{"id":59283,"date":"2019-11-22T21:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T21:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=59283"},"modified":"2019-11-22T21:00:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T21:00:27","slug":"whites-can-be-black-if-they-wish-says-lecturers-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=59283","title":{"rendered":"Whites can be black if they wish, says lecturers’ union"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whites can be black if they wish, says lecturers’ union<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Telegraph<\/a>
\n2019-11-18<\/p>\n

Mike Wright<\/strong><\/a>, Social Media Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Anthony<\/a>
\nAnthony Lennon, a white theatre director who describes himself as an ‘African born again’ Credit: Twitter<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

People should be allowed to identify as black no matter what colour they are born, a lecturers’ union has said.<\/p>\n

The University and College Union<\/a> (UCU), which represents more than 100,000 university lecturers and staff, set out its position on whether people should be able to self-identify as different races or genders.<\/p>\n

In the paper “UCU Position on Trans Inclusion”, it stated: “The UCU has a long history of enabling members to self-identify, whether that is being black, disabled, LGBT<\/a> or women.”…<\/p>\n

…The debate over racial self-identification has become heated in recent years. Last November, Anthony Lennon, a white theatre director who describes himself as an “African born again”, drew criticism for securing public funding intended to help ethnic minorities develop their stage careers.<\/p>\n

Mr Lennon, 53, who was born in London<\/a> and whose parents are Irish, won a place on a two-year Arts Council-funded scheme, after a leading black theatre company accepted his claim to be of “mixed heritage”<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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