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20: Katharine Birbalsingh: education and the new racism

The Brendan O'Neill Show

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Discipline as a Key Element in Education System

The education system is criticized for keeping poor children in poverty due to low standards and ill discipline. A black woman, educated in the state sector and working with disadvantaged kids, faces backlash for speaking out. She shifted from believing in institutionalized racism as the cause of academic failure to realizing poor discipline as a significant issue in schools. The lack of gratitude towards challenging leftist ideas and the importance of discipline as a tool to prevent major issues like bullying and violence in schools are highlighted.

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