From #BlackLivesMatter to real workplace change

The reignition of the Black Lives Matter movement on the streets of the USA has taken many people by surprise. It is this ‘surprise’ that points to the chasm between us, and how the tyranny of societal niceness covers powerful partisanship.

Simmering just beneath the surface of our civil day-to-day are jagged inequities. Individual flashpoints, like the death of George Floyd, create opportunities for racism, homophobia – any and all forms of discrimination – to cut through, revealing the normalised nature of prejudice.