It's time to call out racism in the profession
Written by Matthew Limb. Photo by Phoebe Davies.
Leaders at the RCVS and the BVA have pledged to do more to address racism following concerns raised by individuals who say they have fallen victim to discrimination in the workplace.
They were responding to claims made by members of the British Veterinary Ethnicity and Diversity Society (BVEDS) that racism from vets, vet students and clients was a ‘massive problem’ and that when approached the bodies did not provide the support needed.
Co-founders of BVEDS, a group set up in 2016 to celebrate and appreciate diversity within the vet profession, Navaratnam Partheeban and Marissa Robson, along with new vet graduate Fabian Rivers, spoke to Vet Record about their experiences…