The book looks at five projects, all with different approaches to challenging racism, and examines the views of the 11- to 21-year-olds who participated.
The projects were from Peterborough, Stafford, Tower Hamlets, Rochdale and a young offender institution in London.
This is a valuable resource for professionals working with these issues as it highlights the problems that are still very prevalent today. Having worked in the anti-racism field for some 16 years, I am constantly amazed at the "things are much better than they were" attitude of some professionals.
I was recently assured by a youth worker that a particular estate was "much better", only to learn that four Black families had recently been driven out by racist attacks.
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