TAKING UP THE FIGHT
As I drove home, my friend sitting in the passenger seat, flicking through the local rag, I was mildly disappointed when she came up with a blank. However on deeper investigation (ie she opened her eyes properly!), there it was, slap bang in the middle pages: "Teacher attacks council over withdrawal (of support for Black History Month)". I had made it into the Fulham Chronicle. And to my even greater delight was labelled as "History teacher and race campaigner", a soubriquet that I shall certainly be taking up. The article describes how I "slammed" the (new Conservative) councils decision to withdraw support for Black History Month and how "disappointed" I was with this.This was alongside a comment that the decision to withdraw funding from schools to celebrate BHM was "appalling", and pictured next to a delightful picture of myself (looking rather less than appalled and rather too pleased with myself, if I am being honest). But all in all, a good day's work for the 'race campaigner'. Let's just hope they don't sack me.
#Posted 19 October 2006 at 6:37 PM
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As a newcomer to History on the Internet, it’s been something of a journey through wonder and despair. Wonder, because it’s good to see the potential I recognised in ‘Prestel’ - when I was in charge of the school library some years ago - finally coming to fruition with all the possibilities of 21st Century ICT, and despair because I couldn’t seem to find much reference to the teaching of world history, a particular bee in my bonnet, anywhere. Then it suddenly dawned on me that the cutting edge on this particular front is Black History. I look forward to the time when a Conservative Council in Fulham will realise it’s a campaign that should get their enthusiastic support, and even more to the time when there doesn’t have to be a campaign at all. In the meantime well done for putting your head above the parapet, and saying something loud and clear which everybody ought to be saying.
Posted by: Norman Pratt | 4:47pm 21 October 2006
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