Being black at cambridge. For black students studying at one of the most prestigious universities in the world, academic pressure isnt always the only challenge. For some, it can feel like entering a new world. You feel like you have to be strong. You know . My mum keeps saying to me, just keep fighting. Tearfully just keep going, just get that degree. Over the years, oxford and cambridge universities have come under pressure for their lack of Ethnic Diversity. I think its a place where race has not been acknowledged as relevant, particularly to the whole intellectual experience of being at cambridge. Last year at cambridge, the numbers improved on previous years, with the university accepting a Record Number of 91 black british undergraduates. But beyond numbers is the experience. Im ashleyjohn baptiste, a bbc reporter, but also a cambridge graduate myself, and whilst im so glad i studied there, as a mixed race south londoner who grew up in care, it felt worlds apart from what i was u
Studying at one of the most prestigious universities in the world, academic pressure isnt always the only challenge, for some it can feel like a new world. For black students studying at one of the most prestigious universities in the world, academic pressure isnt always the only challenge. For some, it can feel like entering a new world. You feel like you have to be strong. You know . My mum keeps saying to me, just keep fighting. Tearfully just keep going, just get that degree. Over the years, oxford and cambridge universities have come under pressure for their lack of Ethnic Diversity. I think its a place where race has not been acknowledged as relevant, particularly to the whole intellectual experience of being at cambridge. Last year at cambridge, the numbers improved on previous years, with the university accepting a Record Number of 91 black british undergraduates. But beyond numbers is the experience. Im ashleyjohn baptiste, a bbc reporter, but also a cambridge graduate myself,
Now on bbc news. For black students studying at one of the most prestigious universities in the world, academic pressure isnt always the only challenge, for some it can feel like a new world. For black students studying at one of the most prestigious universities in the world, academic pressure isnt always the only challenge. For some, it can feel like entering a new world. You feel like you have to be strong. You know . My mum keeps saying to me, just keep fighting. Tearfully just keep going, just get that degree. Over the years, oxford and cambridge universities have come under pressure for their lack of Ethnic Diversity. I think its a place where race has not been acknowledged as relevant, particularly to the whole intellectual experience of being at cambridge. Last year at cambridge, the numbers improved on previous years, with the university accepting a Record Number of 91 black british undergraduates. But beyond numbers is the experience. Im ashleyjohn baptiste, a bbc reporter, b
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In a chat with fox news, the his predecessor, former ipe at president obama. Well, i just heard today for the first time that obama knew about russia, a long time before the election. And he did nothing about it, but nobody wants to talk about that. Too me, you know, in other words the question is if he had the information, why didnt he do something about it . He should have done something about it. Lets get straight to the panel joining us, politics and Business Reporter for wall street journal, shelby holiday and david fairnhold. Right off the bat, one issue, President Trumps claim that he just learned that obama knew about russia interference before the election, simply doesnt add up. Youre right. Thats not true. There were warnings going back after the election, but before President Trump took over, theres been a lot of coverage in news articles going back way before the election. President trump is a great reader of the news and also someone whose been receiving Intelligence Brief