Professional Communications: Decolonizing Practices in UK Universities

This report delves into the challenges faced by UK universities regarding decolonization practices and their response to the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. It examines the controversy surrounding slave monuments, statues, and plaques, exploring the arguments for and against their removal. The report analyzes potential solutions, including curriculum changes, anti-racist policies, and the relocation of monuments to museums. It critiques ineffective solutions, such as removing all historical monuments, and provides recommendations for universities to foster a more inclusive environment. The report emphasizes the importance of addressing cultural disparities, supporting diverse backgrounds, and promoting equal treatment for all staff and students to combat racism and support the BLM movement. The report concludes that universities should focus on curriculum development, cultural sensitivity, and historical understanding rather than simply removing monuments. The report also highlights the importance of universities supporting the black community and minority groups within their staff and student body to avoid controversies that could harm their reputation. It concludes that the focus should be on understanding the past history and promoting equality for modern lives.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
Possible solution that could be adopted.......................................................................................3
Two most ineffective solution.....................................................................................................4
Recommendation.........................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7
Books and journals:.....................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
The support is majorly in to drive the recommendation and solution of the issue related with the
decolonizing practices and supporting the background of University staff bye Sewing
togetherness with the BLM movement, the movement rising to support black people and was
started in United States. The issue is majorly discuss around the globe that the statues, plaques
and other monument should lowered down or not which represent the past slave owners that has
belongs to black community. The issue arriving with the context of many people who believe not
to destroy these monuments as the show the history of past and some are with the fact of
retaining the monuments into museums will give a better history and meaningful ways for the
modern generation (Ayup, Awang,. and Ahmad, 2019). So that this report is going to identify
How to resolve the issue of not destroying these slave monuments so what practices would be
good and bad both are going to be discussed. The universities in to UK are facing trouble into
their funding to make their curriculum more effective in terms of background and cultural
colonization which affect their staff and students. Supporting the black community will eliminate
all the cultural disparities from the Universities and people will not feel discriminated as a whole.
Show the universities are in a state of confusion in treating these monuments and structures as
what they impact on the community and colonization.
MAIN BODY
TASK
Possible solution that could be adopted
The Statues and monuments in Britain of the slave trader Edward Colston in Boston. The Statue
of this personality is being a reason for provoking people to rate protest against black life
matters. The people who are support the protest against BLM movement does not want to the
statues of white people around their surrounding in the City Streets are supporting the black
community as a victim of black people life (Babini, 2020). Mainly the protest is to support the
slavery in the 1860. The solution arises by launching the campaign which was established by
Oxford students stated that the university curriculum needs to be changed in order to support

diversity and different background culture of being student and the employees. The solution
come along is the anti-racist contain and making this policies of recruitment of their staff and
students. The Other solution was came out is to remove the statue as the Orion University would
not need to pay homage for the statue and it would be e put into the museum for showing past
history of Britain's. Also, the professor stated that removal of the statues will lower down the
symbol of colonization and white Supremacy which does not discriminate any flaws among
individuals whether they are white or black. But the universities are in trouble to not remove the
statues as they are the matter of their funding and the attention that they see from the people. The
universities need to support the life matter campaign and support black community and minority
within their staff and student otherwise they would come into controversies which will lead to
harm their reputation (Bati, and İkbal Yetişir, 2021). The solution drawn out for this issue is not
thought of redesigning the statues or modified them which will lose their authenticity and
realness show the universities need to take action to simply remove the statues that made the
profit for all the misery caused. They are the people who are in support to remain the statues for
a historical purpose into the Museum and there are some peoples who support to remove this
monument which create bias and differentiation among white and black people that become a
profit source for the university.
Two most ineffective solution
The solution that has made by the people in order to eliminate racism from the country
and Society the other people are in support To to remove the statues which are in 72 number into
hit list. There should be no criteria of removing any monument which show the history of
country as removing the monument will not lead to solve life problems and would not make the
people aware and mature about making cultural differences (Ulema, 2019). Removing any
historical will lead to disappear all the togetherness from the country and make apart all the
connections which are followed by the history. Therefore the solution number one which are in
support of removing monument is not effective to remove dresses by showing the slave
monuments as they were they were the histories that could defective to learn about slavery and
what the n sisters does into their time will be e a noticeable topic for the student. It is all the
matter of democracy and colonization that could not depend on the life at every individual have
their different and own rights to live a life freely into the country (Green, Keenan, and Ingram,
2019). So that removing monuments and plaque will not the solution of eliminating racism and

claim to dominate universities. Also it is not the solution of lowering down the crimes in to
history which are opposed by the statues of past slave owners as they are the only historical
representative which do not belong to any modern colonization. So therefore, it would only lead
to dramatic toppling which was held in Bristol for the Statue of Edward Colston (MacLaren,
2020). The racism would not only remove by stating and protesting the statues and Memorial
which it is a sign that people are not ready to accept uncomfortable truth and are not accepting
what they have into their country. This will lead to make the rules of people as per their own
demands which will not beneficial for others. As it shows that if we pull down the statues we are
not accepting the past and try to refurbish it in our own words and will be regulate into the
museums textbook and schools. So this is not the proper solution of the issue that universities
undertake to remove the statues as it will not show a consistency and relevance into the past
history.
Recommendation
After evaluating the major issues let the universities made into a trouble to remove the
statues and Memorial or being treated them into the museums and schools by showing irrelevant
facts and histories to the students. The solution needs to be the one who could solve the mindset
of people who are against the racism and making voice for the universities to treat their staff and
students as per their cultural background. Therefore, it is recommended to the universities to not
accept people opinion in terms of removing the memorial and monuments rather they need to
make their curriculum and culture effective by supporting the backgrounds, believes, norms and
make the environment diversified (Nealis, 2018). Universities need to ensure your to treat the
black and white people similarly and do not make any discrimination against them. Doing this
possible effort the issue of black life matters will destroy and people take initiative to not only
support black life where as White it are also important. Therefore the moving statues will not say
that therefore the moving statues will not say that society are in favor of black people but some
where they are not supporting the white ones which is the matter of discrimination. So that, as
the statues become the profit and funding of University they need to stop the practices and make
use of those monuments only for understanding the past history. This will lead to remove racism
and support the culture of one man one life ( Powers, 2019). Different people will talk about
different opinion, you never know when it would lead to harm or support your thoughts so that,
the action and performance will only depend on the facts and criteria one could see into the

environment and focus on to take actions which is not making equal treatment for the modern
lives and not wasting time on those who have lived their life as a slaves.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, the issues was identified on terms of supporting the BLM movement
which is made to support life of black people that has rise many crimes into the history. So that
people are making the opinion of their own to protest slavery by removing the monument of past
slave owners. Therefore the report has criticized and evaluates the non effective practices which
do not mean anything to remove racism and only give rise to dispute and conflicts into society.
So that, it is recommended to not remove any monuments or structures which are a replica of
history that is the main Landmark of the country. This will show that the universities are
concerned about historical facts and the significance of it by not treating the monuments as
wastage.

References
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