As part of a collaborative research project between people from racialised communities, London School of Economics and Equality Trust, Nasim shares his insights into what is wealth, what helps and hinders people from racialised communities to build wealth and what could make a difference. The research was funded by the British Academy Innovation Fellowship Scheme (Fellowship number IF2324/24008). You can find the summary briefing from this project and any further information from www.equalitytrust.org.uk
The speaker describes their view of what wealth is and what this means on an individual. They share their challenges in gaining ‘net wealth’ and their attempts to use government funded programmes such as training to grow their own wealth.
They talk about how demotivating it is to keep trying when you are working hard and trying new education options but they don’t work out or are as stable as other people experience. They express gratitude for what they have learnt and the job they have however.
They talk about their experience of zero hours contracts and how covid and its lock downs changed their social and academic success and how the recovery form this has been hard.
They speak about how education for young people could uplift their community to have better access to building net wealth but acknowledges that traditional education doesn’t suit everyone and hopes that better opportunity could lead to less people choosing criminality.
They speak of personal and family experiences of racism.
