Kehinde Andrews

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Kehinde Nkosi Andrews (born January 1983) [1] is a British academic and author specialising in Black Studies.

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Andrews is a Professor of Black Studies in the School of Social Sciences at Birmingham City University. [2] He is the director of the Centre for Critical Social Research, founder of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity, [3] and co-chair of the UK Black Studies Association. [4] Andrews is the first Black Studies professor in the UK and led the establishment of the first Black Studies programme in Europe at Birmingham City University. [5] [6] [7]

Early life and education

Andrews is of British African-Caribbean heritage. [8] He earned a PhD. in Sociology and Cultural Studies from the University of Birmingham in 2011. His thesis was entitled Back to Black: Black Radicalism and the Supplementary School Movement. [9]

Journalism, media appearances, and personal views

Andrews regularly appears in the media discussing issues of race and racism, colonialism and slavery, and British nationalism. He contributes to The Guardian , [10] [11] The Independent , [12] New Statesman , [13] CNN, [14] OpenDemocracy, [15] and often appears as a guest on the BBC [16] [17] [18] [19] and Good Morning Britain . [20] [21] [22] [23]

In 2016, Andrews criticized universities in the United Kingdom for institutional racism, specifically the lack of diversity in students' assigned readings. [5] The following year, Andrews spoke at the Oxford Union, arguing that British education perpetuates racism. [24] He also gave a TEDxYouth talk in Birmingham entitled "How to Stay Radical within an Institution", exploring how Black Studies can exist within the historically racist institution of the university. [25]

In 2019, Andrews took part in a debate on whether or not the West should pay reparations for slavery at Intelligence Squared, arguing in favour of reparations. [26] He also spoke about his book Back to Black in the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies at Duke University [27] and gave a talk at Tate Liverpool on the role of Black radicalism in the United Kingdom and the United States. [28] In that year, Andrews appeared on Good Morning Britain, where he argued that the Royal Air Force bombing of Nazi Germany constituted a war crime [29] and equated the racial views of Winston Churchill to those of Adolf Hitler. [30]

Andrews narrated the film The Psychosis of Whiteness, which explores race and racism through cinematic representations of the slave trade. [31]

In July 2019, Andrews criticized the idea that prominent non-white members of the Conservative Party automatically represent racial progress, saying that a "cabinet packed with ministers with brown skin wearing Tory masks represents the opposition of racial progress". [32]

In May 2020, Andrews was a guest on Russell Brand's YouTube channel discussing racism in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd. [33] He was also interviewed by the Los Angeles Review of Books discussing Malcolm X and the question of violence in Black radicalism. [34]

In August 2020, Andrews joined calls to drop "Rule, Britannia!" and "Land of Hope and Glory" from the Last Night of the Proms, stating that the lyrics contained "racist propaganda from a time where Britain was the leading slave-trading nation in the world". [35]

In June 2021, Andrews described Elizabeth II as "the number one symbol of white supremacy in the entire world". [36] Following her death in September 2022, he called for the abolition of the monarchy. [37]

Selected works

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  13. ↑ Andrews, Kehinde (12 October 2017). "Claudia Jones's transnational radicalism". New Statesman . Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  14. ↑ Andrews, Kehinde (19 April 2018). "Racism is as British as a cup of tea". CNN . Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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  28. ↑ "Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death". Tate Liverpool. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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