5th September 2023
Yellowface sharply reimagines archaic racial politics under the professional sheen of the publishing industry Yellowface. A word that has near-centuries of stories attached to it. A caricature once attached to the 20th-century Hollywood industry, where white actors would portray East Asian characters through harmful stereotypes (famously, Anna May Wong was a victim of this). In ...
18th October 2022
According to a post on the Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, racist graffiti has been found at the St. Andrews building. The graffiti – which has since been painted over – reads “Kill the Chinese.” This appears to be part of a string of hate-crimes occurring in Glasgow, with similar vandalism recently being found in ...
17th November 2021
Lewis Paterson discusses the persistence of racism in football. It hasn’t felt that long since it last happened, but the old “racism in football” conversation has been forced to make another unwanted appearance. When the Manchester City player Raheem Sterling faced racial abuse live on TV at the hands of Chelsea fans, it again brought ...
29th March 2021
In response to Meghan Markle’s recent Oprah interview, Tara Gandhi discusses why telling people of colour to be happy with a “less racist” Britain isn’t good enough. I remember their wedding day. I didn’t watch it, because that was the day I was moving out of Queen Margaret Residences and I was distracted trying to ...
26th March 2021
Investigations Editor Luke Chafer talks to ex-rector Aamer Anwar and students who have experienced racism at UofG to explore the results of the recently published survey Understanding Racism, Transforming University Cultures. Content Warning: racial harassment The recently published report Understanding Racism, Transforming University Cultures made for uncomfortable reading. Its findings were uneq...
23rd February 2021
The Active Bystander Training is a new part of the curriculum developed by staff with student input. Medical students are to receive practical Active Bystander Training in March as a new part of their curriculum focuses on tackling racism and discrimination. University of Glasgow medical students have had compulsory Active Bystander Training added to their ...
