Why I got involved with Mix-d:
A moving speech by, Becky Agard, 19 years old. Nottingham.
I’ve been involved in Brad’s project since it was little more than taking it’s first steps.
Three years ago I was lucky enough to be involved in Nottingham’s first ever ‘Mixed Heritage Youth Confrence’. At first I was skeptical, as is my nature, as is any young person when someone tries to tell them about themselves. However, by the end of the first training day I was alive with excitment- and I can’t recollect a day where my confidence soared as it did then. I was surrounded by people who understood my background and therefore my perspective on life. The strange thing was, instead of feeling less included by recognising my differences, suddenly I felt more comfortable in society. A feeling of inclusion I had never felt before, or even knew that I could feel.
One of the main reasons I’m still involved is that feeling of inclusion I felt, and that I saw others feel when I facilitated at my first confrence. The intelligence I saw rise from previously difficult children when faced with a cause they believed in made me realise, if these children were never given a chance for a voice, it would be an almost tragedy.
Amoung the many other reasons for continuing with this project, the number of broken homes multiplying in Britain is one I feel more strongly about. The cause and effect on all the children involved brings many difficulties, especially to children from a mixed background as many, like I did, lose completely the influence of one side of their heritage.
The way I see it ‘Mix-d:’ listens to the voices of the largest growing ‘ethnic’ group, and projects that to the people who can change things.
Stereotyping of children does not lie solely with the government or the parents, it lies with the education system and with every member of their staff, and as a result their personal attitudes to the correlation between race and education.
Becky Agard, 19, Mix-d:Nottingham
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