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Nursery teachers should give lessons on white privilege, says guidance Advice from unions and charities criticised by Tory MPs for turning early learning into a political Soviet indoctrination session 3 April 2021 • 9:30pm Playgroup teachers need an understanding about white privilege so toddlers can learn to recognise racist behaviours and develop anti-racist views , according to new guidance. The new advice, drawn up as an alternative to the Government s statutory guidance by representatives from unions and charities, said it was “time to challenge the widespread notion that ‘children do not see race’ and are colour blind to difference”. It states that children s racial prejudice is at risk of being maintained or reinforced unless teachers had specialist training to develop an understanding about white privilege, systemic racism and how racism affects children and families in early years settings”.

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