Audience coloured - A column on #menofcolour #thepublicsphere #blacklivesmatter

Today, for the first time in ages, we as a family are watching a 'normal' programme on TV again. No press conference, no content about Corona and its consequences but just TV with a plate on your lap, RTL-Boulevard, staring mindlessly at the tube. It's always a disjointed programme with a few stories here and there of which it's not clear to me why one, gets more attention than the other.

The presenters talk about a healthy tan: "nice w...

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Siela Ardjosemito-Jethoe

Siela Ardjosemito-Jethoe is a cultural anthropologist, sociologist, she has now been working on diversity and inclusion at the intersection of education, culture and welfare for 16 years. She has her own training and consulting firm CtDu and makes the podcast Diversity in Check with her family, in addition to her work as an administrative advisor on Diversity and inclusion at Leiden University. As an author, she is responsible for the book Diversity in Society (2020 and 2017), and contributed to Unwritten Heritage (2017) and Superdiversity! (2013). She writes a monthly column at the Sarnami House and writes columns for Culture Press.View Author posts