Racism in Scotland Resources : Sheet1
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TAKE THEM DOWN
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BLM UK Funds & Petitions
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A sweet soul kindly broke down some resources into key statistics and quotes to aid those who may find some of the links below inaccessible. Please press here for this document.
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Articles / Reports (please refer to the above linked document for more)
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Introduction to Racism in Scotland (they have many reports in their publications section)https://www.crer.scot/racism-in-scotland
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Scots and Caribbean Slaveryhttps://glasgowwestindies.wordpress.com/the-scottish-involvement-with-caribbean-slavery/
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Scots and Caribbean Slavery- Victims and Profiteershttps://glasgowwestindies.wordpress.com/2014/03/06/scots-caribbean-slavery-victims-and-profiteers/
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Glasgow and Caribbean Slavery - Acknowledging the evidence
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Who profited from slavery (Scotland's Hidden Shame?)
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Scotland's role in the Slave Tradehttps://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/history-of-slavery/scotland-and-slavery/
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We Scots must face up to our slave trading past
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How slavery made the modern Scotlandhttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17200038.how-slavery-made-the-modern-scotland/
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The slave trade made Scotland rich. Now we must pay our blood-soaked debtshttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/13/slave-trade-slavery-scotland-pay-debts
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Glasgow University to pay £20m in slave trade reparations
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Dunoon and the Jim Crow rockhttps://thisfragiletent.com/tag/jim-crow-laws/
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Scottish Equality Report https://www.runnymedetrust.org/uploads/Scottish%20Equality%20report%20v3.pdf
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Racism in Schoolshttps://www.tes.com/news/racism-scottish-schools-highlighted-new-report
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BAME experience in Scottish Schoolshttps://interculturalyouthscotland.org/in-sight-report
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Racism, Police and Courts in Scotlandhttps://www.runnymedetrust.org/bgRacismPolice.html
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Deadly Racism in our Justice Systemhttps://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2018/10/07/deadly-racism-in-justice-system/
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No charges for Scottish Police over Sheku Bayoh's death
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Collection of BBC articles https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=racism+scotland
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Dear Racists — How ‘Scottish Exceptionalism’ Stands in Our Way of Real Change.
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What It Is Like Being Black in the Scottish Gaelic Communityhttps://gal-dem.com/what-its-like-being-a-person-of-colour-in-the-scottish-gaelic-community/
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Being Black, Female And Not Living In Londonhttps://blackballad.co.uk/people/being-black-female-and-not-living-in-london
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Race Relations in Scotland - pg 142 - 145
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An Invisible Problem: ‘Rural Racism’ In Southeast Scotlandhttp://www.sipr.ac.uk/Plugin/Publications/assets/files/Rural_Racism_poster.pdf
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Detained Asylum Seekers in "Slave Labor" schemehttps://www.freedomunited.org/news/detained-asylum-seekers-slave-labor-scheme/
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Detention Centre Profits: 20% and up for the Migration Prison Bosseshttps://corporatewatch.org/detention-centre-profits-20-and-up-for-the-migration-prison-bosses/
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Mears Group 2020 Update: Scandal-ridden landlord under fire
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Glasgow Asylum Seekers moved into hotels where distancing is 'impossible'
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Shocking standard of food being given to asylum-seekers
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The Death of a Syrian Refugee in Hotel Detention
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Now they speak, you listenhttps://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2020/06/06/now-they-speak-you-listen/
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Further insight into living conditions of asylum seekers in Glasgowhttps://www.facebook.com/noevictions/
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Home Office contractor admits putting vulnerable asylum seekers at risk – then backtracks hours later
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Attacks on Glasgow asylum seekers demo condemned in the Commonshttps://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/attacks-glasgow-asylum-seekers-demo-22209560
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Asylum seeker protesters evacuate 'unsafe' George Square after clashes with Loyalists
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Myths of False Equivalencehttps://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2020/06/18/myths-of-false-equivalence/
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"The Saudis couldn't do it without us": The UK's true role in Yemen's deadly war
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Glasgow University invests over £3m in arms trade and military service providers
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Ubuntu Women Shelter Biennial Report
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Podcasts / Videos / Documentaries
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Racism in Scotland / Vanessa Kanbihttps://www.instagram.com/tv/CBIcpAQJwgo/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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Recordings from 'Resisting Whiteness' Conference in Edinburgh 2018https://resistingwhiteness.com/blog/
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Racism in Education / Khadija Mohammedhttps://play.acast.com/s/tes-the-education-podcast/51c51a9b-e416-4117-a46a-805e132d9973
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Black and Scottishhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00098n0/black-and-scottish
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Slavery: Scotland's Hidden Shamehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0brjnkq
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Growing Up Mixed Race in Scotland / Vanessa Kanbihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvGwVJIdyvg
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Enough is Enough / Vanessa Kanbihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyLO4D7SJtQ
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Sir Geoff Palmer OBE: Scotland and the Slave Trade: Henry Dundas Statuehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrFZ-5XWsTQ
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(Film) 1745: an untold story of slaveryhttps://www.1745film.com/
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Glasgow University is first to pay slave-trade reparations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zirjyy9mgfg
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I'm Not Racist But...https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3114163071996358
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Books (Scotland Specific)
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Recovering Scotland's Slavery Past: The Caribbean Connectionhttps://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-recovering-scotland-039-s-slavery-past.html
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It Wisnae Us: The Truth About Glasgow and Slaveryhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24550139-it-wisnae-us
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No Problem Here: Understanding Racism in Scotlandhttps://www.lighthousebookshop.com/shop/book/no-problem-here-racism-in-scotland.md
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Anthology of work from the Scottish BAME Writers Networkhttp://www.tapsalteerie.co.uk/product/ceremony/
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Red Dust Roadhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7817715-red-dust-road
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Chapter 8 & 9 in New Geographies of Race and Racism
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Freedom Bound: The Graphic Novel https://runaways.gla.ac.uk/Freedom_Bound/
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The Enlightenment Abolished: Citizens of Britishnesshttps://www.waterstones.com/book/the-enlightenment-abolished/geoff-palmer/9780954951948
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Prison Island: A New Report on Prison Expansion in England, Wales and Scotlandhttps://corporatewatch.org/prisonisland/
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Books (Wider UK reads)
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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About RaceAvailable at link below and other independent book retailers
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(B)ordering BritainAvailable at link below and other independent book retailers
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NativesAvailable at link below and other independent book retailers
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The Hostile EnvironmentAvailable at link below and other independent book retailers
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Brit(ish)Available at link below and other independent book retailers
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I Am Not Your Baby MotherAvailable at link below and other independent book retailers
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Insurgent EmpireAvailable at link below and other independent book retailers
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Mother CountryAvailable at link below and other independent book retailers
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Corporate Watch publications (very affordable and covers many topics)https://corporatewatch.org/publications/
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Other resources (not UK specific)
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White Supremacy: Perspectives, Voices and Resourceshttps://medium.com/uuare/white-supremacy-perspectives-voices-and-resources-11cd2a7b2064
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Anti-racism resources for White People
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Do the work: An anti-racist reading list