End Everyday Racism

The End Everyday Racism initiative is an independent research project developed by Dr Ella McPherson and Dr Mónica Moreno Figueroa based at the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge.

The project aims to develop our understanding of everyday racism with numeric, descriptive and geographic evidence, in order to build a collective case to support antiracism advocacy and social justice activism at the University and further afield.

This project has gone through a consultation process with various organisations and individuals both within and outside Cambridge.

Findings

The first report summarises 117 incidences of racism between Oct 2018 and Oct 2020.

87% of the reports made to End Everyday Racism were from students, with a further 10% submitted by staff, and 1% from alumni and non-academic staff.
Overall, 40% of those who experienced racism identified as “Asian”, whilst 28% identified as “Black”. Half of the incidents submitted by those who identify as Asian were reported between February and October 2020 (a peak in the COVID-19 pandemic).
Over half of all racist incidents reported happened in a college environment (52.8%). A further 16.7% of incidents took place in Departments.
60 per cent of people who submitted a response said that they felt they did not belong in Cambridge after experiencing racial harassment.

Funding

The British Academy, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Website

racismatcambridge.org