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Posted: Thursday June 14th, 2007 16:40 |
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The importance of education I think everyone on here can agree is fundamental to progress and social mobility. Without education especially at the tertiary level, one is limited to what he can achieve and where he can go. One only has to look at many council estates and its inhabitants to notice this. From my experience this narrow and constrained view of life is not only geographical in terms of where they live throughout their lives but also mental in terms of aims in life and what they want to achieve. These 'localized' attitudes I feel is responsible for many of the problems we see in poor communities. I'm not just limiting it to the black community but also Whites and other ethnic groups. This cannot be seen as just a racial problem but as a result of the gap between rich and the poor. The unfortunate reality is that black people in this country suffer from this more than most because blacks generally are poorer. The cultural attitudes of many of these communities I think we all can agree is unfavourable to development and progress of the individual. When reading topics on cultural attitudes I read people saying " its up to the parents to teach their kids the right way". This is obviously true but it is an idealistic way to look at the world because these parents are products of these communities and generally are not going to all of a sudden change their thought composition and become enlightened. It is also unrealistic to think that a mother/father of 2 who work late nights etc however hard they may try can implant their ideals firmly inside the minds of their children. Children learn alot from their mates and the street and are likely to shape their views on the world by this.
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Ive been thinking hard about what needs to be done to correct this disease. Obviously education is the most crucial thing, as they say knowledge sets you free. The education I am proposing though is not the version we get now in most state schools. I feel subjects such as History, English etc should have a black focus. In terms of learning about black culture and history. I study History and Economics at SOAS and it has been a joy to learn these subjects applied to regions other then europe. I feel my peers also have benefited. I mean how many young boys know that a black man is a Noble Lauerate or the names Marcus Garvey, Du Bois, Senghor, Nkrumah etc. I also feel their needs to be classes on current affairs etc that broadens horizons and let them know that they CAN influence the world an participate in it at different levels. The only way to achieve that is establishing a school which emodies these ideals. I dont think its possible or advisable to introduce seperate black classes in mixed schools.
Coming to Uni has been an eye opening experiene in terms of the people I meet, the conversations I have with them, thier viewpoints etc is a world away from most of the friends and schoolmates in South London.
I may sound idyllic but I firmly believe in what I am saying. Obviously now the hardest thing is putting these ideas into action and building a coherant ideology to follow this through. This is where a unity in the black community is needed. Black People in the music industry etc are obviously key to creating populism and all that. There is no doubt in my mind that a unified movement can generate pressure to force the establishment to consider establishing autonomous independent black schools.
what do you guys think?
Also could anyone tell me about any significant black organisations in london, I would like to check them out.
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