NEU uses Black in a political context to encompass “all members who self-identify as Black, Asian and any other minority ethnic groups who do not identify themselves as white“.
Framework for developing an anti-racist approach.
Visible and Invisible Barriers: the impact of racism on BME teachers.
Report out of a roundtable on the adultification of Black girls in secondary schools, convened by the NEU and the All-Party Political Group on Race and Equality in Education, at Westminster, December 2022.
Windrush Day marks the day SS Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks in Essex in 1948.
October is Black History Month, a time to recognise and celebrate the invaluable contributions of Black people in the UK and around the world.
Find out more about the experiences of refugee children in UK schools and how they make new connections in their communities.
A comprehensive set of teaching resources on the Holocaust and Nazi persecution, produced by the NEU and the Holocaust Educational Trust.
Recognising International Equality events in January and February.
Rebuilding a school system that supports all students, staff and teachers and is responsive to the particular needs of each and every child.
Exclusions from school constitute a significant risk to life chances.
All teachers and educational professionals have specific protection from discrimination at work on grounds of race under the Equality Act 2010.
Improving representation means changing school cultures.
NEU will continue to welcome and integrate refugees, asylum seekers and migrants into their schools and communities and oppose the racism to which government policy appeals.
