Universities are institutionally racist, says vice-chancellor Professor David Richardson, chair of Universities UK’s advisory group on stamping out racial harassment on campuses and vice-chancellor of the University of East Anglia, said there was evidence of systemic issues that disproportionally affect students from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, writes Aamna Mohdin for The Guardian. Speaking on BBC Three’s documentary ‘Is Uni Racist?’, he said: “There’s mixed experiences, but many aren’t good. There is a lot of evidence that points towards universities perpetuating systemic racism, being institutionally racist and I have acknowledged that on behalf of the sector. Institutional racism is when there are systemic issues that are impacting disproportionally on particular members of your community, which need to be dismantled.”