1st Edition

Racism in Children's Lives A Study of Mainly-white Primary Schools

By Barry Troyna, Richard Hatcher Copyright 1992
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1992. Both teachers and the general public have traditionally been unwilling to acknowledge that concepts of ‘race’ might play a part in the lives of primary school children. For this book the authors spent a term in each of three mainly white primary schools. They talked to black and white pupils individually and in small groups about issues, not necessarily of ‘race’,... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Feeling Harassed? Racist Incidents in Britain  3. Friend or Foe? Relationships Between Black and White Children in School  4. Children’s Cultures, Black Experiences  5. The Meanings of Racist Name-calling  6. Case Studies  7. Sources of Racism  8. Responses to Racist Incidents  9. The Four Girls  10. Conclusions

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Barry Troyna, Richard Hatcher