Dismantling racism in British education | Jeffrey Boakye | RSA REPLAY

In the British education system, black students and educators are faced with the challenge of navigating a system of learning that has been designed white as default.

Minority ethnic teachers are still under-represented in all lanes of education, routes into education lack focused training on structural racism and unconscious bias, and exclusion rates for mixed white and black Caribbean boys continue to be disproportionally higher than that of white British boys. The education system in Britain needs drastic change.

With experience both as a black teacher and a black student, Jeffrey Boakye’s journey through education has been one of exploration, from the outside looking in. Reflecting on what he has observed and learned, Jeffrey will discuss the habits, presumptions, silences, and distortions that underpin British education and offer his thoughts on the change that is urgently needed.

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[DrZacary]

True, not just black kids, also anyone who are not native British. Even teachers treat those innocent children badly. We are Eastern European and I can see how those native British teachers treats my 5 years old son. Unbelievable. May be not all but many are like this. Those kids are in their purest form. Those native British people need to understand one thing; their war with foreigners will never end because of this global world, we are not going anywhere. They should learn how to live together otherwise this will blow very badly on them. I am sure those uneducated teaching assistants or whoever work in the school, canteen etc aim to harm them too. People who treats kids in this way can’t be human.

[aperson]

I was told by a professor that I needed "policing" because I had missed 2 of their lectures when I was a first year university student at London University in the 80s. Disgusting.

[penguinegg]

"A system of learning that has been designed white as default." By white you mean English, I assume. What did you expect in England?