How the West Indian Child Is Made Educationally Sub-normal in the British School System
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"How the West Indian Child Is Made Educationally Sub-normal in the British School System" is a seminal 1971 pamphlet by Bernard Coard that exposed and critiqued the systemic racism and discriminatory practices that led to the disproportionate placement of West Indian children in British schools for the "educationally sub-normal."
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| How the West Indian Child Is Made Educationally Sub-normal in the British School System canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
educational critique
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pamphlet ⓘ political text ⓘ |
| addresses |
cultural bias in assessment
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disproportionate placement of West Indian children in ESN schools ⓘ underachievement of Black Caribbean children ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
expose institutional racism in British education
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mobilise Black parents and communities ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Black supplementary schools movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Bernard Coard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| callsFor |
community control over schooling
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greater representation of Black perspectives in education ⓘ reform of testing and assessment ⓘ |
| circulation | widely circulated in Black British communities ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| critiques |
IQ testing practices
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discriminatory educational practices ⓘ schools for the educationally sub-normal ⓘ streaming and selection in schools ⓘ systemic racism ⓘ |
| describedAs |
landmark critique of British schooling
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seminal work on Black education in Britain ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
British school system
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West Indian pupils ⓘ |
| genre |
anti-racist literature
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radical pamphlet ⓘ |
| highlights |
impact of cultural misunderstanding in classrooms
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over-representation of West Indian children in ESN schools ⓘ role of teacher expectations in labelling ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-war Caribbean migration to Britain ⓘ |
| impact | raised public awareness of educational racism in Britain ⓘ |
| influenced |
debates on multicultural education in Britain
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policy discussions on special education placement ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
West Indian children in British schools
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educational inequality ⓘ racism in education ⓘ special education misplacement ⓘ |
| movement |
Black British activism
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anti-racist education movement ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| setting | British state schools ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Black parents in Britain
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anti-racist activists ⓘ teachers and education officials ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed | late 1960s and early 1970s ⓘ |
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Bernard Coard
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