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@lynx we learnt no black history at school back in the 80s, my daughters did at secondary school albeit very prescriptive as part of their curriculum.
Conversely, my black friends went to pan African studies, they said is was very informative. Gave them a sense of pride and purpose, instead of a sense of place in the UK.
I am looking forward to the series of events we have planned at work next month.
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My friends and I attended a Saturday school in Hackney in the 80s.The under education of black kids is another instrument of the racist structure
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Neither did I, I did my gcse in 91, and specific black history never interested me as I knew nothing about it. But working for inner London Councils and being involved in BHM events amazed me the amount I was never taught or even had an idea what was the historical truth.
@psg1ben Sorry for the irrelevance, for me as a white person it was a pivotal moment. Never used the n word as an insult, the reality is that I was rarely around black people and never knew the N word as an insult till I could see it was an insult and never used it as one.
chokalateboywonder
lynx
BHM always amazed me how much I wasn't taught and how much was brushed over in favour of white people, prime example of the top of my head being Mary Seacole.