{"id":4528,"date":"2020-05-26T19:48:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T18:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2020\/05\/26\/champions-diversity-forced-take-back-seat-because-coronavirus-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2020-05-26T19:48:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T18:48:27","slug":"champions-diversity-forced-take-back-seat-because-coronavirus-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/champions-diversity-forced-take-back-seat-because-coronavirus-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions of Diversity forced to take a back seat because of coronavirus pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester\u2019s award winning hate-crime prevention project, <em>Diversity Champions<\/em>, have been forced to suspend all current and future activity until further notice due to the covid-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>The project, which was established due the rise in hate crimes after the Manchester Arena attack, has had to suspend its work despite a new wave of xenophobic hate crime rising due to Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>Research by <em>Al Jazeera<\/em> found over ten thousand posts on Twitter which included the term \u2018Kung-flu\u2019 when referring to the coronavirus, but with the UK on lockdown, people are beginning to question how these rising issues will be tackled.<\/p>\n<p>The Diversity Champions \u2013 based at The University of Manchester, aims to work with schoolchildren and young people aged 13 \u2013 15 to help improve their understanding of hate crime and provide them with the skills they need to tackle it in their community.<\/p>\n<p>For Manchester communities, the suspension of programmes such as <em>The Diversity<\/em> <em>Champions <\/em>means that the schools and working class young people involved in these projects will be hindered from gaining fundamental training and awareness on issues significant to themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The outreach programmes taught by the project are not required within the school curriculums so fears that young people will be missing out on fundamental training on how to tackle hate crimes have been voiced.<\/p>\n<p>Iqra Shah, 23, who is the student recruitment and widening participation graduate intern at the University of Manchester, has voiced her growing concerns on the suspension of the project: \u201cOur main priority and concern will always be the safety of our staff and students but it is a great shame that we have had to temporarily suspend our outreach work. The young people we worked with were eager to begin the programme this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cThese are hard times for everybody but it especially worries me that BAME people are more vulnerable to Covid-19 and I fear what that can mean for our young people. The xenophobia is awful&#8230; it really is a great shame that these situations have risen due to the same thing [covid-19] that has hindered our work to tackle them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kids of Colour<em>, <\/em>another Manchester-based charity which also works with young people has also tweeted a response to the impact of Covid-19 on BAME communities on Twitter: \u201cBut due to racial inequality, many Y-PoC [Young People of Colour] will have families who\u2019ve lost jobs, parents struggling to pay rent. They themselves may be going back to schools that have misjudged their grades. The list goes on. This pandemic is deepening inequality for Y-PoC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The platform, which strives to encourage young people of colour to explore race and identity and aim to challenge institutionalised racism, was unavailable for interviews at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Iqra Shah said: \u201cThe Manchester Access Programme [MAP] has had to adapt due to the Covid-19 outbreak and the majority of young people on that programme are also Black or Minority Ethnic. It seems the struggle for these students will only get worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A year 12 participant on the Manchester Access Programme, Tayyibah Shah, 17, voiced her personal concerns: \u201cI won\u2019t be able to experience The Manchester Access Programme properly but I know it\u2019s more important to just stay at home and to stay safe. My concerns are mainly to do with the fact I won\u2019t be able to experience the university campus and explore it properly like we were promised. 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