BASA can write a letter, but do you think they will say anything other than (a) this is just a coincidence, (b) the applications received were totally judged on merit and/or (c) we'll look into it (and do nothing)?
If they honoured a request for a meeting, this would be appreciated. However, I would not be convinced of equality of opportunity until these statistics improve considerably.
As an added note, the percentage of Black applicants for Overseas Conference Grants is 1.5% versus 1.2% of lecturers being Black according to the same document.
George
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From: The Black and Asian Studies Association [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Marika Sherwood
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I think BASA should write to the British Academy and ask for a meeting to
discuss this. The letter should be copies to the new CRE, whose name I can
never recall. Trevor Phillips in person perhaps.
Marika
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Sent: 11 November 2009 10:47
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Subject: Re: A.E.T. Henry
To All BASA Members,
I am in the process of applying for a British Academy Overseas Conference
Grant to present a paper in the Czech Republic next year. Out of curiosity,
I looked at the statistics of applicants and successful applicants by race
and was shocked (I shouldn't be, but I was anyway). Although less than 1
percent of applicants were of Black/Black-British/Afro-Caribbean origin, the
success rate of Black applicants for the said grants was 23.1% from
2005-2008 versus 57.9% overall. However, the success rates for Chinese and
(other) Asians were comparable to the overall rate and exceeded this rate in
at least 1 of the 3 years. The statistics for 2002-2005 are unavailable on
their Web site despite there being a link for such information.
I know this is another example of institutional racism, but surely this
needs to be exposed. As an organisation that receives over £22,000,000 of
Government funding, they cannot be allowed to fund research/grants in a
racially disparate manner like they are currently. What can be done about
this?
George
George Watley, BA MA CPW
Lecturer and Postgraduate Researcher: Consumer Behaviour of Northamptonshire
Caribbean People c. 1955-1985
Division of History, School of Social Sciences
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University of Northampton
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