When the Government of the day start to role out their ministers, in defence of a topic that they have already managed to largely keep out of the mainstream agenda, you know something’s afoot. Perhaps they sense that restless educators and equality campaigners see right through their piecemeal offerings on black British history.
In recent weeks much has been made of the forthcoming changes to the National Curriculum, particularly regarding history. There was a small but significant outcry from organisations such as Operation Black Vote who organised a petition against the changes