Recorded in May 2021, when racist attacks against Asian, South- and East Asian minoritised groups spiked in the U.S., U.K, and elsewhere were exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, this conversation brings together Dr. Katucha Bento, Can Tao, Dr. Sarah Liu and Dr. Nini Fang. Against the background of a violent, racist attack in front of the University of Edinburgh library against a student, this conversation highlights the necessity to recognise the intersecting systems of oppression at work in racism and reflects on political solidarities and action necessary for anti-racist struggles.
Speakers' bios:
Can Tao:
Can is a PhD researcher in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on the everyday nationalism in Chinese high schools. She initiated the solidarity protest last December outside the main library, which she will give us a bit more context in this conversation. After this demonstration she joined the movement “Racism Unmasked Edinburgh” as an admin. Racism Unmasked Edinburgh is a movement to combat racism towards East Asians and South East Asians in Edinburgh, especially during the pandemic. It aims to create a safe space for the community, educate allies, and potentially push for greater policy changes.
Dr Nini Fang:
Dr Nini Fang is a lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy at the University of Edinburgh. Her work foregrounds lived experiences, examining how the socio-political bears upon the personal-subjective. Her teaching pushes for a more politically sensitive curriculum that addresses social inequality in the consulting room. She is a Scholar of the British Psychoanalytic Council. She sits on the Executive Board for the Association for Psychosocial Studies, the Editorial Board for New Associations (British Psychoanalytic Council). She is also the Associate Director for the Centre of Creative-Relational Inquiry (UoE).
Dr. Sarah Liu is Lecturer in Gender and Politics in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. Her research and teaching focus on the cross-national comparison of how contexts, namely women’s political representation, social movements, and immigration in the media, shape the gender gaps in political opinion and behaviour. She has published widely in academic journals and has been featured in multiple international media and also appears regularly on BBC Radios London and Scotland. Sarah is the Co-Founder and Chair of the Staff BAME Network at the University of Edinburgh and sits on various equality, diversity, and inclusion task forces both within and outside the University.
Thanks to race.ed.ac.uk for working with SEMPER Scotland to bring this material to Police Scotland.
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