Racism - the 4th 'R'. London Teachers against Racism

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develop anti-racist teaching to be shown on BBC2 on 16 February. relate how teachers and pupils, in what is taught, and in how schools are organised.

Black teachers and the message: schools have a choice, to ignore racism and thus help perpetuate it, or to fight it.

Multicultural education, which is becoming OUT rehens sand ted by sir schools been Keith Joseph seeks contain black disaffection and attempts -IO make other cultures more *acceptable to white pupils.

In fact by CUTECHL trating on the superficial it stereotypes black pupils IN A RACIST society schools have a duty to and anti-racist school policies, claim the All-London Teachers against Racism and Fascism in their controverthey encounter on the streets is often reinforced in the attitudes of and often increases the prejudice of white It totally ignores the politica issues involved and the exercise of power.

Tupport the hea por can support 'plea tolerance' implicit multi-cultural education WATCE ignoring the fact that his Government's Nationality, Immigration and "Law and Order' policies daily reinforce racism.

The recent case of the suspension of the element multicultural COLESC Hendon Police Cadet School reveals the hypocrisy involved cosmetic multicultural COUTSES real issues are faced panic sets in.

Anti-racist teaching challenges traditional about education. cannot be 'neutral' teaching political, but so is ignoring Children who are taught to question the mass media say about raidence, to organise their to seek their own own learning, to take ur issues of racism in thei enOO and community, are tar from the passive pupils lal many teacher prefer. Pupils in the film talk about they organised themselves to combat racism.

It is by no means easy to get a school committed combatting thorough-going no holds There needs barred' examination by teaching and non-teaching staff of the practices of the bad taste OF COURSE, MORE REAL explain their new TV film.

school and their own attitudes They have to listen to parents and pupils accounts of their experience the school. It is threatening process but has to be gone through to make ettective racist policy. It is no use •AND DIXIE DEAN, LOGGO NORMAN FOWLER, 16 AN

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