Schools Must Not Teach Contested Views on ‘White Privilege’ as Fact: UK Government

Schools Must Not Teach Contested Views on ‘White Privilege’ as Fact: UK Government
Children in a school in the United Kingdom on Sept. 12, 2018. PA
Alexander Zhang
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The British government has instructed schools not to “teach contested theories and opinions as fact,” including contested views about so-called “white privilege.”

The government on Thursday published its response to a report from the UK Parliament’s Education Select Committee, which said that the use of terms such as “white privilege” may be one of the reasons white working-class pupils are persistently falling behind.