Our children are not stupid. Yet the British secondary education system deems them so. Many excluded, failed and harassed by the police, they go from schoolyard to the jail yard. Black boys are demonised, ostracised, and marginalised. Why do majority thrive in a black context and fail in a white context?
What about the role of black teachers? Black parents and the family are critical to a child’s education. And in Britain Black teaching assistants, the unsung heroes and sheroes of the British education system, are the frontline support for many black children. Why are they not valued more? And black male teachers, where are they?
