England’s first Black Studies professor accuses his university of being racist

England’s first Black Studies professor accuses his university of being racist

• Calls for a ‘total revolution’ to overcome white supremacy

"The first Black Studies professor in the history of the United Kingdom has claimed his school is systematically racist, despite hiring him to the history-making position just three years ago.

In 2017, Birmingham City University hired Kehinde Andrews to teach the Black Studies course, even though he had said the university system was “as institutionally racist as the police force” and had compared campuses to “slave plantations.” 

He was made a full professor a year later.

Most recently, Andrews has complained that the school has not taken his accusations of racism against a colleague seriously enough.

...“I get treated like the uppity negro who should always be grateful for everything and stop complaining,” Andrews told The Independent...Read all.