No Alibis – Educating children about racism Postcard

Excerpt from article: No Alibis – Educating children about racism 'Racism and slavery are seen as historically relevant as the tragedy of their victims, rather than as vast and pervasive global institutions that have been economically, politically and ideologically central to the making of the modern world. Reflecting the fact that racism is largely conceptualized as a ‘black problem’, it is significant, that in education as well as much public discourse there is a greater focus on the experience of and resistance to racism rather than the causes and conditions of its emergence. '