tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post2730772758469929215..comments2024-03-18T16:56:49.185+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Gove's action on Mary Seacole goes further than ThatcherUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-7778069143693202872013-01-16T22:08:48.244+00:002013-01-16T22:08:48.244+00:00I think that's the whole point. It teaches bla...I think that's the whole point. It teaches black children about their history and teaches white children that black kids have a history in this country and beyond. That's why it is important that it be included in the National Curriculum so happens in all schools. It is a way of challenging racist stereotypes and misinformation but what is also important is that there should be teaching about African and Indian sub-continental history, colonialism etc. Think of the current fight of Kenyans for justice!Martin Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02194641151012303116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-91497935518558133462013-01-16T19:11:47.440+00:002013-01-16T19:11:47.440+00:00Thanks Martin, that was an excellent read.
One s...Thanks Martin, that was an excellent read. <br /><br />One small point I'd add is that it's not just black kids who are enriched by reading about great black figures in history. I would have loved to have learnt about them when I was younger.Michael Paveyhttp://www.michaelpavey.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-14902373047148086752013-01-16T17:51:03.820+00:002013-01-16T17:51:03.820+00:00Teaching about Oliver Cromwell opens a can of hist...Teaching about Oliver Cromwell opens a can of historical worms. I remember going to Eire on holiday once where the guide was a Irish history postgraduate and I was surprised that his view of Cromwell was that he was little better than Hitler as far as Irish Catholics were concerned in that he supervised massacres, deportations, and land seizures which installed English colonial landlords. Is this the Cromwell that Gove wants taught or is he going to insist on imposing a sanitised version of history on Irish and Irish descended students in British schools?DON'T dis UShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03684308335643900400noreply@blogger.com