Thousands of black children rejected by the school system
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EXCLUSIVE: Branded ‘backward
EXCLUSIVE: Branded ‘backward' and removed from mainstream schooling aged six, Maisie Barrett, now 63, struggled for the learning so cruelly denied to her. Shamefully, she was not alone. Experts now believe thousands of black children were similarly rejected by the system in the sixties and seventies as a result of ignorance and racism.
EXCLUSIVE: Branded ‘backward' and removed from mainstream schooling aged six, Maisie Barrett, now 63, struggled for the learning so cruelly denied to her. Shamefully, she was not alone. Experts now believe thousands of black children were similarly rejected by the system in the sixties and seventies as a result of ignorance and racism.
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