Dr Verity Jones, Dr Chris Pawson, Dr Tessa Podpadec, Luci Gorell Barnes, Dr Sarah Whitehouse, Justin Vafadari University of the West of England, Bristol, UK This case study relates to research with 9-11 year olds. The project was funded by the mental health charity, Emerging Minds, and had ethical clearance from the University of the West of England’s (UWE) Ethics Committee. The interdisciplinary team of researchers sought to explore young people’s experience of racism and its impact on mental health in order to develop and inform teacher training programmes. This case study draws out evidence from the larger project to highlight how racism (considered here as a form of bullying) resulted in feelings of loneliness and impacted mental health and wellbeing.
The context
Racial inequality is embedded in the UK’s education system, with incidents of racist bullying being widespread across schools (Joseph-Salisbury, 2020). However, young people’s experiences of racism in the U
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