Jun 20, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 9 segments
Welcome to this week's episode of Make it Plain. Kehinde opens up with an update about the Black Studies situation at Birmingham City University. Unfortunately, the university has ignored almost…
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Firstly, just to give an update, and this is a big thank you to everybody who has signed the petition to try to keep the jobs at BCU.
Just as a recap to what's happened, out of the blue, out of nowhere, end of April, we were suddenly called into a meeting and told that the Masters had been cancelled.
Not only that they want to get rid of two out of five black members of staff or three actually three out of five black members of staff even though we can teach sociology even though we're in the department even though we can do lots of other things no attempt to do any of those things just say look degree's gone you're gone job's gone etc we've been fighting against that it's been in the press it's been in the news it's been we had kimberly crenshaw came over made a statement that made the news you had got almost 10 000 people signed the petition now there's been lots and lots and lots and lots of Press around this, news around this.
It's the people in the department, but also the university executive team, David M. Barr.
um one of the only i think there's two black vice chancellors in the country uh is kind of the spearhead of this has refused to meet has refused to discuss has refused to do it it just honestly bats everything down say oh no no that's just for the fact that like the man don't run the university like not trying to take no responsibility for this racist decision making um they don't care they've carried on our consultation is over and they said look not gonna not gonna change we're gonna keep two out of the five we want to get rid of the rest Maybe you can redeploy, et cetera, et cetera.
Even though they've admitted they didn't follow the law, there is something called an equality impact assessment you are supposed to do.
Firstly, just to give an update, and this is a big thank you to everybody who has signed the petition to try to keep the jobs at BCU.
Just as a recap to what's happened, out of the blue, out of nowhere, end of April, we were suddenly called into a meeting and told that the Masters had been cancelled.
Not only that they want to get rid of two out of five black members of staff or three actually three out of five black members of staff even though we can teach sociology even though we're in the department even though we can do lots of other things no attempt to do any of those things just say look degree's gone you're gone job's gone etc we've been fighting against that it's been in the press it's been in the news it's been we had kimberly crenshaw came over made a statement that made the news you had got almost 10 000 people signed the petition now there's been lots and lots and lots and lots of Press around this, news around this.
It's the people in the department, but also the university executive team, David M. Barr.
um one of the only i think there's two black vice chancellors in the country uh is kind of the spearhead of this has refused to meet has refused to discuss has refused to do it it just honestly bats everything down say oh no no that's just for the fact that like the man don't run the university like not trying to take no responsibility for this racist decision making um they don't care they've carried on our consultation is over and they said look not gonna not gonna change we're gonna keep two out of the five we want to get rid of the rest Maybe you can redeploy, et cetera, et cetera.
Even though they've admitted they didn't follow the law, there is something called an equality impact assessment you are supposed to do.
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