Black History Month: let’s talk about racial equality

Use these five 20-minute discussions to help your students:

• Understand different examples of racial inequality in society
• Hear from five experts, who each spark a new discussion about how to solve racial inequality in society
• Discuss how they could champion equality in their schools and communities

The experts featured are:

• Dr Ibram X. Kendi, author, professor, writer, and director of the Boston University Center for Anti-Racist Research
• Dr Kenneth Harris, senior project engineer at NASA
• Mike Omoniyi, an award-winning social entrepreneur, leader, builder, academic, commentator, artist, activist and polymath
• Tamara Gilkes Borr, US policy correspondent at The Economist
• Ọrẹ Ogunbiyi, co-author of Taking Up Space: The Black Girl's Manifesto for Change and a daily podcast host at The Economist

For this resource The Economist Educational Foundation consulted with an external consultant who specialises in equality, diversity and inclusion.