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Use of the term White Privilege
The UK Education Subcommittee of MPs agreed with the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, that the term ‘’white privilege’’ can be...
Judy Ryde
Jun 23, 20212 min read
What is a Racist?
Recently the British Royal Family have been accused of being a racist institution as evidenced by an alleged racist remark made by one of...
Judy Ryde
Mar 15, 20212 min read
The Case for Paying Reparations
read more ....... Richard Drax, the Member of Parliament for South Dorset in the UK, has recently inherited a huge plantation in...
Judy Ryde
Dec 20, 20202 min read
Unconscious Bias
read more ........ I recently met someone who knew me when I was a child. He told me that, when I was about three, I went with my mother...
Judy Ryde
Dec 2, 20203 min read
Censoring White Privilege in Schools
I am shocked to see that Kemi Badenoch, the women and equalities minister, said in parliament on October 20th 2020, that the government...
Judy Ryde
Oct 26, 20201 min read
Talk for International Congress
Working with refugees and asylum seekers during the time of covid-19 Many thanks for the opportunity to talk about how refugees and...
Judy Ryde
Oct 18, 20206 min read
Acknowledging our History
We are in very fast-moving times where received opinion is being questioned and challenged by many. This challenging is not just the...
Judy Ryde
Jul 31, 20204 min read
24 hours Jen Reid
Read more ...... I was delighted to see yesterday (15th July) that the plinth that had once held the statue of Edward Colston was...
Judy Ryde
Jul 16, 20202 min read
Is the notion of privilege wider than white privilege?
Read more ....... When I give talks or workshops about white privilege, other ways in which we may not be privileged, often arises. ...
Judy Ryde
Jul 6, 20202 min read
The fall of Colston and other statues
Read more ....... Most of the time I hardly notice statues. They have become a taken-for-granted part of a city scape. Sometimes in...
Judy Ryde
Jun 14, 20202 min read
Should white people feel guilty about racism?
Photograph courtesy Kevin Scott
Judy Ryde
Jun 8, 20202 min read
Why white people should listen when black people protest
Read more....... It is well known that slavery and other exploitations of black people was a mass traumatisation of vast numbers of...
Judy Ryde
Jun 4, 20202 min read
Being White in the time of Covid-19
Covid 19 reveals much about us human beings. It lays bear some hard truths, not the least of which is the way that we are destroying the ver
Judy Ryde
May 27, 20202 min read
Own our own racism
click here to read more ......There is a lot of talk in the press, and in the country, about whether or not someone is a racist. This is...
Judy Ryde
Apr 13, 20207 min read
Our History is Part of Us
click here to read more ..... In my book ‘White Privilege Unmasked: How to be part of the solution’, I suggest that it is important to...
Judy Ryde
Jan 31, 20203 min read
Implicit or unconscious racism
click here to read more ..... In my book ‘White Privilege Unmasked: How to be part of the solution’, and my subsequent blogs, I often...
Judy Ryde
Jan 10, 20202 min read
White people exploit the world's resources
click here to read more ..... White People and the Ecology White people have exploited the world’s resources to such an extent that we...
Judy Ryde
Dec 16, 20192 min read
Understanding our own Racism
Click here to read more ......... For those who hoped that racism was disappearing from society, the present day is deeply depressing. It...
Judy Ryde
Dec 2, 20193 min read
How difficult is it even for well-meaning white people to understand their white privilege?
Click here to read more ......... I am struck by how difficult it is for even well-meaning white people to understand their white...
Judy Ryde
Nov 22, 20193 min read
“White Privilege - a slippery subject”
Click here to read more ......... White privilege is a slippery subject. It can be hard to describe or even justify it as a phenomenon....
Judy Ryde
Nov 3, 20192 min read
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