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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. more relevant than ever >>> | 
