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Black History: Are children learning enough about it?
FromSky News Daily
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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Oct 6, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
"You're a history teacher? You don't look like one."A Year 7 pupil's words to 25-year-old Otis Blaize, who works at a school in south London.He said the black boy smiled with excitement when he replied that he was indeed a history teacher.Why? Because Otis looked similar to him.This Black History Month on the Sky News Daily podcast, Otis shares his own experience of growing up, his aspiration to become a good role model for young people and the importance of the subject.Sky's Gamal Fahnbulleh is also joined by Kimberly McIntosh, columnist at gal-dem magazine and Calvin Robinson - a school governor and former assistant headteacher - as we look at teaching black history and how it is included in the curriculum.
Released:
Oct 6, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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