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British watchdog says black boys could be separated to improve schooling


LONDON (AP) - Black boys may need to be separated from their white classmates to improve their work in school, according to a British race relations watchdog.



Trevor Phillips, chair of the Commission for Racial Equality, said many black boys were failing to achieve good results on GCSEs - standardized tests for British students that are crucial to the allocation of college and university places.

Figures released last month showed 35.7 per cent of black students in England scored at least five C-grades at GCSE, compared to the national average of 51.9 per cent.

In an interview with British Broadcasting Corp. television, Phillips said many black boys were suffering from being in a culture where it was not cool to be clever. He said they lacked self-esteem and good role models.

"If the only way to break through the wall of attitude that surrounds black boys is to teach them separately for some subjects then we should be ready for that," he said.

Phillips also recommended a tougher policy on black fathers to keep them involved in their sons' education.

"If they can't be bothered to turn up for parents' evening, should they expect automatic access to their sons?"

"We need to embrace some new, if unpalatable ideas, both at home and at school," Phillips said.

He also suggested recruiting more male black teachers to provide positive role models for students.

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Who you callin' 'boy'?

PC Patrol to the rescue!!!

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I predict a storm of controversy over this one.

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They're not called african-anglicans there?

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Rokkr, always bringin religion into perfectly secular racism.

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Trevor Phillips


If separating kids of particular ethnic groups into classes with identically taught curriculums improve overall outcome of results, where is the problem?

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Good luck with that one.

See Brown vs Board of Education, USSC - and many subsequent rulings.

That a "person of color" suggests it is not likely to mitigate the impact.

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For one thing no such improvement is guaranteed. Secondly even if it becomes beneficial to their education, it definitely draws even more lines between the races. Not particularly a good thing I'd think.

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It could work, as long as it's not based on skin colour but on "niggerness", this would stop wiggers slipping through the net, and would also lessen the chance of dark skinned races getting catagorised into "smart nigger" and "dumb nigger" groups.

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tack is a white kid, btw. Don't let the afro fool you.

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The problem isnt colour or ethnicity its the so called 'bling bling, gangstaa' culture. For some reason it perpetuates stupidity as a virtue. *kisses teeth*

I've seen plenty of kids, black and white and every shade in between fall into this trap. It's the culture not the race, and its perpetuated by all kinds of crap. Segregation is not the answer, a better positive role models is.

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Peer pressure is why a young black males fail at school, and a lack of discipline.

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Trevor Philips, for all that I can't bear him, is totally prepared to think away from traditional lines on matters of 'racial equality'. On the other hand, it shouldn't be taken that because he says it, then it will happen.

Personally, I would only stream kids based on performance, not on sex or race and deal with the other problems by other methods.

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It'll make them easier to round up for 'medical experiments' anyway.

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See Brown vs Board of Education, USSC - and many subsequent rulings.

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