Can we stop teaching kids in school that racism is just being mean to black people. This is why so many white people now as adults say that they're not racist because it's partly due to them having no clue what racism actually is. We cannot combat racism without proper education.
This tweet reflects upon the poor education I have seen in the UK, but also in many other parts of the world. I went to a Christian school in the UK even though many students including myself weren't. In our weekly religion class, we were only taught about Christianity -
I remember as a kid thinking how backwards this is because I remember kids at school telling me that they were Sikh or Muslim and I wanted to learn about those religions instead. I cannot imagine how it must feel to be so excluded in school based on your skin colour or religion.
I was perhaps only told once before the age of 12 about racism and it was extremely limited, the class was essentially teachers telling us that racism was equated to white people not holding open doors for black people.
I know I cannot be the only one who grew up with an extremely limited and poor understanding of racism. If you've read this far, I would be interested to know what you were taught about racism in school as a child.
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