Description: Taking place in a classroom, the film examines children’s racism and their preconceived stereotypes of the world. The film is intercut between classroom sequences, interviews with three White teachers and a focus on a 14-year-old white boy who talks about his own racist preconceptions and his difficulties with the school system. The teachers mention how little of the education system teaches the realities of living within a diverse community in East London. The three teachers all speak about their interests in challenging stereotypes while also givins space to children to voice their thoughts. A young female teacher says: ‘You don’t want to allow free reign of racism. But opening up is essential for these ideas to surface to understand what happens in their heads.’

The interviews with the 14-year-old begins with him mentioning how he thought Black people came from jungles before. He mentions how he has a Black neighbour in the Isle of Dogs and how his mum gets along with the neighbours. He talks about his own tendencies to skip school as a result of his inability to ‘spell’, exploring issues with how schools are not made to accommodate dyslexia. He mentions how he tapes himself before writing which makes it easier for him to deal with his school tasks.

The rest of the video features schoolchildren responding to questions such as: ‘Why did people move to the UK?’ to young children discussing the history of immigration gesturing towards the 30s, 50s and 60s, and mentioning the anti-immigration vitriol of Enoch Powell. They are questioned about slavery, immigration and strikes, as a young male teacher mentions his interest in teaching about the intersections of both racism and class across the world.