Black All Year - Anti-Blackness and Colourism

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What is anti-Blackness? Have you ever heard of or experienced colourism? How does it impact on Black people, their image and experiences? Are they the same as racism?

Evelyn (Evie) Mensah is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Central Middlesex Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust where she is the Clinical Lead for Ophthalmology. Evie's also Co-Lead for the North West London Ophthalmology Clinical Reference Group.

Evie is part of the senior cohort of the London Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) programme and a member of the Medical Workforce Race Equality Standards (MWRES) London Steering Group.

Carol Stewart is the founder of Abounding Solutions and author of Quietly Visible: Leading With Influence and Impact as an Introverted Woman. She is an Executive, Career and Leadership Coach, specialising in introverted women who are senior leaders.

She has been the featured expert in many media publications, is a 5 times LinkedIn Top Voice UK, and has received awards for her work developing women leaders.

Carol hosts the Quietly Visible podcast, is a semi regular columnist for the Sheffield Telegraph, and a TEDx speaker.

Links to evidence shared with participants

https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/soc_fac/6/
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2009-00723-007
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2004.tb01991.x
https://www.zionmarketresearch.com/report/skin-lightening-products-market
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