Of child 0, the 15 year old black girl who was strip searched at school by police led to angry protests. this case, yet again, adds to the wider issue of how black people are treated by the authorities in this country, exposing more resentment, more fear and more mistrust in places where young people should feel safe. today, a new report chaired by england s former children s commissioner, looking at how to improve support for vulnerable young people, has made a number of recommendations. it starts with training for teachers, i think, to have anti racist practice and racial discrimination as part of that initial teacher training. it isn t at the moment. to have recruitment drives to get more black teachers into the classroom and in senior leadership roles, and in governor roles, too. at the moment, 90% of teachers are white, especially in primary school. he is actually huge. the government says the teaching workforce is becoming more diverse
Of like problems with racism. in south london, these teenagers say the way they look affects their experiences in and out of school. a few days ago, i got stopped and searched. did you understand the nature of the search? did they kind of go through why they stopped you and explained? i asked for the police station, the name, they didn t give me nothing, theyjust left. this is their reality. and last month, the shocking case of child 0, the 15 year old black girl who was strip searched at school by police led to angry protests. this case, yet again, adds to the wider issue of how black people are treated by the authorities in this country, exposing more resentment, more fear and more mistrust in places where young people should feel safe. today, a new report chaired by england s former children s commissioner, looking at how to improve support for vulnerable young people, has made
Impact on their lives. here s our community affairs correspondent, adina campbell. black girls and boys, they re treated differently. yeah, 100%. i do think that there s a lot of like problems with racism. in south london, these teenagers say the way they look affects their experiences in and out of school. a few days ago, i got stopped and searched. did you understand the nature of the search? did they kind of go through why they stopped you and explained? i asked for the police station, the name, they didn t give me nothing, they just left. this is their reality. and last month, the shocking case of child q, the 15 year old black girl who was strip searched at school by police led to angry protests. this case, yet again, adds to the wider issue of how black people are treated by the authorities in this country, exposing more resentment, more fear and more mistrust in places where young people should feel safe.