Racism and Identity

The experience of being racialised (which doesn't just apply to Black people)

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

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

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

Racism and Identity

Why "You're So Articulate" Hits Different

Dec 15, 2025

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5 min read

Why "You're So Articulate" Hits Different

Unpacking the harm and offering an alternative

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

Dec 10, 2025

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6 min read

"Do You Live in Huts/Trees?"

Things White Folks Have Said to Me #6

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

"You're Much Quieter Than I Thought You Would Be"

Nov 17, 2025

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6 min read

"You're Much Quieter Than I Thought You Would Be"

Things White Folks Have Said to Me #5

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

Oct 20, 2025

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5 min read

A Week in My UK Life 2025

Still tired, still hopeful

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

"I Wouldn't Have Rented to You If I'd Known You Were Black"

Oct 15, 2025

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5 min read

"I Wouldn't Have Rented to You If I'd Known You Were Black"

(Things White Folks Have Said to Me #4)

Sharon Hurley Hall

Anti-Racism Practice

Celebrating Blackness Matters for Kids (and Adults Too)

Oct 13, 2025

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2 min read

Celebrating Blackness Matters for Kids (and Adults Too)

Reflecting on a television programme and my own childhood

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

Jun 23, 2025

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6 min read

Why Isn’t Your Name “More Ethnic”?

A strange question from a colleague (Things White Folks Have Said to Me #2)

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

“Missing Whose Mark?”: A Reflection on Language, Legitimacy, and Liberation

Jun 4, 2025

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5 min read

“Missing Whose Mark?”: A Reflection on Language, Legitimacy, and Liberation

by Shayla S. Dube

Sharon Hurley Hall

Reviews

Beyond Skin Colour - A Review of 'Strength of Soul' by Naomi Raquel Enright

Nov 13, 2024

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7 min read

Beyond Skin Colour - A Review of 'Strength of Soul' by Naomi Raquel Enright

An anti-racist book that rejects "race"

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

Colonialism Isn't History; It's The Present

Oct 23, 2024

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5 min read

Colonialism Isn't History; It's The Present

So let's stop pretending it's all over

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

Yes, There's Still Racism in Global Majority Spaces

Oct 21, 2024

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2 min read

Yes, There's Still Racism in Global Majority Spaces

Examples of the effects of colonial programming

Sharon Hurley Hall

Anti-Racism Practice

Oct 14, 2024

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6 min read

The Resistance of Rest

What rest is resistance means and why we need more of it

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

Sep 16, 2024

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5 min read

What Does Not a Monolith Mean?

Returning to the theme of "not all Black people"

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

Identity Reflections: Parenting Changes Everything

Aug 14, 2024

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4 min read

Identity Reflections: Parenting Changes Everything

Brief thoughts on raising a child with multiple identities

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

Jun 10, 2024

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10 min read

There is Only Us

by Naomi Raquel Enright

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

Feb 12, 2024

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2 min read

Following My Ancestry

A painful and partial journey

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

Nov 20, 2023

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4 min read

“Is There Racism In Barbados?”

A question that keeps coming up

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

Looking for the Signs of Enslavement in Barbados

May 22, 2023

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2 min read

Looking for the Signs of Enslavement in Barbados

Some of them are hidden in plain sight

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

Anti-Blackness is Alive and Well in Barbados

Feb 8, 2021

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7 min read

Anti-Blackness is Alive and Well in Barbados

The Case of Clifford Corbin

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

Hair So Problematic (Working While Black)

Dec 30, 2020

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7 min read

Hair So Problematic (Working While Black)

True stories of racist hair discrimination

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

Are We Being Served? Eating Out While Black

Dec 23, 2020

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7 min read

Are We Being Served? Eating Out While Black

True stories of racism when eating out around the world

Sharon Hurley Hall

Racism and Identity

Unintentional Racism - Why It Doesn't Mitigate the Harm

The BBC, the BAFTAs and the N-word

REBOOT: Some Thoughts About Black History Month

Hidden Racism in Interracial Relationships: What White Partners Miss

Why "You're So Articulate" Hits Different

"Do You Live in Huts/Trees?"

"You're Much Quieter Than I Thought You Would Be"

A Week in My UK Life 2025

"I Wouldn't Have Rented to You If I'd Known You Were Black"

Celebrating Blackness Matters for Kids (and Adults Too)

Why Isn’t Your Name “More Ethnic”?

“Missing Whose Mark?”: A Reflection on Language, Legitimacy, and Liberation

Beyond Skin Colour - A Review of 'Strength of Soul' by Naomi Raquel Enright

Colonialism Isn't History; It's The Present

Yes, There's Still Racism in Global Majority Spaces

The Resistance of Rest

What Does Not a Monolith Mean?

Identity Reflections: Parenting Changes Everything

There is Only Us

Following My Ancestry

“Is There Racism In Barbados?”

Looking for the Signs of Enslavement in Barbados

Anti-Blackness is Alive and Well in Barbados

Hair So Problematic (Working While Black)

Are We Being Served? Eating Out While Black

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