Assistant Professor in British Politics @NottsPolitics | Race, Migration & Voting Behaviour | https://nitter.cf/t.co/cdpSSgapdP
Nottingham, England
Joined August 2012
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New publication in @PoliticsGenderJ with @ProfSobolewska on experiences of ethnic minority women in UK local government
'Ticking two boxes', ethnic minority women meet both gender & ethnic quota imperatives at once but fight two battles due to intersections of racism & sexism 1/
#OpenAccess from @PoliticsGenderJ -
Ticking Two Boxes, Fighting Two Battles: Intersectional Experiences of Ethnic Minority Women Councillors in UK Local Government - cup.org/4armX6P
- @NeemaBegum & @ProfSobolewska
#FirstView #PAG20
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Three women from charity Southall Black Sisters who complained about a violent racist attack on the Tube & were then charged themselves with assault, have had the case against them dropped by CPS after nearly 10 months standard.co.uk/news/crime/tu…
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Enjoyed presenting a chapter from my forthcoming book (2025) on Black Masculinities and Colonial Legacies at #ECPG2024
A packed room and a great opportunity to explore my adoption of Intersectionality on expanding
Feminist Methodologies in Researching Black Masculinities
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it’s so surreal Ukraine and Gaza are happening at the same time because we get to witness right before our eyes which children’s lives actually matter and which don’t
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This is so important, but a Stuart Hall reading of representation and essentialism brings nuance to the representation = outcomes equation. Representation matters, but its the actual policies, rather than the personalities, that will ultimately make that representation material.
🚨 The most state-educated Parliament on record 🚨
Our new analysis reveals that there is a record number of MPs now in the Commons who were educated at comprehensive schools.
Read our breakdown of the backgrounds MPs elected at #GeneralElection2024 ⤵️
suttontrust.com/our-research…
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I was supposed to write a 3-5000 word reflection and it ended up being 11,000 words. I guess I had a few things to say. Let me know if you need a copy.
Part of @MidEastCritique special issue "The Academic Question of Palestine" co-edited by myself and Walaa Alqaisiya, you can now read @Jairo_I_Funez's "The Coloniality of Academic Freedom and the Palestine Exception" tandfonline.com/eprint/XT2PH…
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Keir Starmer asked in the football dressing room about Palestine.
“I think there should be a ceasefire…” he says.
“Why aren’t you stopping it? Let’s get it done…”
Ordinary people in London holding the prime minister to account more than mainstream journalists.
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Exit poll does not do this kind of analysis. BES collects data by ethnicity so will be able to do some. But a proper, representative EMBES is still needed @ProfSobolewska
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Sadly, having now unsuccessfully applied to every major grant maker in social sciences to run one, I concluded their (sometimes publicly stated) commitment is weak… if not non-existent.
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TW: Labour candidate Jovan Owusu-Nepaul says Reform UK supporters ‘spat at him’, tore up his leaflets & ‘interrogated’ where he was ‘really from’ during his campaign in Clacton, Essex, which left him fearing for the safety of those around him. theguardian.com/politics/art…
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Horrific Air strike on Gaza school, breaking all norms of international humanitarian law, slaughters at least 16 people
bbc.com/news/articles/c4ng04…
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Our new Prime Minister started his tenure by appreciating how much harder it is to be a minority ethnic politician. For an example of exactly how much harder, why don’t you try this paper with my excellent co-author @NeemaBegum
UK elections on the brain? Check out @NeemaBegum & @ProfSobolewska 's new article about the experience of ethnic minority UK local councillors in "Ticking Two Boxes, Fighting Two Battles"
🌟 Available #OpenAccess 🌟
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
ALT First view research article entitled "Ticking Two Boxes, Fighting Two Battles: Intersectional Experiences of Ethnic Minority Women Councillors in UK Local Government" by Neema Begum & Maria Sobolewska.
Dr Neema Begum 🍉 retweeted
UK elections on the brain? Check out @NeemaBegum & @ProfSobolewska 's new article about the experience of ethnic minority UK local councillors in "Ticking Two Boxes, Fighting Two Battles"
🌟 Available #OpenAccess 🌟
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
ALT First view research article entitled "Ticking Two Boxes, Fighting Two Battles: Intersectional Experiences of Ethnic Minority Women Councillors in UK Local Government" by Neema Begum & Maria Sobolewska.
Dr Neema Begum 🍉 retweeted
Really poor framing from @johnrayitv describing voters who voted for an Independent candidate in Dewsbury & Batley as "voting with their religion." Opposing genocide or opposing Labour or mainstream party is not "voting with their religion."
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🔊 Rishi Sunak made history as the UK’s first Indian-heritage and person of colour to become Prime Minister in 2022
With polls predicting a Labour landslide, we are keen to hear from South Asians on their thoughts on Sunak’s time as Prime Minister
theguardian.com/politics/art…
