I Heard What You Said : A Black Teacher, A White System by Jeffrey Boakye

A thought-provoking and fearless exploration of how we can dismantle racism in the classroom and do better by all our students. An Amazon Best Non-Fiction Book of The Year?_~Essential reading?_~ ?_" The Guardian?_~Sharp and witty with moments of startling candour?_~ ?_" The i?_~Revealing and beautifully written?_~ ?_" David Harewood_____Before Jeffrey Boakye was a black teacher, he was a black student. Which means he has spent a lifetime navigating places of learning that are white by default. Since training to teach, he has often been the only black teacher at school. At times seen as a role model, at others a source of curiosity, Boakye?_Ts is a journey of exploration ?_" from the outside looking in. In the groundbreaking I Heard What You Said, he recounts how it feels to be on the margins of the British education system. As a black, male teacher ?_" an English teacher who has had to teach problematic texts ?_" his very existence is a provocation to the status quo, giving him a unique perspective on the UK?_Ts classrooms. Told through a series of eye-opening encounters based on the often challenging and sometimes outrageous things people have said to him or about him ?_" from ?_~Can you rap??_~ and ?_~Have you been in prison??_~ to ?_~Stephen who??_~ ?_" Boakye reflects with passion and wit on what he has found out about the presumptions, silences and distortions that underpin the experience of black students and teachers. _____?_~Hugely important?_~ ?_" Baroness Lawrence?_~Deeply compelling, intellectually rigorous and essential?_~ ?_" Nels Abbey?_~Makes a powerful case?_~ ?_" Rt Hon Lady Hale
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