Race Equality Week This week marks the UK’s first Race Equality Week and I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge what 'wellness' means to our BAME* staff and students who are disproportionately affected by COVID, as they are by many other illnesses and diseases including mental health problems. As well as systemic health inequalities, our BAME colleagues and peers will face frequent bias, discrimination, and racism which undoubtably contributes to their overall wellbeing. Certain groups within the BAME population are much more likely to experience a mental health problem than the white population, yet more white people receive treatment for mental health issues than BAME people. Some of the barriers preventing access to mental health support in the BAME population include cultural barriers; fear of Mental Health Services where Black males in particular, are more likely to be imprisoned than treated; language barriers; white professionals not being able to fully underst
