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Book SynopsisThis book offers an historically informed discussion of the failure of the education systems in Britain to counter hostilities towards racial and ethnic minorities and migrants, which have escalated after the vote to leave the European Union, and left schools and universities failing to engage with a multiracial- multicultural society.
Trade Review''Rich, insightful, challenging and surprising, this is an astonishing book. Sally Tomlinson takes the reader on a whirlwind tour through the history of Empire then and now laying bare the racist fantasies of oppression and control that should shame a nation and yet continue to shape the present day.'' David Gillborn, University of Birmingham “We should have a post-imperial narrative that is inclusive of everyone’s history. Too often people discuss the British Empire in dichotomous ways: should we feel pride or shame about the Empire? We should be asking how the past affects the present and what we can learn from it. This is what Sally Tomlinson achieves in this book.” Zubaida Haque, Deputy Director of the Runnymede Trust
"This unique study of the background to Brexit tells the full story of the imperialist legacy and the educational differences that underlay it in a systematic critique that goes a long way to explaining our current dilemmas." Gary McCulloch, UCL Institute of Education
Table of ContentsEmpire and ethnocentric education; Internal colonialism and its effects; Ending empire: education for ignorance 1945-1960; Post-Imperial anxieties and conflicts 1970-1990; Inequalities, an EU and education markets 1990-97; New Labour: Wars, race and education 1997-2005; Not so New Labour: race and education 2005-2010; A divided society: race, class and education 2010-2015; A dog's breakfast Brexit.
