Critical Race Theory

[said]

Common sense at last!

The UK's Women and Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch, a member of the Conservative Party, delivered a strong condemnation of the Black Lives Matter movement and critical race theory on the floor of the House of Commons — saying such ideologies have no place in British schools.

[sandGroundZero]

I want to speak about a dangerous trend in race relations that has come far too close to home in my life, which is the promotion of critical race theory, an ideology that sees my blackness as victimhood and their whiteness as oppression. I want to be absolutely clear that the Government stand unequivocally against critical race theory. Some schools have decided to openly support the anti-capitalist Black Lives Matter group, often fully aware that they have a statutory duty to be politically impartial.

— UK's Women and Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch

An skilful performance, to be sure. The Minister did not fail to characterize Black Lives Matter as a foreign (i.e. U.S.) and anti-capitalist ideology, just as some posters on Q Local Southport forum are wont to do. Whether that is an accurate characterization is another matter. That the Daily Mail and the Telegraph report the parliamentary debate by highlighting the Minister's combative closing remarks ignores the generally favourable attitude of participating MPs to the value of Black History Month.

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An skilful performance, to be sure. The Minister did not fail to characterize Black Lives Matter as a foreign (i.e. U.S.) and anti-capitalist ideology, just as some posters on Q Local Southport forum are wont to do. Whether that is an accurate characterization is another matter. That the Daily Mail and the Telegraph report the parliamentary debate by highlighting the Minister's combative closing remarks ignores the generally favourable attitude of participating MPs to the value of Black History Month.

True - but it is often ignored that Black people did not suffer abuse in the UK. They were treated similarly to British servants and had food and accommodation, while the British white people who lived in poverty were left on the streets.

Recall also, that it was not just white people calling for the abolition of slavery here in the UK - but black people were also doing so. If Black people had been so badly treated - they would not have been given the opportunity to make a protest.

During the 17th/18th centuries, there were droughts across Africa and many black people were dying from starvation. Africa itself, had its own slave trade and sold its own people as slaves.

Young children should be told the truth about history, not the temporary populistic creation.

[Toodles McGinty]

True - but it is often ignored that Black people did not suffer abuse in the UK. They were treated similarly to British servants and had food and accommodation, while the British white people who lived in poverty were left on the streets.

Recall also, that it was not just white people calling for the abolition of slavery here in the UK - but black people were also doing so. If Black people had been so badly treated - they would not have been given the opportunity to make a protest.

Christ. This is on par with Holocaust denial.

[local]

Christ. This is on par with Holocaust denial.

Don't be so ridiculous it's not even in the same ballpark.

[local]

True - but it is often ignored that Black people did not suffer abuse in the UK. They were treated similarly to British servants and had food and accommodation, while the British white people who lived in poverty were left on the streets.

Recall also, that it was not just white people calling for the abolition of slavery here in the UK - but black people were also doing so. If Black people had been so badly treated - they would not have been given the opportunity to make a protest.

During the 17th/18th centuries, there were droughts across Africa and many black people were dying from starvation. Africa itself, had its own slave trade and sold its own people as slaves.

Young children should be told the truth about history, not the temporary populistic creation.

Far from it some were brought over as slaves to work here probably for the novelty value and a sign of wealth.

There are some famous cases mentioned below;

http://revealinghistories.org.uk/wha...n-britain.html

Yes they were often sold by their own but anyone with a shred of decency would not have engaged with the trade.

Unfortunately, the trade in people continues in many guises around the world.

[sandGroundZero]

Women and Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch used the occasion of a parliamentary debate on Black History Month to inject "critical race theory". Why would that be?

The (parliamentary) Backbench Business Committee exists as a mechanism for winnowing topics of interest to backbench MPs to allocate debating time in the Commons chamber. Black History Month was debated on Tuesday; it is worth noting that there were e-petitions:

• Teach Britain’s colonial past as part of the UK’s compulsory curriculum (324092);
• Add education on diversity and racism to all school curriculums (323808); and
• Making the UK education curriculum more inclusive of BAME history (323961)

…indicating significant numbers believing the school curriculum is deficient.

The assertion that Black Lives Matter is a political instrument unsuitable for (and indeed, illegal for) inclusion in the curriculum was the combative summation by the Minister. 'Critical race theory ' appears to have been an implication too far; its introduction by the Minister is itself a highly partisan misrepresentation of either the debate or the school history curriculum — added for the flaming indignation of the editors of some media outlets.