Undercover Asia: Law dean who didn’t 'look Oxford enough’ calls out racism
Is there a ‘look’ for Oxford academics? Apparently so. Professor Mindy Chen-Wishart, the dean of the law faculty at Oxford University, was once asked to move out of frame so that a tourist could get an ‘authentic shot of Oxford’. That’s the sort of unconscious racism that Taiwan-born Prof Chen-Wishart is facing on a daily basis.
Undercover Asia: Law dean who didn’t 'look Oxford enough’ calls out racism
Is there a ‘look’ for Oxford academics? Apparently so. Professor Mindy Chen-Wishart, the dean of the law faculty at Oxford University, was once asked to move out of frame so that a tourist could get an ‘authentic shot of Oxford’. That’s the sort of unconscious racism that Taiwan-born Prof Chen-Wishart is facing on a daily basis.
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