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Morning, I delivered an anti-racism training session a few weeks ago and a someone became upset. I had not realised. They said something problematic & were challenged by their peers.

Anyway Tweeps I am ready for a short thread. Earlier I tweeted ‘We could not find any evidence of institutional racism’ is racism. It is kind of racism that is

Anyway as I take a break, I have been thinking about something, I wanted to share a few reflections on a race dynamic I am starting to understand better in

It’s very odd how folks seek your authority and still have a deep contempt for you. It leaks constantly. There’s a very specific kind of anti-blackness reserved for black authority

Lots written on the terms BME or BAME, which I agree with. Good to see some critical thinking. A reminder though, that no terms is w/o problem bc the classifications

I really think psychology & particularly clinical psychology could be enriched by having critical theory, this would help avoid what I am going to start naive racism not accidental naive

I would say something though about shame and racism. This is absolutely true. But this is not unique to racist violence. Most if not all abuse victims struggle with shame

Who is white is huge question.Irish were not considered white until fairly recently, my parents & grand parents still don’t consider Portuguese ppl white, there was no such thing as

Your obsession with ‘representation’ is leading to army of respectable ‘professionals’ happy to sit at the Master’s table to the Master’s work. And actually none of them ‘represent’ me. And

I won’t get into how I look, but I am big enough & also confident enough to know this is part of the disturbance. And when we’re ready we will

The ease with which white ppl think they can do anti-racist work, is born out of unchecked & unaddressed white superiority. It’s racism. And again, some of us have had

I have not been wanting to weight in on the VIT D hypothesis & disproportionate black & brown deaths. Firstly bc I want to see the data. And we have