What it means to be black in a British boarding school
The Sutton Trust found that Britain’s most influential people are five times more likely to have been to private school. Influential people that attended private school include members of the government, judges, lawyers, armed forces officers, MPs, Whitehall permanent secretaries, and top CEOs. Additionally, The Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission found in 2019 that ‘class privilege remains entrenched’, and so it becomes glaringly obvious that privilege is concreted in the very foundations of our society. School years are the most formative of a person’s life, and as a result, we need to be doing more at this age to stamp out racist thought, ideology and abuse. Debunking the negative stereotypes and narratives that lead to racism is key. This is necessary to ensure that anti-racism ideology penetrates this bubble and is fed down from the upper echelons of society.
