As a third year Spanish and Latin American Studies student I didn’t have the opportunity to select my modules. Despite this, I am excited to be taking SPAU9AE. I found the module overview to be interesting and I am looking forward to starting the course. The prep materials for week one were very eye-opening, I read the first chapter of Eddo-Lodge’s “Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race.” and discovered lots of new information which I did not know before. After reading this chapter it is clear that not enough is done to make people aware about racism and discrimination in the United Kingdom. I am also very interested in learning about the history of colonialism and how this impacts different societies’ perception of ethnic groups. My hopes for this module is that it will enrich my knowledge of the history of suffering that minority groups have had to endure and how this history still impacts their lives today.