Racing vs Racism - How Sir Hamilton and Dr Imafidon are driving for #diversity in STEM
Professor Chris Imafidon
Mentoring leaders to use AI/Tech to boost performance, & productivity; Keynote Speaker, TEDx, Multi-Guinness world record certificate holder; Chair, HM Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee’s STEM & Education programme
Many individuals have long observed a lack of diversity in aspects of certain sports including car racing. But multi-world record holder, Sir Lewis Hamilton took action about this sad situation. Lewis takes a knee before all races and has recently commissioned a special report into representation of ethnic minority communities in racing. The Hamilton Commission reported that BAME people make up less than 1% of the workforce in UK motor racing.
According to Sir Hamilton, "I was asking a lot of questions for a long, long time, for years. Why am I one of the very few people of colour here? There was never a good answer, no one ever knew. "No one was going to do the work so it was the perfect opportunity for me. I was like 'I'm going to do the work and get the research in. For me I really wanted to understand the root of the cause so that I could know better but also the industry, we can go on a journey together."
(c) Professor Chris Imafidon