Clegg lecturing at a school and....

[trt]

Not one pupil is white, even in the background!!!!

I'm not racist, just want to know why no white pupils in the photo, if it was the other way round there would be Qs?

[boxtops]

where was he speaking?

[anneasquith]

imo, a strange thing to notice .

[boxtops]

If it's somewhere like Birmingham, it could be correct.

[trt]

Sorry here is the link.
http://www.dailymail....ed-daddy-got-job.html

[boxtops]

I don't think we can make a judgement based on a photo showing half a dozen children, but a few years back, half the children in Southwark were classed as black or black British iits probably representative of that particular school.

[karenmac60]

My opinion was more that it seemed to be being touted as a 'poor'ish school - they hardly looked impoverished. I've never seen pupils at a state school wearing blazers apart from primary ones.

[NOX]

I can't see anything really strange there, in most inner cities there are areas that are predominantly Asian or Black and elsewhere where there are mostly White areas.

[ummmm]

If it was the other way round there would be NO questions. Why would there be? This is still a predominately white, Christian country....despite what the Daily Mail says.

[Canary42]

Only a racist would ask such a question.

[sp1814]

trt

If Mr Clegg were speaking at a school in Chelmford and all the kids were white, I doubt there would be much to comment on.

If Mr Clegg were speaking at a school in Brixton and all the kids were black, I doubt there would be much to comment on.

If Mr Clegg were speaking at a school in Golders Green and all the kids were Jewish, I doubt there would be much to comment on.

So I really don't understand your surprise that in some inner city schools, the vast majority of children are not white.

I can only infer from your surprise that you didn't know that inner cities have large ethnic populations.

Didn't you know this?

[sp1814]

karenmac60

Re: blazers - my guess is that the head, knowing that the press would be descending on the school, would have sent letters/emails to parents telling them that full uniforms MUST be worn on that day?

Also, from what I remember - kids from very poor households (such as mone!) got school uniform coupons - so the household income would be irrelevant when it comes to kitting out the kids for school.

[trt]

Yep well aware sp1814,

I worked in South London for 8 years, just thought a white face could have been in the photo!

[Gromit]

Here is the website for the Globe Academy in Southwark

http://www.globeacademy.org/

As you can see, there appear to be whote children who attend. It is an inner city school in London, one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world. I would be more surprised if I hadn't seen plenty of black faces.

[bazwillrun]

Sickening

[anotheoldgit]

Canary42

/// Only a racist would ask such a question.///

This is a typical comment.

It is not only this school, notice any TV reports, where a politicians is visiting a school, or they have need to show 'in the can library shots' of school classrooms, and the same can be noticed.

Incidentally were all those others racist, to notice that there wasn't any ethnics in Midsommers Murders?