"I only visited Tehran during university holidays, and the effect of that horror is still with me, and with all those who survived it." Pass The Mic Scotland Azita Jabbari: Yet again, only corporations stand to gain anything from war pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/opinion/650…

What exactly is #BlackHistoryMonth? Why is it important to create social media content for it? And how can content creators avoid tokenism with their posts? 💻 CRER's Amy Rich answers these questions and more in the latest #SHSMG blog post: scottishheritagesocialmediagroup.com/2024/07/08/cre…

EXCLUSIVE: read about our research on the dismal number of women of colour in Scottish general election news coverage: heraldscotland.com/news/24453235.…

Brilliant to see one of our Pass The Mic experts on Tabassum Niamat on BBC Scotland The Seven, talking about the upcoming film on the 2021 Kenmure Street protests where the community came together to protect 2 men being detained by the Home Office. 👏🏾

Just in case you didn’t see this - Our research on women of colour in Scottish election news finds out of over 8000 stories coded, only 1.5% of commentators, experts or members of the public quoted or interviewed were women of colour- read more below 👇🏾

From Migrant Women Press: Research by Pass The Mic Scotland and University of Strathclyde uncovers the severe underrepresentation of women of colour In key decision-making roles and political spheres across Scotland, underscoring ongoing disparities in inclusion and representation.

“The accountability is not only in the arrests of those who have engaged in thuggery…it’s on how politics, news and social media have enabled these last few days to come about after years of drip-feeding bigotry.” thenational.scot/politics/24496… My article on the last few days.

Explained: How UK’s deep-rooted Islamophobia problem stoked race riots independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

A Muslim woman of colour MP sharing both her expertise and lived experience of racism and islamophobia and is treated with disdain and talked over. This is unacceptable, particularly in the current landscape - Good Morning Britain needs to urgently address this.

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‘He should say is that this is a country that for too long has allowed the most small-minded, parochial, cynical and mendacious parties to dictate who we are allowed to be.’