Blog: This Black History Month, we won’t go back to the old normal

October is Black History Month – a time to celebrate how Black people and communities have shaped our history.
This year’s Black History Month is bittersweet. There is a new visibility to Black lives, but for the worst of reasons. So many Black lives have been lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. And while the reasons for this are complex, the main one is the ‘everyday’ racism deeply embedded across society.
Black workers have faced the highest levels of risk because they a