The Newnham x Robinson BME Open Mic Night held at the Robinson College Bar on February 11, 2018 was forcibly shut down by the Bar staff upon receiving complaints by white students that they didn’t enjoy the BME performances. The organisers share a response.

Before I envisaged my future and saw that it was inevitably queer, I struggled with my identity in that present. I struggled to contextualise my queerness within the history of my Kenyan and Ugandan ancestors. This is the legacy of colonialism that shapes my queerness today.

ACS President Ore Ogunbiyi calls for black men to stop complaining, acknowledge their priviledge and get involved.

Sometimes I don’t want to be patient, I don’t want to be measured, I want you to know how I feel and I want the luxury of that vulnerability.

Jessica Tan asks, ‘will you join me in considering when to sit down, shut up and listen vs stand up, speak out and aggressively take up exclusive spaces?’

As members of FLY, the university’s network for women and non-binary people of colour, we condemn the targeting of CUSU Women’s Officer Lola Olufemi in the reports of The Telegraph and The Daily Mail.

Events like Notting Hill Carnival must be protected. The demonisation and criticism of them in the press, or the attempts by the wealthy and  powerful to shut them down, must be challenged.