PODCASTS (ENGLISH)
Racisim in the Malaysia as a Malaysian - what is racisim like?
One of our =Equality members engaged in a discussion with a group of Asian students regarding the issue of racism. These students shared their personal experiences as Malaysians now living in the UK. Interestingly, one member expressed their opinion that people are more prone to displaying racist behaviour online.
Why is racism more apparent online?
A few of our =Equality members engaged in a discussion regarding the controversy of racism in online video games. Some of our =Equality members have shared their personal experiences playing video games online. Two members expressed their opinion that racism in online video games is not considered real racism as the players do not have harmful intentions and are jokingly racist.
"Living in a diverse city helped me not to experience racism"
A few of our =Equality members engaged in a discussion regarding what racism is, along with their personal experiences regarding racism. One of the members shared their personal experience facing racism when their ethnicity was exposed, alongside the challenges that their family faced when moving to London and trying to purchase a home.
"I'm Italian and English, but I say I'm British because I'm not Italian Italian"
One of our =quality members held a conversation mainly discussing “what is culture” and do all people have culture. We discussed how many assume culture as “ethnic” but everyone has a culture regardless of race etc.
To hear what was said, listen to the full episode to hear our opinions on the whether we think it’s okay to discuss the colour of someone’s skin etc. is that wrong or does it depend on who?
Discrimination across 3 different nationality
This podcast is aimed to discover how three different students see discrimination towards their nationality. Have they experienced it? Is it better than it used to be? How did politics affected it? We will try to explore all this question in this 3 part podcast.
Part 1. A Malaysian Chinese student tells his experience moving to the UK for the university, how it is diverse but at the same time more comfortable to surround yourself with people with same nationality.
Part 2. A Russian student tells his story of living in the UK after the Russian Ukrainian war started, how politics affected British people vision of Russian and only Russian speaking people.
Part 3. Final student was born and raised in the UK exploring his side of view being a citizen welcoming so many different nationalities both in the university and regular life.
Racism Within The UK Schooling System
This podcast aims to highlight the current issues present with relation to racism in the UK education system, ranging from Primary school to University level. Three guests joinone of our =Equality members in discussing their personal experiences of racism while studying in the UK, and their opinions on what needs to change in order to tackle racism.
"I can date a black girl, but I can't marry a black girl"
In this thought-provoking podcast, one of our =Equality members held an insightful discussion with their flatmates about racism and white privilege. In this discussion we openly shared our perspectives on complex topics including: Does racial dating preferences unconsciously perpetuate prejudice? Why are people often treated differently based on accents? Is changing one's name or voice okay or is something that many do because they believe they will be treated better etc?
Due to the length of this episode, there are so many topics discussed so if you want to hear our opinions and stories on on racial profiling and whether it is acceptable to prioritise safety over potential harm for example, (is it better to be safe than sorry or is it wrong to do so). Likewise white privileged in healthcare. Stay tuned.
"I didn't know I was different until I was 13"
In this episode, five very open-minded =Equality members discussed a range of interesting topics. We began by discussing how tourists are perceived in different countries, we discussed how some locals see visitors as fascinating and curious perhaps because they have limited exposure to different races and cultures. We then explored how growing up and living in a diverse environment like London can help reduce prejudice, however even still in London every part is different. We believe that exposure and familiarity breed acceptance. We also brainstormed ideas for combatting racism on a societal level, for example by looking at home and introducing anti-racism policies in schools too. While we know no single solution will eliminate racism entirely, we believe progress starts with something small.
Racism faced by South East Asians in the UK
One of our =Equality members discussed with 2 SEA on the topic of racism faced by Southeast Asians in the UK. Interestingly, they feel that racism is not an issue in the UK as they have not faced any racism during their time studying in the UK, However they have heard stories of how other SEA have faced racism in the UK.
