Catalogue Number
NMLH.2021.36
Object Name
Placard
Date
2020
Description
- Black Lives Matter protest placard. Says in bold black writing 'white silence is violence.'
- Says teachers against racism on right of placard
- On left it says 'I refuse to only teach my students about white writers.'
- Black Lives Matter has been active since 2013, and had a resurgence of support in 2020 during the covid-19 pandemic, when George Floyd was murdered by the police.
- History of police targeting and abusing black people. Huge rise in protests, started conversations about instiutionalised racism, police violence, state violence, whiteness, and how to stand up against racism.
- UK protests ignited particular conversations about decolonisation in differing settings - this placard concerns education and the whiteness of the education curriculum.
- Cardboard placard with black writing. Silver tape around the edges.
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