Tag: education
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How anti-racism strategies can backfire
While reading about refugee children in Sweden, I came across a study by Ann Runfors which looked at the way that schools on the multicultural margins of Swedish society instil identity in those they teach. What Runfors found was that while the schools she visited worked hard to avoid emphasising the differences between people, with…
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Sweden’s new class system
A short time ago I visited a Syrian family with a friend of mine. My friend is an engineer and had decided to help this family’s two sons with their maths homework. Our time with the family was lovely. We got there and the two sons were ready to get started right away. They started…
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Dear Habib
I found this video earlier today that tells the story of Habib, an unaccompanied refugee minor from Afghanistan who now lives in Britain. It reminds me of some of the young men I had the privilege of getting to know during the research for my master’s thesis. Many have experienced great loss, risked everything, and…