During this episode, we will be discussing developing government mistrust in the Black, and minoritised communities, particularly with the release of the COVID-19 vaccine and increased efforts to focus on “BAME” communities. We’ll also be touching on the recent deportation flight to Jamaica on Wednesday 2nd December, and the Joint Committee of Human Rights report on racism released on twitter on 11th November. Our focus will be exploring mistrust in institutions; where does it come from, and how do we move forward?

A couple of disclaimers before you listen:

We want to stress that in this episode we are NOT going to discuss whether or not anyone should be getting the vaccine. We want to emphasise that health services, science and medical institutions are full of wonderful technologies and individuals who strive to create improvements to global health. Choices on how to respond are personal opinions which we will not comment on. However, we have noticed an increased distrust from our community that we want to delve into and analyse.
In some cases we will be using the term BAME, any one who knows us knows we do not agree with that term, but when referring to public documentation that has been titled using ‘BAME’ we will align with that for clarity. However, personally we will emphasise the term minoritised communities in the context of the UK.

A huge thank you to those who sent in their opinions for this episode.