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Reflecting On Black History Month
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In this episode of Community Chest, Dominik is joined by guests Jasmine and Junior Johnson to reflect on Black History Month. The discussion focuses on the need for inclusive history, featuring moments where Jasmine highlights the contributions of Mary Seacole and Junior explains the impact of the 1885 Berlin Conference. They also address the systemic labelling of black children as educationally subnormal during the 1950s and 60s.
In a discussion on the programme Community Chest, Dominik is joined by guests Jasmine and Junior Johnson to reflect on Black History Month. Junior Johnson discusses the impact of colonialism, the 1885 Berlin Conference, and the systemic labelling of black children as 'educationally subnormal' in the 1950s and 60s. Jasmine highlights the contributions of Mary Seacole and argues for a more inclusive world history that addresses gender-specific issues, including sex slavery. The conversation also covers the role of Black History Month in encouraging young black people to pursue professional and academic fields beyond sports and music, while Dominik questions the terminology of 'BME'.
Topics
- The role of Black History Month in establishing identity and empowerment.
- The exclusion of non-white and non-elite figures from historical education.
- The impact of colonialism and systemic bias on the black experience in Britain.
- The role and impact of Black History Month
- Representation of black people in professional and academic fields
- Inclusive history and gender-specific historical focus
Participants
- Dominik
- Jasmine
- Junior Johnson
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Deeper than that, what we have is a group of people who still occupy, who still experience inequality, and I think, and lack a sense of identity.
And and so they were very quickly labelled educationally subnormal (ESN), and and so and and and that has developed into a pattern of people that's not expecting black children to do quite as well at schools. I mean, there are other social factors that contribute to that, but.
Sex slavery and that affects just women alone. So you know that there are still things going on like that that aren't discussed. And you know Black History Month becomes this forum for everybody to talk about these things. But I'd like to see a female history month myself.