Want to be better at teaching Black history? Don t start with slavery, experts say
Evelyn Myrie, educator and president of Hamilton s Afro Canadian Caribbean Association and Rayanne Banaga, a peer support worker facilitating a program aimed at improving access to mental health support for racialized youth, talk about how the teaching of Black history needs to change.
Social Sharing We have tremendous history that hasn t been taught because focus is on slavery, Evelyn Myrie says
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Would there be less racism and extremism if we were better at teaching Black history?
CBC News Hamilton2 months ago
32:55Evelyn Myrie, president of the Afro Canadian Caribbean Association, and Rayanne Banaga, a peer support facilitator of a program aimed at improving access to mental health support for racialized youth, talk about how being better at teaching Black history might lead to less racist radicalization among young people.32:55
Would there be less racism and extremism if we were better at teaching Black history?
On Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. CBC Hamilton asks would there be less racism if we were better at teaching Black history? We ll talk with Evelyn Myrie, president of the Afro Canadian Caribbean Association, and Rayanne Banaga, a peer support facilitator of a program aimed at improving access to mental health support for racialized youth.
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CBC News ·
Would there be less racism and extremism if we were better at teaching Black history?
CBC News Hamilton2 months ago
32:55Evelyn Myrie, president of the Afro Canadian Caribbean Association, and Rayanne Banaga, a peer support facilitator of a program aimed at improving access to mental health support for racialized youth, talk about how being better at teaching Black history might lead to less racist radicalization among young people.32:55