Katharine Birbalsingh
Katharine Birbalsingh
The Problem With "Diversity Is Our Strength"
With Britain reeling after the terrible killing of three young girls in Southport which inspired violent riots, I spoke with Katherine Birbalsingh to explore the countries deeper problems.
“Diversity is our greatest strength” we are constantly told, evidently now that is not the case. The big question few are asking is: what unifies us? Who better to explore the topic than the so-called “strictest headteacher in Britain”.
Katharine is the founder of the successful Michaela school in London which brings together children from the cities different culture and unifies them with a common culture. Can lessons from Michaela apply to the whole country? Are the nation’s problems solvable? Will things get worse? All this and more…
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God bless and protect you, Winston Marshall
Thanks for bringing on this guest! As a former teacher myself I was particularly interested in what she had to say. I liked that she emphasized prioritizing the wellbeing of the whole over individual identity groups and that multiculturalism needs to be managed. You asked great questions Winston that I noticed she had a hard time articulating an answer to or skirted around a bit... like how do you define what being British means? Is it place and knowledge of history and a shared set of values? And isn't it innately embedded with christian values? So to what degree are you actually being multi-cultural and to what degree are you creating a shared culture or asking people to assimilate into yours?
Things I took away: Yes shaping kids = shaping the culture of our future and it's important to habituate getting along...yes there needs to be a middle ground approach between L and R opinions, both extremes are blind to certain things...
Things I'm not sure about: schools are a bit of a microcosm of the macrocosm, but only to a certain extent. There are many things you can do in a school with the authority you have that you can't do on a community level let alone on a national level. Hard thing to translate, but kudos to anyone who tries