The School That Tried to End Racism - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Episode 1
Documentary about a pioneering British school helping 11 and 12-year-old pupils uncover and eradicate hidden racial biases by giving them a series of activities designed to challenge everything they thought they knew about race. To begin with the students are split into different work groups according to their skin colour. A white British student and his black Caribbean best friend are shocked to discover the level of unconscious bias they carry, while a 12-year-old bi-racial girl is keen to find out what group she belongs in - white or black?
Episode 2
Second of the two-part documentary about a pioneering British school giving 11 and 12-year-old pupils a series of activities designed to uncover and eradicate hidden racial biases. The students explore the notion of white privilege. A 12-year-old white British student is shocked to hear her black classmates' experiences of racism, while an 11-year-old girl is keen to create an Asian and bi-racial work group. At the end of the course, the pupils are tested again for racial bias, to see if anything has changed.
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