Representations isn’t enough in sectors that weren’t built for us. You enter and they will useless you like bread. Your mental health will go up in flames and they will bend you. POCs in academia will tell you.

We also can’t ignore the barriers that are in place before you get in. Nurses in the UK should not be forced to work for free to become a nurse. Black people from working class backgrounds can’t afford to do that

PhDs should also not be so damn expensive for a degree that relies on YOU to do all the work. What are you man even paying for who is reading the book for you. You’re even doing associate lecturer on top. ROBBERY.

Then you get into nursing and you’re not allowed to speak up for the pregnant Black woman that they’re mistreating because they have promised to make your remaining placement HELL. Biko I have heard stories. Taking over doesn’t change shxt