An LBH Podcast

How are racism and stigma power linked? How can education empower us to face the past and tell new stories? And why must we break historical silences? Sociologist Imogen Tyler talks to fellow activists from Lancaster Black History Group, formed after a Black Lives Matter Vigil in the city in 2020 – which few know was once the fourth largest slave trading city in the UK.

Teacher Geraldine Onek – who came to the UK as a child refugee from Sudan – describes working with schoolchildren to teach them about slavery and centre the lives of Black Lancastrians. Student Jasmine Patel describes her research, with fellow school pupils, into the city’s slavery family trees. Together, they show how facing the past is empowering – and what anti-racism means.

17th February 2023

Listen to the Podcast here or here https://thesociologicalreview.org/podcasts/the-stigma-conversations/doing-anti-racism-with-geraldine-onek-and-jasmine-patel/

This podcast was part of a series recorded by Imogen and produced by Alice Bloch called “The Stigma Conversations” supported by the Sociological Review, and by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Lancaster University. See Sociological Review for full details and acknowledgements.