Sharon Hurley Hall

Sharon Hurley Hall is an educator, author, equality advocate and anti-racism activist. A former journalist and writer, Sharon is also the author of I'm Tired of Racism: True Stories of Existing While Black, the Founder and Curator-in-Chief of Sharon’s Anti-Racism Newsletter, where she's on a mission to fight racism one article at a time, and the founder of the SHHARE Anti-Racism Community

Reading lists

Apr 29, 2026

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5 min read

Anti-Racism Reading List April 2026

10+ activating articles for anti-racism learning and action

Sharon Hurley Hall

Anti-Blackness

Coded Coverage: Why Negative News About Black People Is a Feature, Not a Bug - SARN Minis #86

Apr 27, 2026

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2 min read

Coded Coverage: Why Negative News About Black People Is a Feature, Not a Bug - SARN Minis #86

Sharon Hurley Hall

Anti-Blackness

REBOOT: When Empathy Has Conditions, Some Lives Don't Qualify

Apr 22, 2026

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3 min read

REBOOT: When Empathy Has Conditions, Some Lives Don't Qualify

STILL calling out the rhetoric of dehumanisation

Sharon Hurley Hall

Anti-Blackness

Beyond Tokenism: What True Black Representation Requires

Apr 20, 2026

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3 min read

Beyond Tokenism: What True Black Representation Requires

Looking past the optics to see what's happening in an organisation

Sharon Hurley Hall

Colourism

Apr 15, 2026

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8 min read

The Personal Cost of Racism

My exploration of pain, anger and purpose

Sharon Hurley Hall

DEI and Organisations

Forget the Trust Falls! How About Transparency? - SARN Minis #85

Apr 13, 2026

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4 min read

Forget the Trust Falls! How About Transparency? - SARN Minis #85

Sharon Hurley Hall

Anti-Racism Practice

Building Our Own Table: Altagracia Montilla

Apr 8, 2026

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9 min read

Building Our Own Table: Altagracia Montilla

Learn how the founder of Conflict Bravery equips people to challenge unjust systems

Sharon Hurley Hall

Behind The Scenes

Apr 6, 2026

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7 min read

An Update From Sharon - April 2026

New launches and newsletter content preview

Sharon Hurley Hall

Anti-Blackness

Apr 1, 2026

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7 min read

"Where Are Your Parents From?"

Things White Folks Have Said to Me #7

Sharon Hurley Hall

DEI and Organisations

Mar 30, 2026

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7 min read

Unlearning Racism in Higher Education

Excerpt from a presentation to the UCL International Students' Network

Sharon Hurley Hall

Reading lists

Mar 25, 2026

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11 min read

Anti-Racism Reading List March 2026

10+ insightful articles for anti-racism learning and action

Sharon Hurley Hall

Colourism

The "Fact" of Whiteness - SARN Minis #84

Mar 23, 2026

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5 min read

The "Fact" of Whiteness - SARN Minis #84

Sharon Hurley Hall

Anti-Blackness

REBOOT: The Idea of Black Exceptionalism is Harmful

Mar 18, 2026

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6 min read

REBOOT: The Idea of Black Exceptionalism is Harmful

What's truly exceptional about Black Excellence - and what's not

Sharon Hurley Hall

Anti-Racism Practice

Unintentional Racism - Why It Doesn't Mitigate the Harm

Mar 16, 2026

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5 min read

Unintentional Racism - Why It Doesn't Mitigate the Harm

Intent, Impact and Repair

Sharon Hurley Hall

Anti-Racism Practice

Building Our Own Table: Arlene and Louis Byrd

Mar 11, 2026

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7 min read

Building Our Own Table: Arlene and Louis Byrd

Meet the founders of Hiyer

Sharon Hurley Hall

Allyship

Mar 9, 2026

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4 min read

When I'm Not in the Room: The Real Test of White Allyship- SARN Minis #83

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

Mar 4, 2026

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8 min read

The BBC, the BAFTAs and the N-word

An Anti-Racism Epic Fail

Sharon Hurley Hall

Behind The Scenes

Mar 2, 2026

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7 min read

An Update From Sharon - March 2026

What's going on and coming up

Sharon Hurley Hall

Reading lists

Feb 25, 2026

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11 min read

Anti-Racism Reading List February 2026

10+ thought-provoking articles to foster anti-racism learning and action

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Media Culture

Revisiting A Different World - SARN Minis #82

Feb 23, 2026

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5 min read

Revisiting A Different World - SARN Minis #82

Sharon Hurley Hall

Anti-Racism Practice

REBOOT: Some Thoughts About Black History Month

Feb 18, 2026

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7 min read

REBOOT: Some Thoughts About Black History Month

Surprise, surprise - these are still on point in 2026!

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

Hidden Racism in Interracial Relationships: What White Partners Miss

Feb 16, 2026

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8 min read

Hidden Racism in Interracial Relationships: What White Partners Miss

Why good intentions aren't enough

Sharon Hurley Hall

DEI and Organisations

Feb 11, 2026

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7 min read

Building Our Own Table: Isvari Maranwe

Meet the founder of Yuvoice

Sharon Hurley Hall

Allyship

Feb 9, 2026

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4 min read

If You Only - SARN Minis #81

Sharon Hurley Hall

Allyship

Tackling Workplace Racism? You’ll Need More Than One Workshop

Feb 4, 2026

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6 min read

Tackling Workplace Racism? You’ll Need More Than One Workshop

Why a single unconscious bias workshop isn't enough - and what to do instead

Sharon Hurley Hall