Within a few weeks of being threatened with death, I joined the tens of thousands of white people who have abandoned London
Stratford, E London, 2009
At this time I was teaching in a small college dedicated to ‘teaching the unteachable’ – 16 to 19 year old teenagers that had been excluded from other colleges and were in danger of being left NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training).
The college was very proud of its ‘diversity’ displays in the corridors but, in truth, it was the least diverse place I have ever worked. The ethnic mix of students was predominantly Bengali Muslims with a handful of black Christians. There were two, yes two, white pupils.
Students were late or absent on a daily basis, often having been arrested the night before for a violent incident of one sort or another. Listening to their conversations, it seemed they had no value for life.
“Yeah, he was stabbed, innit?”
“Did Abs mash him?”
“Yeah blud, dead.”
“What for?”
“He disrespected Abs innit?’
The students self-segregated by gender, by religion and by race. The Bengali Muslims hated the black Christians. They were seen as the lowest of the low and many Bengalis wouldn’t sit near them, work with them, or even touch anything they had touched. I learned this on one notable day during my first week there.
Full blog at the For Britain link
https://www.forbritain.uk/2019/06/24/vibrant-enriching-diversity/
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