Dr. R. David Muir, senior lecturer, School of Humanities, Roehampton University, and 2001-3 deputy chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority, says of this book, 'The document looks fine for the intended purpose'. Why so short? Because many white people are ignorant about racism and expect people of colour to explain racism to them. When people of colour explain racism to white people, it causes people of colour pain and trauma. So, people of colour expect white people to do their own homework by reading books that people of colour have already written explaining racism. (M.-F. Winters, Black Fatigue, p. 31).
What is racism? What's the best way to stop it and what can people do to stop it at school level?
'I wrote the book because of demand from people of colour (Africans, Asians, Latin Americans and Pacific Islanders). They were concerned about the way their school experiences in Britain had affected their life chances. And they didn't want another generation to go through this.'
'Cup o' tea?' 'Yes, please. I don't see colour.' 'But that implies you do see colour if you see it as important to make that statement. But it denies people of colour's daily experiences of racism. And when we look at social institutions - education, for example. When pupils take SATS at age 11, many teachers will mark black Caribbeans, black Africans, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis down. Black Caribbean and mixed white/ Caribbean pupils are two and a half times more likely to be permanently excluded from school than white British pupils. So, some people do see colour, and social institutions contain structural racism that works for white people and against people of colour. It's this structural racism that people need to get rid of first.
I encourage everyone to start on a journey in their thinking and actions to take on an antiracist identity. This is a step towards working with people of all backgrounds to get rid of structural racism, so people of colour can achieve equality and liberation.'
'So what's happening in schools?'
'First, black Caribbean and mixed white/ Caribbean pupils are substantially underachieving versus white British pupils at GCSE level, with little prospect of this changing. I suggest it's not the pupils that need to change but the teachers. The first part of this is to give teachers training on dealing with racism and understanding pupils' cultures through teaching their history. I share some resources.
The second part is to incorporate pupils' cultures into the teaching. I give an example of how pupils are helping teachers to understand their cultures. Through teachers becoming immersed in pupils' culture and pupils showing how they teach lessons in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in several countries.
Further, school can become the beginning of a school-to-prison pipeline. In the context of persistent disruptive behaviour being the most common cause for exclusion, I outline how teachers can come to understand pupils of colour's different cultural capital from that of white, middle-class pupils.
Finally, I look at two aspects of the curriculum. Re-enacting racism's history can cause trauma to people of colour. I suggest developing pupils' critical skills to engage with difficult histories. Further, very few pupils are learning about British black history.I suggest ways and resources to correct this.'
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Sharp explains racism. He engages with inequality issues in schools, such as 'underachievement', teaching using pupils' culture, the school to prison pipeline, curriculum violence and curriculum diversity and suggests alternative ways forward.
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Dr. R. David Muir, senior lecturer, School of Humanities, Roehampton University, and 2001-3 deputy chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority, says of this book, 'The document looks fine for the intended purpose'. Why so short? Because many white people are ignorant about racism and expect people of colour to explain racism to them. When people of colour explain racism to white people, it causes people of colour pain and trauma. So, people of colour expect white people to do their own homework by reading books that people of colour have already written explaining racism. (M.-F. Winters, Black Fatigue, p. 31).
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781839758065
Publisert
2022-01-13
Utgiver
Vendor
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd
Vekt
257 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
168
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