Dear organisers,

The short answer is that you can stop identifying people as ‘black’. Try ‘human’ instead.

So-called ‘blackness’ is the phenotypical result of various trivial gene combinations – much like a (relatively) longer or shorter second toe. So, why not organise a conference on ‘European long-toed-ness’ or ‘differential second-toe-length in Europe (a socio-geo-political moniker which is itself fairly loose and open to multiple interpretations)’?

That way, instead of lending academic credence to social distinctions based on superficial phenotypical features (otherwise known as racism), you’ll be able to subvert the entire concept whilst rejecting it in its entirety, just as most right-thinking people have done for decades. In terms of what we mean by “Black Europe”, it is –  as any superficial Internet search will reveal – only the academic community that means anything by the term, for it is only current within academia and nowhere else.

Ähniweh, that’s my two bob’s worth.

Best wishes,