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Being a BAME Researcher with Victoria Omotoso
In this special episode I talk to Victoria Omotoso, PGR in Theology and Religion at the University of Exeter, about being a BAME researcher in Higher Education and the world today. During the podcast we reference:
AdvanceHE Equality in Higher Education Statistical Report 2019
An article from the American Psychological Association about Unmasking Racial Microaggressions
Noughts+Crosses, a BBC adaptation of the novel by Malories Blackman and I was wrong, Malorie Blackman was not the first black woman writer for Doctor Who – she was the first black writer in the show's 50+ year history
Music credit: Happy Boy Theme Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Hello and welcome to R, D and The Inbetweens.
I'm your host, Kelly Preece, and every fortnight I talk to a different guest about researchers development and everything in between.
Hello and welcome to this special episode of Researchers Development and the Inbetweens
I recognise it's slightly strange to have a special episode of a podcast when your one episode into the series,
but I wanted to provide a response to the events going on across the world and particularly in America and the death of George Floyd.
One of the things I want to do with this podcast is provide a platform to discuss the real lived experiences of our researchers.
And it would seem remiss to let this opportunity go by to talk about the experience of being a BAME researcher in higher education.
I'm delighted to be joined by one of our PGR, Victoria Omotoso
to discuss being a BAME researcher in higher education and generally in the world today.
I want to point out that I have not edited this conversation.
And the reason for that is I don't want to use my privileged perspective to change or alter Victoria's voice.
So, Victoria, are you happy to introduce yourself? Yes. Hi, Kelly.
Thanks for having me. So my name is Victoria. Omotoso. I am a PhD Theology candidate and just recently submitted. Congratulations.
Thank you. I'm currently
at the University of Exeter. Yes, my research kind of looks into the Jesus films and yeah,
it touches a lot actually on ethnicity in films and how Hollywood has whitewashed a lot of stuff.
So yes. Thanks for having me. Thank you.
And the so to start with is really, really big an open question, which is just about what is it like to be a.
BAME researcher in higher education. What's the environment like for you?
What's the experience? Yeah, definitely being a BAME researcher.
I think one of the main things you kind of come out from is that, you know, that there is there is an underlying thread, right.
Of kind of inequality and discrimination. And a lot of that comes with stereotyping as well.
And it does kind of lead you when you do occupy these white spaces.
Makes you so much more conscious, actually, of the colour of your skin. And even though that shouldn't be a thing and, you know, in this modern age.
But you do feel that especially in, you know, we enter a room and you are the only,
you know, BAME researcher, you know, whether it be at a conference many times.
Many of times I've entered conferences. I'm the only the only BAME researcher there.
Or, you know, seminars. And sometimes when you.
You know, Ia lot of the times when we're talking about things, you know, in the humanities,
for example, you know, we're talking about, you know, histories and stuff like that.
And you're always conscious of how people can respond.
If I speak out, they're just going to label me as an angry black woman.
Or are they going to, you know, just say, oh, she's just another person that's just trying to make a point.
So all those things just come into play and you're constantly just aware on how you have to navigate yourself through these,
you know, through the walls of of H-E really. And.
You know, there's always a sense of. Trying to over perform.
That's a big thing that always just comes up because I think we all. No matter what race you are, we all experience imposter syndrome.
Right? You know, we all have that. We all have that thing.
But it's somehow always heightened because you feel that I need to prove.
To the white people that I'm good enough. Oh, gee, I'm like, you have to almost.
Kind of prove that as a point. That, yeah, I, too, can engage in, you know, intelligent conversation, because, to be honest,
I have experienced, you know, some people that, you know, would just kind of pass me by.
But when I open my mouth. They'll be like, wow, I, I have no idea.
You know, you were educated like that. Oh, seriously.
You know. And and it's just again, it's just this kind of this underlying kind of like I said,
this underlying thread that so, you know, just building up stereotypes that.
You know need to be broken down. Really, for people to be able to actually break through those walls.
And look, I will acknowledge that personally, I acknowledge that I'm privileged to be able to study.
You know, in institutions. Everyone that's able to study in HE is a privilege.
Absolutely. Exactly. And but, you know, I am also aware that.
The colour of my skin, may, sometimes acts as a barrier for me.
And, you know, I think. It comes to a point of trying to just dismantle those.
Structures that have been set in place, but they can't be done by BAME researchers alone.
And I think for me, some of the things that I found really striking in the past few years are not necessarily some of the instances of racism,
which, you know, we we we will talk about kind of some of those in a bit, but some of the more structural things and the more subtle things.
So, for instance AdvanceHE did an equality report a couple of years and it said that
So you UK professors by ethnic group. Ninety one point two percent of professors in the U.K. are white and Nought.
Six are black. Less than one percent. Less than one percent.
And the you know, and we know that there is a black attainment gap.
We know that at both a level and at degree level.
And we see, you know, there's some. I'll share in the show notes, some of these statistics.
And I linked to this information because they've done infographics and I think they're really powerful
and they've done one that sort of shows the amount of white and BAME students in academia starting at
undergraduate level and how that changes as you go through kind of into postgraduate research, lectureships
and professors and the amount of white people goes up and the amount of BAME people goes down.
And it's really striking because you can just I think in that see that structure.
Yeah, and how it is. Like you say, it is a white space. Yeah.
Yeah. So one of the things that we can't really ignore is what the University of Exeter is geographically located.
Yes. And this is something we've discussed before.
We are in the south west of England, which is and I think the politest way to put it is not the most multicultural area of this country.
Was that a consideration for you in coming to study in the south west?
No, because if I'm honest, I mean, I came from King's College in London.
And when I first was, you know, just making a trip, I didn't I didn't really know much about Exeter.
It wasn't really a place I'd considered. I knew of the university had a great reputation, of course.
But I you know, and I've heard that all is a beautiful part of the world.
But in terms of, you know, the city itself, I never really had much information on it, on it at first.
I will be honest, it was not a concern for me.
But when I did my first week, we got a little cottage somewhere where we were waiting for, you know, getting ready for the new academic uear to start.
And that was when I was like, oh, OK, this is the Southwest.
Yeah. You know, I mean, it was just so like I grew up I grew up in South Africa.
Right. OK. So so, you know, we know everyone knows, you know, the history of of that nation.
Right. Major racial tensions. So it wouldn't be what would it be anything new to me if I were to experience, you know,
some form of either kind of injustice, like kind of very subtle injustice or subtle discrimination.
But when I moved to the Southwest, it was almost like a new can had opened for me.
It was just.
Microaggressions, stares, people trying to touch my hair because it was something it was was something I have never experienced.
I moved down here and it just at first I was just like, very confused.
The whole thing. I'm like, is it that they actually have never seen a black person before?
Or that they feel that they've never seen a black person before or that they don't have any interactions?
Do I look like some kind of museum artefact to them?
Like, you know, it was just it was just it was just crazy to me.
Like, I would be you go into the shop and I would genuinely get people genuinely just stopping and staring.
And, you know. And then it just for me, you know, it's just as kind of I feel that there's a sense that.
For black people, again, this is kind of I know I don't want to call it ownership but it's almost s like if a black body enters into the room,
it's like, you know, what's gonna happen next? You know, and even just the whole thing of touching hair, like, you know,
just going up to someone and touching that a stranger and touching their heads.
It's the most kind of invasive part of. Incredibly, you know.
But again, what is it about? I asked that question.
I like, what is it about black bodies that white people think that that's OK?
You know, that some white people think that that's OK. To be able to come and just, you know.
Place your hands on them, say, you know, things like that walking, you know you do, you just so much more aware.
You know, the conscious ness of it all is very daunting, I think.
And like we said, I think you were saying, you know. A lot of the racism is not aggressive.
A lot of it is formed into the subtle ness of it.
And. And I think that is. Like you said, that is what actually brings a lot of impact because you're just like it's just the everyday.
The ordinary everyday where these experiences continue to happen because of the colour of your skin.
And there seems to be a lot in what you're saying about othering.
Yes. Oh, the other. Yes. Honestly, it's yeah, you're completely right.
Because I think I don't know. It is just kind of I think it also goes back to year to year.
If we go back decades ago when this whole thing of, you know, exoticism and like the fetishising of black bodies and all of that.
I think it all kind of plays into that rhetorically. Right.
Of the other of this otherness that is actually, you know, it does form from the same system that has, you know,
used used it as a form of, you know, almost as I don't want to say, you know, like of almost a form of entertainment in a way.
Absolutely. I mean, I, I see it you see it so often with attitudes to disability as well, like the the kind of othering or the kind of freak show.
of the early 20th century. Yes, definitely.
And you can say and I've heard a lot of people talk to me about kind of that again, that fetishisation, I can't say that word.
Fetishisation of disabled bodies. Yes.
And and and it it certainly seems to me
from my perspective on the situation that it is there seems to be the underpinning of the attitude
of the freak show or of exoticism that just seems to be still so embedded in our culture.
Yes. Yes. And I I think, like you said, it's those micro aggressions, it's those those subtle forms of racism that we are not.
When I say we, I mean as myself, as a kind of privileged white person, we don't know.
We don't see. No, we don't see in the same. Well, we certainly don't see in the same way.
And there's been lots of discussions in the sector.
So there's a podcast called WonkHE.
And there was a really interesting episode where they talked about how they were gonna deal with a level grades and predicted grades and the argument
And somebody tried to argue that this was gonna be a great leveller for people.
And actually, the someone said, well, no.
Because we know statistically that predicted grades for black students in the UK are much lower than what they actually achieve.
So this is a system that's gonna work against them.
Yeah. And and it's those sorts of I think it's those sorts of structural.
Discriminations are underpinning everything we do. Yeah.
Yeah. Know you're completely right. It's the thing is, it's it's this is generations like we see what's happening right now.
This is generations upon generations of trauma.
I mean, my grandmother would tell me stories of when she was working in London in the 60s of people screaming.
I heard the N-word actually down the street. And she said there's no way she can raise her children.
And like, you know, she you know, she is fighting for equality in the 60s.
Here I am. Her granddaughter is still talking about this today. So this is I mean,
this is a generational thing of we've hit we've heard the stories of what of our parents or what our grandparents
have gone through and now their children are still having to face these same battles in our own way.
And again, you know, like you said, the structure of it needs to be completely broken down.
But I think it is like you said, you know. priviledge, people that come from a place of privilege.
Need to be away, and I think what's happening right now with this whole you know,
with the whole George Floyd we've been the brave movement is that you are seeing thousands and thousands of people and a lot of white people are.
Recognising, you know, say that, hey, I'm so sorry that I took me this long to recognise my my privilege.
But, you know, I think I think they've always known that there was a privilege. Right. I mean, I think I think we all are aware of white privilege.
I think we're all aware of the systems that are put in place that are able to benefit some more than others.
But when it benefits you, it's easier to it's very easy to ignore. Exactly.
Exactly. And I think it's in your favour. Exactly.
And and that has is that's been the story, hasn't it?
For so long. And it's not even the whole
You know, this whole inequality of everything is the kind of society we live in.
Yes. Especially in the UK. I have seen people be abused, racially abused on public transport.
And nobody no, I mean, it's another person of colour that's having to step in.
Yes. And, you know, there's nobody is standing up.
No white person in that bus was, you know, was able to stand up and say, hey, that's not OK.
So, you know, it's it's just this. I think the the passiveness of it all, I think is actually what?
What's that way when it starts to arose? We almost become desensitised to the whole
Yeah. And I saw something Will Smith had actually posted a couple of days ago that said.
So if there isn't some. It was something like there hasn't been a resurgence of racism.
It's just being filmed. Yes. Yes, I saw that. Yes, exactly.
Exactly. I just I find that really powerful, just as a kind of reminder that just because you aren't seeing something.
Exactly. And if you if you are white and if you are privileged, you're not going to see it.
Not not that regularly as it occurs. That's so true, that's so true.
You go, you go, sorry, I was just agreeing with what you said.
You know, it's it's some. This is not new to black people.
No. These experiences aren't new to us. We.
We mean, we know of people this has happened to you. I guess you know of family members who've been detained just because of the colour of their skin.
We know you know, this is not this is not.
I've got two brothers that are black men. Yeah.
And. I even just going to our local shop down the road.
I have to tell him, take your hoodie off, like, don't wear a hat because you're a black man.
And they will be watching you. So, you know, it's just things like that that whereas if his white friend, you know, wore a beanie or hoodie,
you know, no business, no suspicion, you know, or he's going for a walk even when we're in Africa.
He's going for a walk. And if he's detained because he's black, because he shouldn't be here, it's a white space.
Why are you here? So, you know, this this these things, these experiences, It's not new to us.
You know, these stories are not new to black communities in the US.
They have been they have been going through this for generations, for years.
But it is finally coming into light.
And and yet, you know, I think, again, it is it's finally.
Dawning on people that we have a serious problem.
And I think a lot of, you know, white people saying we have a serious problem and we are the ones to fix it.
Because to be honest, they started this problem in the first place.
If I'm if I'm can be quite frank there. Absolutely. And like you said before, you know.
And there's a lot of discussion about this at the moment in various different groups,
that it's the people with the privilege have to speak up and start the change because we're the ones with the power and the privilege.
This is what you know what this is. I think I literally sent this to my mother yesterday and I said, this is it.
All this is great. All this change is great. I said, but we need the white people because they are the ones in power.
They are the ones sitting on those boards. They are the ones making those policies.
And I said, you know, we need them. To be able to step up and activate, you know, what is started at grassroots.
And only then can we start to see the dismantling of white supremacy, you know.
Yeah. And. I've had a lot of people talk as well about the emotional labour that gets put on people from discriminated groups in general,
where they are the people that have to fight for change. You know, when they're already fighting just for their existence.
Yeah, yeah. And the the impact of that on mental health and physical health, it's very true.
And like you say, you know. You go into most, you know, senior boards of senior management of universities across the country.
It's statistically unlikely to see a woman, let alone a black woman.
Yes. Yes. And, you know, there's been lots of.
And I know that the BME network at the university have been saying a lot about actually, you know,
it's it's our it's our responsibility as white people when we're in a room and we realise
that our BAME colleagues and students aren't represented to actually speak up and say,
you know what? This is not good enough. Yeah, I'm definitely.
I mean, that's what we've been fighting for. We fight to to be in the room.
Yeah, to be in the room. I mean, there was a time they wouldn't even let us in the building, you know, way in the building.
You know, now what? Now we're fighting for to be in the room. And I'm not saying that I'm not trying to undermine.
I don't want to undermine history. You know, I don't undermine, obviously, the impact of what has changed.
But it's 2020 and we are still fighting for it, you know,
for against the injustice and discriminations of people because of the colour of their skin.
And that is baffling and on every level. And I think a lot of people are still finding that baffling, that the colour of my skin is not a weapon.
And the colour of my skin should not make me more suspicious than my white girlfriend.
So this kind of. This, you know, these these these retorts that have been kind of passed down, passed down, passed them continue.
They continue and. Yeah, and I think we're just finally, I think.
I said, Mom, black people we are tired
We're tired. We're tired. Enough is enough.
You know, that's that's and I think that is what is happening right now. I don't think we.
We're tired. White allies are tired, you know.
Everyone is tired right now of all of this, and this needs it needs to.
There needs to be a change. It needs to be a change.
And I think what you're saying is there's a particular cultural moment that's happening right now.
And. I want to talk a little bit about how what's going on in the world now, both in terms of the COVID 19 pandemic,
but also the the events with George Floyd and the incidents in America and the protests
and the march and how that impacts on your lived experience as a black woman,
but also as a black and BAME researcher because.
I know that a lot of these things can seem very distant if they're happening on the other side of the world.
But that doesn't mean that they don't they don't change things for us.
Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. I mean, the day the day I heard about him, I cried because for me,
even though I was on the other side of the world, I'm like, this is I felt like my brother.
Yeah. And I spent I was I was absolutely emotionally distraught and exhausted and.
And I just kept thinking to myself, like. Why?
You know, and it and it has an effect on you, because you say, you know, this is someone of.
This is someone that could have been my uncle, that could have been my cousin.
And, you know, you really do feel like you genuinely do feel like it's a family member when these things happen.
And I notice that it's hard to understand, but because you know that this is what's happening to your brothers and sisters across the pond.
It's just it does make your mental health.
How you navigate your space. Just a bit more difficult.
Really. You know, you just.
You know, you just it's like there's a big target on your back.
When you're walking through the streets like that is sometimes that is what I've been feeling actually the past couple of days.
I just feel like there's a massive target on my back.
And not to say that people haven't been supportive or, y'know, know, my white friends haven't been supportive and,
you know, and active about, you know, you can only know your own pain.
Yeah. So, yeah, it's just it just.
Yeah, sorry. I know I'm feeling as well, I, I am.
It's interesting what you say about the way that it hits home is something very connected.
So my nephew is mixed raced. Yeah.
And I grew up. I do have mixed race cousins actually. But, you know, they live in London and I grew up in Devon.
So even though we're a close knit family, we we grew up quite separated in terms of those experiences.
Yeah. And when my nephew was sort of around five,
there were the sorts that was the start of racist incidents towards him at school because he was the only non-white child in his entire school.
And I remember at the time. I mean, being so completely furious and devastated and you know that.
But this had started for him already, but there was and there was a shift, I think,
in my perception, because all of a sudden it was very personal in a way that I had always.
You know, although I would never have known this language at the time, but I had always considered myself an ally.
But my response to it was different. And it has in, you know, over time made me think.
But that's how angry I need to be. Whenever it happens, whoever has it, not just when it happens to my nephew, when it happens to anybody.
And I think we do we do respond differently when it's closer to our experience.
Yes. And therefore. Isn't the answer for us as privileged white people as a homogenous group
Yeah, to to learn more about the lived experiences of black and BAME people.
Yeah. And it's just this thing, isn't it, of just human human values.
Yeah. You know, it is. It is is this past, you know, whether you're black, whether you're white.
It's human value. And this is why you know.
You know, this is why we're saying like this is why people say, you know, black lives matter, because they have told us that our lives don't.
You told us that, you know. Oh, it doesn't. It doesn't it doesn't matter that we have to.
You know, a black model on a beauty campaign.
Like, it's fine. We'll just cater for one group, you know, or, you know, they've told us for so long,
they've told us it doesn't matter that you're not beautiful enough. It doesn't matter that, you know, it does.
Does it matter like it does? And that is I think that is what has become the shift that, yeah, our lives matter enough to live.
You know, we matter enough to be treated with respect.
We matter enough to not just be, you know, fawned over or, you know, just to not be viewed as as the other, but as a fellow human being.
And I think that kind of again, I've seen a lot on social media about, you know, the notion of Black Lives Matter.
Doesn't mean that white lives don't matter or lives matter.
It just means that. Like you say, this is a group of people who have been consistently told throughout history.
Yes. That their lives don't matter. Yes. And actually and, you know, even though we you know, we I'm not I don't contest that.
We've made a lot of progress. Yes. But we know that things aren't.
We know that we're not there yet. And you see that the you know, the thing that springs to mind to me is about representation of.
Yes. Yes. Kelly. Because.
You know, I know from my perspective as a woman that I love science fiction and superheroes and all that sort of stuff.
And it's only sort of in the past five years that we've started to see, you know, things like Star Wars with a strong female lead.
Yes. Yes. You know Captain Marvel for me.
Yes. Oh, my gosh. We've got a superhero that's not wearing a tiny skirt.
And and all of a sudden, you know it.
And I've had, you know, male friends say to me, but, you know, Captain Marvel is my one of my favourites of all time.
And they go, but it's not it's not the most amazing film. Why do you love it?
And it's because it's it it feels like it represents and speaks to ,e.
Yes. And my experience and I've heard a lot of people talking recently in my own kind of quest to educate myself,
somebody that operates in a position of privilege. And about the you know, we've we've come quite a long way with that.
Yes. We've got a long way to go. But, you know, in terms of.
BAME stories and narratives.
We're so woefully behind. Yeah, yeah.
There has been I mean. You want to take it right into every spectrum, right?
I can go to. You can go to our education system.
You can go to, you know, on television, just like there has been this almost like a ratio of black stories and.
In the case that even black people don't even know we don't even know our own stories, you know, because because there is no platform,
there is no representation for us to be able to express these stories and say, hey, like there is this is another side of things.
You know, there is this you know, this is, you know, how black people have contributed to science.
That. Yeah, I did, too. Medicine and technology and, you know, you know, in the arts.
And these stories are so, so diminished. And, you know, it's we need to start shining a light on these stories, shining a light on modern black stories.
You know, our own stories. Yes. As black people living now. And who knows?
And representation. You know, seeing a representation is key.
And I think I think it's it's great now. I mean, I knew when I was growing up, there wasn't that many black dolls for little girls to play with.
Yeah. And it's great that, again, like you said, we've made some progress that, you know,
little little black girls are able to play with like those if they want to have, they can.
You know, just having the option, I think has been has been the biggest thing.
I mean, honestly, I could walk into boots and I will not have an option and I'll just walk straight back out.
You know, it's just things like that which kind of represent a society.
In fact, whether they like the fact that they aren't aware of it, I think is part of the problem.
That doesn't say that they are not you know, that doesn't say to, oh, you did.
This group of people are racist. But the fact that they are just so unaware is part of the problem.
The fact that they are so unaware that, oh, there is a part of the demographic of people that might not all be one team needed.
I remember there was a whole thing a couple of years ago, right on nude and what that meant.
And nude basically just meant white skin. Yeah. Yeah.
And we were just like, yeah. Hi,
Remember me? I exist. Yeah. Like, you know, we exist too, you know.
So I think, you know, I think, you know, we're starting to see I think I remember a couple months ago I was in it with
Tesco bringing out kind of shades of new plasters and all those things.
I think, you know, it's it's a long mountain to climb.
But I. I don't want to be pessimistic about it.
I think there's hope. I think that there's enough people who are starting to recognise what is going on and care enough to be liked.
Yeah, we need to be able to, you know, highlight highlight these stories and let them because, you know.
Yeah, I'm remembering as you're talking, I think we did.
I think we had a conversation on Twitter actually about noughts and crosses. Yes.
Oh yes. Oh, I love that show. I know. Yes.
Yeah. So the thing that's the thing that really struck me as we're talking.
I mean, so this was a TV show that was on the BBC a couple of months ago.
Yeah, I think it was on BBC two, though, which in and of itself is an interesting thing worth noting.
Yes. But I, I actually read that book when the the first one of the series when it came out and I just Googled it now and it came out in 2001.
Wow. How was it taken. And it was funny. It was fabulous. And I loved it the first time I read it.
And, you know, as same as happens with so much in our lives, you know, those kind of fictions and stories are educational.
Definitely. And how was that taken? 20 years. Yeah.
To be made for television. I mean, irrespective of the ways that it problem arises and challenges the sections of race and.
Yeah, and the way that our society is structured. Yes.
Just an amazing story. Yes. But it didn't get made.
Yeah. Yeah. And I think Mallory Blackamn, who writes it.
She wrote an episode of Doctor Who. A couple of years ago.
And I think I've I think and I will double check this and correct myself in the show notes, if I'm wrong,
that she was the first black woman to ever write an episode of Doctor Who in a show that's been running for over 50 years.
Wow. This is the thing. It is the thing. We're still hearing of black firsts.
Yes. And it's twenty twenty. Yes.
We're still hearing of first that passage to see this first.
I mean, up until last night, first black mayor in Ferguson, first black female mayor in Ferguson last night.
So, you know, it's it's. You know. It is. It is.
Yeah, it's you know, it's amazing and how. Yeah.
Society has just kind of set that up, isn't it? And just really.
It becomes so blatant now, I think. To draws to a close.
I wonder what. Thinking of the right way to phrase.
So, you know, thinking about coming back to higher education and the structural inequalities that we know exist.
The you know, the things that you've said about walking into a conference paper or a seminar and being the only BAME person in the room.
What what do we need to do, as you know? I'm talking about that homogenous group of white people again.
What do we need to do? If we've got the power and we've got the privilege, what do we as white people and H.E. need to do?
To help change this. For your perspective.
So I know I'm asking you as a black person for the answer, I'm aware of that in my question.
Yeah. I always say education, education, education, and educating yourself doesn't just mean reading off lots of books about that people.
Yeah. Also means actually speaking to black people or, you know, and actually accepting them.
And I know and I mean and I always just said, like just me be genuine about wanting to accept them into the room.
You know, it's not a front. It's not a thing that, you know, we're just trying to tick a box or anything.
It's just genuinely treating them with.
You know, with the same honour and dignity as anyone else, and I think, again, you know, like you said, a lot people are kind of, you know,
recognising their privilege, recognising, you know, the steps, the extra steps that have been put in place or the less obstacles they have.
And that's great. But I think. The main thing that we all say needs to do is just.
Have an ear to listen. I guess, I mean, you know, the people that are in power need to get BAME researchers into the room and listen.
They need to get BAME researches into the room and let them voice out their story.
Let them voice out their concern and just be genuine in.
Listening. Be genuine in wanting to help.
Because they are in a position of power and privilege. And those are the things that, you know, I think we can start to at least see that,
you know, the people that are making these policies, the people that are.
You know. Kind of in in those positions are the ones to really stop to make that change.
To be honest. Yeah. And I think that's a really an important and powerful note to end on.
Actually, I love that phrase. Just have an ear to listen. Yeah, and actually the simplicity.
Of that as an act. Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to me about.
I didn't think about just something about incredibly emotional.
I've felt it. As we've discussed it from my own experiences with my family.
But just hearing your lived experience and confronting my own biases and assumptions with that is is really important to me as an individual,
but also to everybody else working in this sector and being a human being on this earth.
So thank you so much. Thank you for having me. Thank you.
Hey, thanks. Thank you, Victoria, for a difficult, emotional and truly illuminating conversation.
I'm making a commitment now to make sure that I do have an ear to listen.
Like many white people, I believe in equality and condemn racism wholeheartedly.
But I am the product of white privilege and my perspective on the world is embedded with unconscious bias.
I recognise that it's not the job of black people to educate white people about racism and about the lived experience.
And so I recognise and thank Victoria for taking the time to talk to me today.
I'm going to include some links in the show notes, to different things that Victoria and I have discussed.
But if there is anything you think is conspicuously absent from that or other stories or
other research about BAME experiences in higher education that you think needs adding,
please do let me know. And that's it for this episode. Don't forget to, like, rate and subscribe and join me.
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by Adam Buckman , Featured Columnist, July 30, 2019
Twenty Democratic presidential hopefuls are scheduled to take the stage at Detroit's Fox Theatre for two nights of debates this week that will hopefully begin the process of winnowing down an unwieldy crowd of candidates.
This two-night face-off figures to be the TV highlight of the week -- particularly since most of the TV world is smack in the middle of the summer doldrums. For the TV news channels at least, these debates will provide plenty to talk about, and take up untold hours of airtime far beyond their four total hours in length.
At 20 participants -- 10 facing off on each evening -- this week's debate field is the same size as the last ones on June 28 and 29 in Miami, staged by NBC News (pictured above).
Incredibly, the lineup has only one change. Just one candidate threw in the towel after last month's debates: little-known California Rep. Eric Swalwell. He has been replaced by Montana Gov. Steve Bullock.
This week's political event is all CNN's. The two debates are scheduled to run from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday (July 30) and Wednesday (July 31). They will air live, moderated by Dana Bash, Don Lemon and Jake Tapper (whose last name was misspelled as "Taper" on CNN's own website on Monday).
The lineup of debaters on night one (all returning except for the newcomer from Montana) will be: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan, South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, former Maryland Rep. John Delaney, author and New Age spiritualist Marianne Williamson, and Bullock.
On night two, the debaters will be: former Vice President Joe Biden, California Sen. Kamala Harris, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, former HUD Secretary Julian Castro, and tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang.
While all but one of the participants are the same, the lineups have undergone a handful of changes that will pit some candidates against each other for the first time. For example, in last month's go-round, Sens. Sanders and Warren were seen on separate evenings. This week, they'll go head to head.
Also new this week, the debates' two most notable outliers -- non-politicians Williamson and Yang -- have been separated over the two evenings. Last time, they both appeared on night two.
One pairing that has not been separated this time around: Sen. Harris going up against former Vice President Biden. Her confrontation with Biden over his long-ago opposition to a school busing bill was one of the most talked-about moments of the last debate.
Harris' strategy, in which she sought to portray Biden as sympathetic to segregationists in his first years as a United States senator, was cheered by some and criticized by others. Viewers will tune in to see whether she will attack him again this week.
Enjoy these crowded field debates while you can. It is widely assumed that there will not be 20 candidates in the next round of debates scheduled for two nights in September on ABC. Among other things, the qualifications for inclusion will be stricter.
To qualify for September's debate, "candidates need at least 2% support in four polls, and 130,000 unique donors (with at least 400 donors each in 20 states) to qualify," according to Vox.com.
And, although ABC and the Democratic National Committee at present are setting aside two nights for the September debate (the 12th and 13th), only one night might be necessary. Various experts and pollsters say there will be substantially fewer candidates who will qualify by then. The most likely to still be standing, Vox says, are: Biden, Sanders, Warren, Harris, Buttigieg, O'Rourke, Klobuchar and Booker.
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Amir Tehrani
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Location: Alexandria, VA
Speaks: Farsi, English
Instructs: Piano
Education: Master Degree form Georgetown University
Performance Experience: 10
Teaching Experience: 6
Teaching Philosophy: As a music teacher, it is my belief that all students, regardless of socio-economic status, physical or intellectual ability, should be offered the opportunity to discover and explore their innate potential as musicians, and to increase these natural capacities through formal music instruction.
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Amir Tehrani started play piano at the age 7 and received musical education at Tehran Conservatory under the supervision of Kelara Bukuchava the prominent piano teacher from Tbilisi Conservatory of music. He has been working with students from different age groups especially the young children. His teaching methodology focuses on empowering students through appropriate technical and theoretical activities and ultimately engaging them in creating their own music. He also has a master degree in Liberal Arts from Georgetown University where he concentrated on the significant role of music on cognitive performance. He never takes for granted the important role of parents in learning processes and strongly encourage them to receive musical education so they can better understand their kids progression.
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Weston-super-Mare's first balloon launch and 'night glow' which was due to take place on Saturday, has been postponed due to poor weather conditions.
After cancelling the balloon launch due to weather forecasts predicting 20mph winds - 10mph over the safety limit for ballooning - the choreographed 'night glow' has also been postponed.
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An Open Letter to Adult Swim/Toonami
June 4, 2017 June 4, 2017 ~ ArthurCrane	~ 2 Comments
Dear Adult Swim/Toonami:
Bringing back Samurai Jack turned out to be a pretty fantastic idea. It was an even better idea to allow this to happen by bringing in Genndy Tartakovsky instead of simply taking the rights of the show (owned by Cartoon Network) and hand them to some kind of mercenary with no real understanding of what the show is or what made it interesting in the first place. I think we can all agree that it was a success all around. Critics loved it, fans loved it (except for that one or two things here and there) and the ratings were pretty terrific. I believe I speak for plenty when I say that this is a new standard for what it means to successfully re-boot a long dormant series (Yes, I know calling it a re-boot is a bit inaccurate given that it's a continuation of the series that Mr. Tartakovsky had always intended to deliver one way or another, but that's a bit beside the point). It managed to stay faithful to the original series while expanding our understanding of it in exciting, unexpected ways. You have my gratitude, as well as that of many, many fans because of this.
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Samurai Jack: A Retrospective
May 28, 2017 May 28, 2017 ~ ArthurCrane	~ Leave a comment
It's only been a week, yet I'm still processing the fact that Samurai Jack is over. That his big comeback has left us as soon as it arrived, and in its wake, it left something spectacular: a revival of a beloved TV show that remains true to the spirit of the original while updating it in all the right ways. Outside of the recent comeback for Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Netflix, I don't think I've seen anything quite like this, but even then, the evolution of Samurai Jack is one less of superficial style (all in all, it's the same), but rather a narrative one. In recent memory, when you see a franchise get a new life, you expect it to draw inspiration and some basic building blocks from its predecessors, but other than that, it feels like a totally different creation. Sometimes that new direction is for its benefit, such as what Marvel Studios has been doing with its movie adaptations. Other times, you end up with something like the live-action Transformers movies. Still, this comparison feels inaccurate. Samurai Jack 2017 isn't just a revival or a re-adaptation, it's a continuation of the show's original continuity with the intention of wrapping up a story that was left open-ended. Over the course of the last few weeks, I've reviewed each episode, covering the in-the-moment developments as they were presented to us. I feel like I've covered plenty of ground regarding the show's evolution and sense of theming, but now that it's all said and done, we can see how far we came and take a look at the season as a whole so we can appreciate what made this conclusion of Jack's story such a success. But first, we must take a look at what came before…
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Samurai Jack Season 5 Episode 9 Review (C)
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Samurai Jack Season 5 Episode 8 Review (XCIX)
May 7, 2017 ~ ArthurCrane	~ Leave a comment
So now that Jack is back to "classic" Jack as of last episode, having wrapped up his arc about re-discovering himself and coming to terms with his past mistakes, one has to wonder how the rest of the season is gonna play out. Will it be the more traditional structure of the original, episodic run or will we still get to see new developments for Jack before he reaches his final showdown with Aku? Turns out the answer is a bit of Column A and a bit of Column B. This week's episode might be the most straightforward one we've had all season, and the most reminiscent of the first four seasons: the story is driven primarily by action and set-pieces as Jack and Ashi fight a new enemy along their journey to defeat Aku. Even so, it manages to throw in elements that tie into both heroes' overarching story…
… and oh man is it a doozy.
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Samurai Jack Season 5 Episode 7 Review (XCVIII)
April 30, 2017 ~ ArthurCrane	~ Leave a comment
Where we last left our heroes, Jack was ready to stop running away from his problems and get his shit together, starting with finding his sword. With Ashi in tow, he sets out to restart his mission to save the world. But first, a journey of self-discovery and introspection. Trust me, it's not as boring as it sounds.
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Samurai Jack Season 5 Episode 6 Review (XCVII)
April 23, 2017 April 23, 2017 ~ ArthurCrane	~ 3 Comments
In previous reviews, I've brought up the significance of episodes of Samurai Jack that don't feature Jack as the protagonist. This has resulted in some very unique stories, even some of the best the series has ever seen. What we have here is yet another such episode, but one that probably won't carry as much memorability…at least the same kind.
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Samurai Jack Season 5 Episode 4 Review (XCV)
April 9, 2017 April 16, 2017 ~ ArthurCrane	~ Leave a comment
Short Version: Well, this turned out better than the last time Jack was travelling alone with a woman…
Last week, Samurai Jack came face-to-face with the unthinkable, possibly the most dangerous opponent he's ever encountered. An enemy so vile, so powerful, so unpredictable that it pushed him to his very limits, and even then, he was defeated. In fact, Jack never stood a chance. No contest. It might just be the most brutal loss he's ever had.
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Aaron Wilson writes about the Ravens for The Baltimore Sun. He joined The Sun in August 2012 after 11 years at the Carroll County Times and has been on the Ravens beat since 2001. The Baltimore County resident has previously covered the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Tennessee Titans. Wilson grew up in Washington, D.C., and attended East Carolina University.


The perfect example of "if it ain't broke" is Florida's State Park System. At least it was before Gov. Rick Scott and his Department of Environmental Protection secretaries started to meddle.
Our park system was the envy of the nation, having been awarded the Gold Medal for outstanding park system an unprecedented three times.
But Scott and his latest DEP secretary, Jon Steverson, apparently don't see the value in managing and maintaining natural areas for the enjoyment of our residents and tourists. They also miss the importance of preserving these lands — owned by the people of Florida — in perpetuity for future generations to enjoy experiencing the real Florida and all its natural splendor.
Instead, they want to force incompatible agricultural uses into the parks. They tried to sell this scheme as "resource management" but nobody was buying it. Clearly it's an attempt to commercialize and privatize our state parks for private profit.
This is not their first attempt.
They tried to put golf courses in our parks, and there was a public outcry. Then they tried to push commercial camping at Honeymoon Island State Park and several others. Thousands showed up in protest.
Now they insist the parks must be self-sufficient. Park managers and those who have dedicated their professional lives to our parks have offered solutions to generate more revenue that would not be detrimental to our natural resources. Those ideas were dismissed.
Their real goal is to force cattle grazing and timber harvesting on state park lands. These are the very lands we purchased to preserve our natural resources. Now we're inviting others to exploit them for personal gain.
We have over a million acres of state-owned lands managed by the Division of Forestry. Why not look to them for sustainable timber harvesting?
It's disturbing that Scott and Steverson would risk ruining our parks with this façade of self-sufficiency. The parks are already 77 percent self-sufficient with $60 million generated by park users.
Here's a real head-scratcher. A bill (SB 570) was introduced that would create a state park entrance fee holiday for a year.
How does that achieve the goal of self-sufficiency? Where would that $60 million come from? Could it be that without entry fees more cattle grazing and logging would be permitted?
Steverson has not yet received Senate confirmation for DEP secretary. Wouldn't it send a strong message if the Senate postponed or voted down his confirmation?
Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam advised Steverson to drop his self-sufficiency idea for state parks. He doesn't seem to be heeding that advice.
Now Steverson is pushing for hunting in state parks. Is it because we have a lack of adequate hunting opportunities on public land?
Many of my family members are avid hunters, and I support making public lands available for hunting where appropriate. State parks are not.
There doesn't appear to be a shortage of hunting already available on public lands. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, there are at least 5.9 million acres of public lands open for hunting in Florida.
These include 167 Wildlife Management Areas that are geographically spread throughout the state in five regions. The WMAs are a mix of federal and state-owned lands that are available for hunting.
Ocala National Forest has 383,000 acres where you can hunt deer or turkeys. Jennings State Forest in northeast Florida has 24,033 acres with good whitetail hunting. Osceola National Forest has 200,000 acres with excellent turkey hunting. The Big Cypress National Preserve has 720,000 acres in southeast Florida with deer, turkey and pig hunting.
Hunting is allowed on 3.5 million acres (72 percent) of state-owned land; 2.4 million acres (60 percent) of federal lands in Florida; and in total, 5.9 million acres (66 percent) of all public land in Florida.
The State Park System seems small by comparison, with 671,846 total acres representing less than 14 percent of all state-owned lands.
Why, then, do Scott and Steverson insist on pushing hunting into our parks? Not only is it incompatible with the mission of our state parks, it is also unsafe for our families who are enjoying them.
Shooting wildlife in our state parks is best done with a camera.


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Chef Tiger's Kitchen: Christmas Cracker Extras!
I received the second of my 3 Christmas Crackers today... it came in later then the first oen that came today as it was sent UPS and wow what a cracker it is. It's nestled in the branches of my tree along with my first one waiting for Christmas Eve and my quiet time to open them.
In with it came a baggie of things for me to have right away.. and wow was is stuffed too... here are some pictures of the wonderful goodies to add to my stash!
Wonderful butterfly fabric almost buried with everything else!
I love the charms pictured here and can't wait to get at a couple RRs I'm working on to use them on.
That was an amazing stash increasing baggie!! Lucky you, you have an amazingly generous friend somewhere!!!!
You definitely will use it up with all your productivity CQing wise!!!
LOL! Merry Christmas Lorrie! Glad you enjoyed the little bits of pre-Christmas extras, but be a good girl and save the Christmas Cracker till Christmas Eve, hey!


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Meet Patch Adams (Academy Award® winner, Robin Williams), a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like any doctor you've met before. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he's willing to do just about anything to make his patients laugh - even if it means risking his own career. Based on a true story, Patch Adams combines sidesplitting humor with an inspiring story that transcends the traditional comedy.
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True-story medical tale is made shallow and sentimental.


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Kojo Nnamdi is host of The Kojo Nnamdi Show, a live talk show produced by WAMU 88.5 that airs weekdays at noon. On Fridays at noon, Nnamdi hosts The Politics Hour on WAMU 88.5.
"Maybe the best radio interviewer in town" according to The Washington Post, host Kojo Nnamdi welcomes a lineup of interesting and provocative guests who offer new perspectives about current events, political issues, social policy, art, science and other topics. The show encourages listener calls, creating a dynamic dialogue about issues that are important or interesting to the Washington, D.C., region.
Nnamdi is a native of Guyana who immigrated to the United States in 1968 to attend college and explore the civil rights movement. From 1985 to 2011, he hosted Evening Exchange, a public affairs television program broadcast by WHUT-TV at Howard University. From 1973 to 1985, Nnamdi worked at WHUR-FM, where he served as news editor and then news director, producing the award-winning local news program The Daily Drum.
In 2003, the Library of Congress selected Nnamdi as the keynote speaker for African American history month, and in 2001, he was honored as a civil rights hero by the National Council for Community Justice.
In 2005, he was named a "Washingtonian of the Year" by Washingtonian magazine, saying, "Radio is more fun, more intimate than TV. I always want to make sure people are listening to something that helps them make intelligent decisions about their lives." DCist, "a website about the Washington, D.C. area and everything that happens there," named Nnamdi one of "DC's Most Influential People" in 2007. Also in 2007, Washingtonian named Nnamdi one of the "150 Most Influential People in Washington."
In addition to his hosting duties, Nnamdi has chaired the board of the Public Access Corporation of Washington, D.C., since 1997. He is also active in Guyaid, an organization devoted to the welfare of children in Guyana.
Kojo served on the Board of the Library of Congress American Folklife Center from 2003-2008. A proud nationalized American citizen for more than 20 years, Kojo's passions include cricket, Caribbean Carnival, poetry, jazz and jogging.
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Africa with them at all times, especially in their wardrobe" says Jimmy Umba, owner and creator of Bantu Wear.
Last week I went to Cape Town for 3 days to shoot a tv commercial for Middle East (I will talk about it in another post), during my free time, I decided to explore the city but my main objective was to find interesting things related to fashion.
I went to downtown and discovered a boutique called Bantu Wear. I felt in love with this place and I was fascinated with all the colors, fabrics and textures that I found there. Bantu Wear is an african couture brand created in 2008. The owner, originally from Congo, envisioned a brand that could marry western and modern design with african print and fabrics.
Grazia Magazine also came and took some pictures of street style for their next issue.
Me encantan las fotos y tus looks son ideales! Un beso bella.
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Microtel by Wyndham Loveland will offer guests a meeting area, an exercise facility and breakfast.
LOVELAND, COLORADO, UNITED STATES, October 17, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ — Construction on the new 62-room Microtel by Wyndham in Loveland is scheduled to officially begin with a public groundbreaking ceremony on Oct. 22 at 11 a.m. (MDT) at 3996 Peralta Drive in Loveland, Colorado. The hotel is scheduled to open its doors to guests in May 2019.
Owned by White Water Hospitality, LLC, the new Microtel hotel is a franchised brand under Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world's largest hotel franchising company, with nearly 9,000 hotels across more than 80 countries on six continents.
Tom Cave, owner of Accurate TDC, LLC and the developer for Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham Loveland, shared the hotel's prime location near the Budweiser Events Center and the Northern Colorado Regional Airport is expected to attract a year-round stream of guests passing through the area.
Microtel by Wyndham Loveland will offer guests a meeting area, an exercise facility and breakfast, and is projected to average around $100 per night. Out of the approximately 20 or more hotels in the area, the average cost of a room ranges from about $60 to about $150 per night.
Microtel is considered an upper economy brand in the Wyndham Hotels & Resorts family, and is the only all-new construction brand among economy hotels. The 'Generation Five' Microtel is the "latest and greatest" model of the hotel.
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The owner of the new Microtel by Wyndham Loveland, Gurvinder Singh of White Water Hospitality, LLC, is a first-time hotel owner. He is currently in business with a convenience store and gas station in Greeley, Colorado, but wanted to expand his business into the hotel industry.
Bedrock Construction Group, a company based in Orlando, Florida, is leading the building of the hotel. Channel Point Hospitality, the management company, will work closely with the developer during the construction process to ensure a successful opening in May 2019, and take over the day-to-day hotel operations once it is built. Point West Community Bank financed the hotel.
The new Microtel is expected to create 15 to 20 permanent jobs once staffing begins.
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By Jonny Evans, Computerworld |
UK government develops an iPad habit
Digital transformation has no end
Digital transformation is impacting the UK government, and the iPad Air 2 tablets being handed out to 650 MPs after the next election are just the thin end of the digital wedge. Government, like every other part of life, is subject to disruption.
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The decision to deploy iPads among MPs follows an extensive testing process. MP John Thurso, chair of the committee that made the decision, explains: "iPads for Members engaged in Select Committee business were initially piloted by the Administration Committee between April and October 2011. An extended testing pilot within other Select Committees followed this.
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Chi Onwurah, an MP who wants a "device independent" solution for parliament, asked whether the risks of being locked into one supplier were considered when the decision was made to trial Apple iPad for select committees. But at the time the trial took place, iPads were the only tablets in town. Now, of course, "access to parliamentary digital services on iPads is mature, offering greater access than on other mobile devices," Thurso wrote.
The select committee decision was also based on other criteria (security, clear upgrade path and TCO). In the future, the intention is to support other platforms, "subject to security assurance and testing."
If you want to learn a little more about how the UK government secures iOS, take a look at the security guidance here. Existing security procedures require alphanumeric passwords that must change every 90 days. Apps installation, screenshots, third-party keyboards, iCloud services and Handoff are not enabled.
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These UK government moves match what we're seeing in the mobile enterprise, where Apple dominates. iOS has been designed to provide secure access to corporate information networks, including the UK government's own services. There is also a buoyant industry of security services designed to protect Apple products when used by governments, in the UK and beyond.
The UK is engaged in a major push to embrace digital processes; for example, by 2016, all published information should be freely available online.
The UK also seems to be exploring how to create a Unified Communications infrastructure to help MPs make better sense of the digital deluge as social media, email, letters and online forms all battle for attention, offering the real threat that urgent messages from constituents may be lost in the digital flood.
The move to embrace digital is all the more essential when you consider Accenture's recent analysis claiming digital technologies could add $1.36 trillion to the value of the world's top 10 economies by 2020.
Google+? If you use social media and happen to be a Google+ user, why not join AppleHolic's Kool Aid Corner community and join the conversation as we pursue the spirit of the New Model Apple?
Got a story?Drop me a line via Twitter or in comments below and let me know. I'd like it if you chose to follow me on Twitter so I can let you know when fresh items are published here first on Computerworld.
Jonny is a freelance writer who has been writing (mainly about Apple and technology) since 1999.


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