The Black Farmer

I don’t know what fellow teachers think about the value of individual case studies like this, but here goes anyway. Curious programme last night on C4 about Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, a Black British man who stood (and lost) as Conservative candidate in the recent general election. Emmanuel-Jones has some interesting views - on race and on politics and his biography is interesting too. This link will take you to the Wikipedia page on him and from there you can find other links. There are useful profiles of him in The Guardian and The Independent - links on the wiki page. I thought his experiences might be interesting for culture and identity - he manages to live out some curious contradictions - as well as education, social mobility.

Next Revision material on families and households may be delayed until I’ve cleared more of my marking. It will appear though. Eventually.