Black children and Special Educational Needs
Black children in the UK are labelled as having so called "special educational needs" at a much higher rate than other children. I believe that this is primarily a manifestation of racism and anti-blackness. Statistics on the Disproportionate labelling of Black and mixed children as having special educational need A Telegraph article on 23rd October 2013 entitled "Boys 'much more likely to be labelled with special needs" reported the following:"Black children were far more likely to be d...
Black children and Special Educational Needs
Black children in the UK are labelled as having so called "special educational needs" at a much higher rate than other children. I believe that this is primarily a manifestation of racism and anti-blackness. Statistics on the Disproportionate labelling of Black and mixed children as having special educational need A Telegraph article on 23rd October 2013 entitled "Boys 'much more likely to be labelled with special needs" reported the following:"Black children were far more likely to be d...
Sickle Cell and Malaria
Sickle Cell Anaemia (SCA) is a disorder caused by a variant of a gene that affects haemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying molecule in red blood cells. If a person inherits one mutated gene, they carry the sickle cell trait but in the vast majority of cases will not develop SCA. But if a person inherits the mutated gene from both parents, then they will develop SCA.An illustration of the genetics of Sickle Cell Anaemia. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tests-for-dads-sickle-cell-an...
Sickle Cell and Malaria
Sickle Cell Anaemia (SCA) is a disorder caused by a variant of a gene that affects haemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying molecule in red blood cells. If a person inherits one mutated gene, they carry the sickle cell trait but in the vast majority of cases will not develop SCA. But if a person inherits the mutated gene from both parents, then they will develop SCA.An illustration of the genetics of Sickle Cell Anaemia. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tests-for-dads-sickle-cell-an...
An introduction to Afropessimism
I see Afropessimism as an effort to understand why other people treat Black people the way they do. It notes the the Arab and European enslavement of Africans and the gratuitous violence this involved. It looks at how this slavery and violence has morphed into a relentless, deep-seated Anti-Blackness which has psychic and political dimensions. Afropessimists come to some conclusions that in my opinion are accurate, militantly Black-centred and revolutionary.Black People versus HumansAt the he...
An introduction to Afropessimism
I see Afropessimism as an effort to understand why other people treat Black people the way they do. It notes the the Arab and European enslavement of Africans and the gratuitous violence this involved. It looks at how this slavery and violence has morphed into a relentless, deep-seated Anti-Blackness which has psychic and political dimensions. Afropessimists come to some conclusions that in my opinion are accurate, militantly Black-centred and revolutionary.Black People versus HumansAt the he...
Neuromelanin, Ethnicity and Neurodegeneration
NeuromelaninNeuromelanin is the name given to the complex polymer that is found in neurons in various parts of the nervous system."Neuromelanin... is absent at birth and becomes detectable in the brain around age one. It increases in synthesis during adolescence and continues to do so throughout a person’s lifetime. As a result, aged brains have a darker appearance in these regions. Neuromelanin is most noticeable in the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus.'(Glass, 2019)The Substantia N...
Neuromelanin, Ethnicity and Neurodegeneration
NeuromelaninNeuromelanin is the name given to the complex polymer that is found in neurons in various parts of the nervous system."Neuromelanin... is absent at birth and becomes detectable in the brain around age one. It increases in synthesis during adolescence and continues to do so throughout a person’s lifetime. As a result, aged brains have a darker appearance in these regions. Neuromelanin is most noticeable in the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus.'(Glass, 2019)The Substantia N...
