Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Union Black: Britain’s Black cultures and steps to anti-racism
The Open University and Santander Universities
This course explored Britain’s Black cultures and steps to anti-racism. Throughout the course, you gained a greater understanding of biases, myths and racism and learned how to develop your commitment to lasting change.
3 weeks, 2 hours per week
Professor Marcia Wilson
Dean of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The Open University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Develop your understanding of British Black Cultures.
- Identify and recognise bias and microaggressions.
- Understand the difference between non-racism and anti-racism.
- Reflect on how you would define your own identity.
- Refine your vocabulary on the topic.
- Understand white privilege and allyship.
- Develop your own commitments to lasting change.
Syllabus
- Understand the construction of race in the context of ‘blackness’, the legacy of problems from stereotypes, microaggressions and racism.
- Explore how stereotypes and myths embedded in our culture can create a single narrative that reinforces racial prejudices.
- Discuss the difference between non-racism and anti-racism, and learn the importance of anti-racism.
- Develop your understanding of intersectionality and the effect of race.
- Explore what is meant by whiteness, fragility and privilege.
- Reflect on your own biases and some of the barriers that you may need to overcome to become an agent for change.
- Learn how to commit to change on your anti-racism journey.
Issued on 1st February 2023
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