So, you're only british if you fight in the British army. Fuming about racist exhibition at SOAS...

So, you're only British if you fight in the British army, originally uploaded by solomonsmfield.

Note the racist imagery

Fuming about racist exhibition at SOAS...

Last year we were approached by the Ministry of Defence asking us to host an exhibition about the war efforts of Black and Minority Ethnics in the World wars 1 & 2. We discussed it, put it to the union general meeting (UGM) and voted unanimously not to allow military propaganda into our union.

Imagine my reaction when i found out that the school have gone ahead with it regardless of what the students want...there is much more to this story-you will find it very illluminating. I need to write a motion for our UGM tmrw details of the agenda on post below. I will post the full story soon. Please come to the UGM tomorrow to support our emergency motion. Below is the message from the school...

This week SOAS is hosting an exhibition in the Brunei Suite (ground floor, Russell Square end of the Brunei Gallery Building) called the "We were there" exhibition. All students and staff are welcome to go in and have a look around, any time between 9am and 9pm Monday through Friday this week (12-16th Jan). There will also be some school parties visiting and at those times there will be a small number of serving officers in attendance.

The exhibit features the stories of many individuals from ethnic and religious minorities who have worked in or alongside the UK's defensive forces over the past 250 years including pilots, sailors and soldiers but also technicians and engineers, nurses and spies, all sorts of roles. The emphasis is on professionalism and service, rather than the events in which people became involved. 

This exhibition was developed with support from the Commission for Racial Equality and has won awards for bringing to public attention the involvement of people from minority groups. We hope that you will find it of interest.