Education and Race from Empire to Brexit
Covering the period from the height of Empire to Brexit and beyond, this book shows how the vote to leave the European Union increased hostilities towards racial and ethnic minorities and migrants. Concentrating on the education system it asks whether populist views that there should be a British identity, or a Scottish, Welsh or Irish one largely excluding minorities, or whether arguments based on human rights, equality and economic needs will prevail. It covers events in politics and education that have left most white British people ignorant of Empire, the often-brutal processes of decolonisation and the arrival of migrants from post-colonial and European countries. It discusses policies and practices in education, race, religion and migration that have left schools and universities largely failing to engage with a multicultural and multiracial society