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Why Black British History is Important To Me: Will Poulter
It wasn’t until after I left school that I had a black history lesson that did not make slavery and oppression its primary focus. That is no one’s fault but my own. But, perhaps at the highest level, it also lies with the policymakers in government who have not done enough to include the historical experiences of black people, and people of colour in our national curriculum.
Racial Literacy: What does it mean?
What is your first memory of racial difference? I ask this question when I run race awareness training course in companies I work with. The diversity of responses always fascinates me. I am amazed at how different people’s experiences of ‘race’ are. It ranges from white people who went to multi-cultural schools. Who, are very racially aware and confident in the language they use and their knowledge of cultural difference. To white people, who didn’t encounter racial difference until they interacted with people from different cultures in university or their first city-based jobs. To black Africans, who also didn’t experience the concept of ‘race’ until they moved to the UK and were othered for the first time, no longer in a black majority.
Dealing with Black History Month Burnout
It all begins with an idea.