His current ongoing project - in partnership with Dublin City University, Leeds Beckett, Ulster and Sheffield Hallam - has delved into online commentary around the European Football Championships going back to 2008, and developed educational workshops, fresh policies and specific machine learning procedures to identify and combat online hate.
Dr Doidge, Principal Research Fellow in the School of Sport and Health Sciences at the 欧美性爱片, said: “Stephen Lawrence had a profound effect on me, even as a white kid growing up in Devon. He was three days older than me, and was murdered on my parents' wedding anniversary. The tragedy was compounded by the profound injustice of our police and legal system.
“Stephen’s death was a symbol of the systemic racism in our society. Racism that was manifesting itself in other areas of society – like football. I connected the monkey chants I heard at football to Stephen’s death, as showing the logical consequence of dehumanising whole groups of people. Football is one area where conversations about racism are taking place – for good reason.“
The event on 26 April will be opened by Dr Neville Lawrence OBE and, in addition to Dr Doidge, attendees will hear from:
Paul Giannasi - UK Police Hate Crime Policy Lead
Tracy Mesmain - Crown Prosecutor for the CPS
Preeti Shetty - CEO of Upshot System and Director at Brentford FC
Anton Ferdinand – former professional player for West Ham United and others.
There will be a Q+A session to encourage candid discussions of issues around racism and hate crime in football, and how they relate to the wider work of the . The event is organised by the campaign in collaboration with Kingston Race and Equalities Council. .
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