We must support the diversification of academia’s media face
…e academy or the media but in institutions adapting themselves to better accommodate diversity. They need to commit to being race-cognisant and listening to and welcoming diverse voices and faces. I have seen schemes to recruit BAME students to initial teacher training fail to retain them when those individuals face discrimination, tone policing or an absence of support, training or mentorship once within a post. In this way, being race-cognisant…