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The exhibition
on display in Gorleston library |
Tonia says
that one of the ways racism operates is by “whitewashing” history
- minimising the contributions that people from black communities
have made, but that the reality is that every part of Britain
has been multicultural.
“That is
why I got involved in ‘Roots of the Future’,” she says. “It
is a way of countering all those people who say ‘there aren’t
any black people around here’, and ‘this is a white area’, and
blanketing it like that. Let’s look at who is here, why they
are here what have they contributed."
Spreading
the message
"Roots
of the Future" tours the county to get that message across,
and was recently on display at Bignold First School in Norwich.
The school
has a higher number of ethnic minority children than the national
average, but head teacher Janet Wright says they are very aware
that children in Norfolk come from a basically white background,
and the school wanted to broaden their horizons.
"Fortunately
we don't see trouble here, it is well integrated," she said.
"But there are incidents, albeit low-key ones. If we can change
children's perceptions then we can work on the parents through
the children."
“Roots
of the Future” added to what was already a strong multi-cultural
slant on education at Bignold, which has links with schools
across Europe.
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