Archive for the ‘Racism’ Category
A police state?
Posted by: mimanifesto on: November 2, 2011
- In: Equality | Leadership | Racism
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This was the scene outside my office on Monday of this week. Now just to explain a little, my window looks out onto St Andrew’s Street and directly opposite is the Glasgow JP court. You can see a grey car in the picture. It was parked in the cycle lane over double yellow lines. In [...]
Emotional education and society..
Posted by: mimanifesto on: March 1, 2011
Judging by what we read in the papers at the moment, Scotland is not a great place to be growing up in at the moment. Drinking, drugs, and dangerous sexual activity are endemic in our society. Knife and gun crime is the norm amongst many children who roam the streets in feral gangs without a [...]
Scotland the brave….and the pragmatic!
Posted by: mimanifesto on: August 23, 2008
- In: Equality | homophobia | Inclusion | Racism
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I first came to Scotland 14 years ago to study, and apart from a couple of years teaching abroad have stayed here. I don’t usually get into the game of comparing England with Scotland, but one thing that has always struck me is just how naturally welcoming and inclusive the Scots people are. Even traditional local rivalries [...]
Schools are confusing multicultural education with anti-racist policies
Posted by: mimanifesto on: February 28, 2008
- In: Inclusion | Racism
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Once again, racism rears its ugly head in the news with both Glasgow and East Dunbartonshire, listing disturbing increases in reported racist incidents. While officials from both councils express their concern, both admit that the reasons for this increase are unclear, except for, perhaps, an improved system of recording.And, of course, the anniversary of 9/11 [...]
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