IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

Anglo-Saxon attitudes

· Socialist Challenge No. 260, 11 September 1982 · p. 11 of the scan · 361 words

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THE BBC, in an unusually bold move, have at last realised that the best way watching millions is to put on documentaries at 11.25 on Sunday evening.

Challenge reader would probably say it proved that the BBC would no doubt hotly dispute hour in some go hour showing: documentary looking at racism in schools - was well worth seeing Described as chilling in press pre-views, the gramme's aim was to look at unconscious prejudice, and at how some teachers and schools were tackling group 15-year olds courage lo lalk freely on • Blacks take all our jobs, there are so many coming in By a marcher to influence the average Socialist was riddled with racism, an accusation they to the end of opening But in spite of the late Anglo-Saxon Attitudes • They should be sent back where they belong • Just because they're born here doesn't mean they're British When asked to estimate the number of black and coloured immigrants in Britain, the answers ranged from 10 to 30 million! The commentator points out that only 4 per cent of the population are non-white, that half of these were born in Britain and that the majority of immigrants are white.

Different attempts at multi-national education were looked both primary and secondary schools, with the emphasis on gelling al tackl Wacl they're young'. A Moroccan student described her experiences of racism school and lic ack orsus port she'd had leachers because weren't prepared to take The emphasis was on changing individual teacher's and student's attitudes.

The education system was considered in isolation from the outside world -from massive dole queues, rotten housing, low wages and racist immigration laws. Ine impression ila was given was that racist ideas are inevitably rooted the white suband could Conscious combatted by exposing them as morally wrong. This approach on its own is useless. As Marx said, ideas don't just fall from the sky, but are rooted in around us.

To begin to challenge the consciousness of the mass of people, including youth who learn most of their ideas and attitudes outside OI school there are more concrete pro-

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