Uncategorized Archives : Anti Racist Cumbria

Why we will be unapologetically closing or moderating our comment sections

The week before Professor Jason Arday died, we put out a post explaining why the campaign against him was rooted in racism. On facebook it was one of our most…

hello@antiracistcumbria.orgAugust 26, 2026

Events Latest News / Current Affairs Uncategorized

Statement in Response to the Death of Professor Jason Arday

TW: the death of Professor Jason Arday, lynch mobs, suicide, death Since Friday, when our phones first lit up with the devastating news that Professor Jason Arday had been found…

hello@antiracistcumbria.orgAugust 18, 2026

Anti Racism Latest Personal Stories Resources Uncategorized

Is it because I’m Black? Fetishisation, Preference and Desire

I feel his eyes on me before I acknowledge him. It is a damp Saturday evening in Covid-era Manchester and I have nipped into my local supermarket, running errands in…

hello@antiracistcumbria.orgJuly 22, 2026

Latest Uncategorized

“Everybody to Kenmure Street” a Lesson in Community Action

Do you recognise these scenes of a Glaswegian community in action from back in 2021? This photo was (and still is) proof that communities can come together when their neighbours…

hello@antiracistcumbria.orgMarch 24, 2026

Latest News / Current Affairs Uncategorized

SEND reform, racism and inequities…”We’re drowning already”

A few weeks ago another long, convoluted government white paper came out. It laid out government proposed plans for Reforms to the SEND System and unless it directly affects you…

hello@antiracistcumbria.orgMarch 12, 2026

Anti Racism Latest Resources Uncategorized

Why Reverse Racism is Not Real

It’s a question that we always ask early on in our training and conversation days, and it might seem like a silly one…do you actually know what racism is? If…

hello@antiracistcumbria.orgDecember 17, 2025

Anti Racism Education History Kids Latest Resources Uncategorized

Nativity, Beyond the Tea Towel

If you’re a parent or carer in charge of making a costume, or you’re hearing your little angels practicing their Christmas songs on loop, we don’t need to tell you that…

hello@antiracistcumbria.orgDecember 4, 2025

Uncategorized

Make your own ARCangel!

You’ve just purchased one of our ARCangel kits and now you’re back at home ready to get your craft on! Luckily for you, our angel crafters, Pat and Adie, are…

hello@antiracistcumbria.orgOctober 13, 2025

Anti Racism Education History Latest Resources Uncategorized

“We will not go back like dogs” how immigrant Asian workers defeated workplace racism in the 1970s

Guest Article written by Donya Jeyabalasingham The Mansfield Hosiery Strike, Leicester, 1972 The heat of the past Summer led me to stores in London I’ve walked past a hundred times…

hello@antiracistcumbria.orgSeptember 29, 2025

Image shows anti-immigration protestors waving union jacks, and anti-racist campaigners holding placards, one which reads "Don't let the far-right divide us with their hatred". Text over the top of the image reads: "A year since the riots...where are we now? Unsafe & Ignored".

Anti Racism Cumbria Latest News / Current Affairs Uncategorized

A Year On From the Riots…Where are we Now?

Today marks one year since the shocking and devastating attack in Southport, and the murders of Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine. We…

hello@antiracistcumbria.orgJuly 29, 2025