Mea Culpa. Wrong audience.
Won't make that mistake again,
LOL!
Yes the difference in the target audience is probably around 55 years of real life history not theoretical
Several of us have worked overseas in African countries and watched it first hand in action
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We're currently learning about Walter Tull in Year 8 and Robert F Williams in Year 9. Not entirely sure what relevance that has to working in Africa?
I think some may be so blinkered by their own prejudices that they miss the point of BHM entirely. There is no erasing of history, there is no changing of narrative, there is no exclusion of traditional taught UK history. It is just increasing our understanding of the world around us, and our shared history Over 65% of my school are of Black African or Caribbean descent (although most are now third generation British) so it is of more relavance to them than the Battle of Hastings or the English Civil War. Although we are still teaching that alongside a plethora of other British and World History topics. And yes, we do teach about the Barbary Pirates (and others) when we cover Slavery.
We also have a Womens History Month in March. I wonder if there's the same objection to that?
(Oh, and Black History Month is not Black Lives Matter. Two very different things)
