My overwhelming immediate reaction? How is it that I can’t be in school discussing this with my students?! The statue of Edward Colston in Bristol had been toppled. It was pretty much peak lockdown in my house- glorious weather, wrestling with our online learning platform, juggling kids who wanted me to come and play in the garden. I’ll probably always remember walking down the stairs in my house, scrolling the news on 7 th June 2020. Her description of this work and her generous sharing of resources will be encouraging and helpful to colleagues planning to make changes too. Jen started by listening to students, she has gone back to the scholarship to gain the knowledge she needs, she has consulted and worked with colleagues, and she is clear that this is work in progress. In this blogpost, Jen Thornton ( Head of History at Loreto Grammar School, shares her recent work to improve the history curriculum. This is the book I've been waiting for - for years' Benjamin Zephaniah It's personal, historical, political, and it speaks to where we are now. LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE AND THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE 2019
Just one of our core collections of books on Trade, Empire & Migration here at the National Maritime Museum. In this unique book, he takes his own experiences and widens them out to look at the social, historical and political factors that have left us where we are today.Ĭovering everything from the police, education and identity to politics, sexual objectification and the far right, Natives will speak directly to British denial and squeamishness when it comes to confronting issues of race and class that are at the heart of the legacy of Britain's racialised empire. Natives: Race & Class in the Ruins of Empire, is a searing modern polemic and Sunday Times bestseller from the BAFTA and MOBO award-winning musician and political commentator, Akala.įrom the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was white, to his first encounters with racist teachers - race and class have shaped Akala's life and outlook.
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