Thursday, August 4, 2011

Racism is present in a very high level of significance in Britain's schools

“Racism is still an issue in England’s schools, with pupils and teachers showing racist behaviour”, research shows. This study reveals that “more than 83% of teachers questioned said they had witnessed racist attitudes or behaviour amongst their students”.  “31% of those questioned said they had seen similar racist behaviour amongst teachers”. These racist attitudes were significantly higher towards those of the Asian pupils.

This study, by anti-racism charity Show Racism the Red Card, supported by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) was carried to investigate racist issues and inequality in the education system in the United Kingdom (UK). In addition to other related studies, this research again demonstrates that racism is present in a very high level of significance in Britain.  


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