A good question to ask is where am I going with this? what results am I looking for?, what will happen differently when the results are in? As a child I never celebrated black history, I dont remember much about any historical figures, I dont remember my mum, dad or granparents telling me about role models or heroes [...]
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Where I am Going
Posted in Bristol, History, Research, education, facts and feelings, maafa, multiculturalism, racism, slave trade, slavery on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Where I’m coming from
Posted in Bristol, History, Research, education, facts and feelings, maafa, multiculturalism, slave trade, slavery on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My name is Salama and i am 24 years old i am the fourth child of nine from my father and the first of two from my mother. As a child growing up i always felt that i didn’t recieve the black history i needed to support me with who i wanted to be, I am on [...]
The ‘myths and facts’ Project
Posted in Bristol, education, facts and feelings, slave trade, slavery on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The task is to make a book with community input into the process. The first part of this input was to go away for what one collaborator called a ‘co-creation’ exercise. A residential in Devon to and get immersed in the subject. Watched a film, wore our wellies, had some chats, ate some food, explored [...]
Myths and Facts…
Posted in Bristol, education, facts and feelings, slave trade, slavery, tagged Bristol, facts and feelings on July 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…Feelings and Opinions. Well however it goes, there is a book being published by the Bristol Race Forum that will try to address the myths and facts of the city and transatlantic slavery.
Slaves in Caves; Whiteladies Road; Blackboy Hill; “It’s all too long ago”; Cabot only traded pineapples… and a mix of prominent views and [...]
Rasta teach!
Posted in education, tagged rasta, swine flu on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Other Guy’s £250k’s worth
Posted in 2007, Bristol, Economics, Politics, abolition, dirty laundry, education, maafa, media, slave trade, slavery on February 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A FEW COMMENTS FROM THE OTHER GUY!
DISCLAIMER: Too much of this entry is about finance, and doesn’t take account of human life and dignity neither past nor present. Apologies if it offends. It’s making a point about something which has been reduced to monetary values.
Given how much the Bristol Corporation (now Bristol City Council) and [...]
Dirty Laundry – Part 3 (Abolition 2007/2008….)
Posted in 2007, Africa, Bristol, abolition, dirty laundry, education, maafa, multiculturalism, slave trade, slavery on January 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Have been away otherwise would have commented sooner on the £250,000 FOR SLAVERY COMMISSION story!
This is just a quickie response. More substantial ones to follow.
DISCLAIMER: SOME READERS MAY GET ANGRY ABOUT WHAT YOUR ARE ABOUT TO READ. THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE WHO WRITE THIS BLOG SO IF YOU KNOW US, PLEASE AIM YOUR ANGER AT [...]
A new optimism in Bristol for the New Year! (unfortunately not in Eduication!)
Posted in Bristol, education, tagged 'Chewing Gum Action Group, boffins, Bristol, chewing gum, education, league tables, statistics on January 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Going ever so slightly ‘off-message’, this post has nothing whatsoever to do with race, culture, politics or education.
I was seduced by a fascinating and quite frankly bonkers statistic and just had to share it. But rather than just give you the naked statistic, I’ll give you the whole sentence.
“The amount of chewing gum being spat on to Bristol’s [...]
Dirty Laundry – Part 2
Posted in dirty laundry, education, tagged chuck d, dirty laundry hip hop, malcolm x, martin luther king, minister louis farrakhan, nation of islam, public enemy on November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We’ve heard all the great speeches from Malcolm to Martin
Now we have this last chance left…….
To rise up out of the ashes of slavery
Time is a very important element in this journey
We can’t afford to be 24 carrot’d up
Addicted to retail and bling
Wasting time and spending on nonsense
We got grown men in toy stores like little [...]
What does Multiculturalism actually mean anyway? Photo Essay: Part 3
Posted in education, multiculturalism, tagged education, multiculturalism, naht, national association of head teachers, poland, polish, schools on November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Heads seek more migrant funding
Black pupils’ attainment improves
Posted in education, tagged black school children, education, Ernest Green, exams on November 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The attainment of black children in England’s schools has continued to improve, latest figures show. ……
To read more of this story click here. (BBC News – 27.11.07)
Just quickly posting this up as don’t always want to be criticising. We must make room also for celebrating achievement of young people. We adults can’t get complacent though as there is [...]
The last days of the British Empire
Posted in Africa, Bristol, education, multiculturalism, windrush, tagged abolition, Bristol, british empire and commonwealth museum, multiculturalism on November 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a blow to the cultural “offer” of the city that the Commonwealth museum is moving to London. In it’s short time in Bristol it has hosted a wealth of exhibitions and events that have aimed to raise poignant questions for the whole city; for those born here and for those born elsewhere.
That said, there are also [...]
Trevor Phillips in Bristol – Black schools?
Posted in 2007, Bristol, education, multiculturalism, tagged black schools, education, trevor phillips on November 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Sir Trevor Phillips was in Bristol today, at the invitation of Paul Stephenson to look at two of Bristol’s 2007 offerings.
The former Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality, current Chairperson of the new Commission for Equalities and Human Rights came to see the Breaking The Chains exhibition and the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum.
After a [...]
Political and Economic
Posted in 2007, Bristol, Economics, Politics, education, tagged Economics, jesse jackson, self determination on November 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The areas of Education, Health & Wellbeing and Cultural Representation as the three areas highlighted as priorities for the 2007 Legacy to lock on to. These are indeed valid areas in need of attention of African heritage people in this country.
Bristol’s year chose these as some areas to focus on which would be less meaningless than African [...]
Black Schools
Posted in 2007, education, multiculturalism, tagged black schools, education, Peter Hammond, trevor phillips on November 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In the debate(12 Nov ‘07, Bristol), the issue of Black schools was raised by Lisa Blackwood. Drawing on evidence that ‘black boys are…you know what’, then why not schools for black boys?
There are such things around and they are proven to make a difference to some African children. In the light of growing interest in faith schools [...]
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