BRITAIN’S HISTORY of the intersection of racism and music, and what music industry organisations are doing to combat racism, Afriphobia, discrimination and inequalities, are the subjects to be highlighted at an online forum scheduled for Monday September 28.

The Monday Xtra History Sessions: Racism, Afriphobia & The UK Music Industry event, organised by BTWC/African Histories Revisited in association with BBM/BMC’s (BritishBlackMusic.com/Black Music Congress) race/ethnicity-focused advocacy strand RE:IMI (Race Equality: In Music Industry), follows on from the recent publication of the RE:IMI Black Out Tuesday UK Music Industry Race Diversity Report.

Representatives of music organisations providing an update on their post-George Floyd/#BlackOutTuesday/#TheShowMustBePaused race/ethnicity-focused diversity programmes include AIM (Association Of Independent Music), BPI (British Phonographic Industry), FAC (Featured Artists Coalition), Ivors Academy, MMF (Music Managers Forum), Musicians Union, PRS (Performing Right Society) Foundation and UK Music.

The event, which is open to all stakeholders in and out of the music industry, will precede with the screening of ‘The RE:IMI UK Music Industry And Racism’ video.

Following which special guest Prof. Paul Gilroy, Director of the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism & Racialisation, will summarise and offer some discussion points.

For a copy of the RE:IMI Black Out Tuesday UK Music Industry Race Diversity Report click here.

For more information or to book: www.bitly.com/RaceMusic.