Spelt out in black and white Extracts from the glossary

Black – a term that embraces people who experience structural and institutional discrimination because of their skin colour. The term continues to be commonly used but is not entirely unproblematic.

White – refers to a dominant but usually unquestioned cultural space that is normative and neutral. It has connotations of power, sophistication and progress.

Civilised/ Civilisation – can still carry racist overtones that derive from a colonialist perception of the world.