{"product_id":"i-heard-what-you-said-by-jeffrey-boakye-9781529063752","title":"I Heard What You Said","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA thought-provoking and fearless exploration of how we can dismantle racism in the classroom and do better by all our students.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Amazon Best Non-Fiction Book of 2022\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssential reading\u003c\/em\u003e - The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSharp and witty with moments of startling candour\u003c\/em\u003e - The i\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eRevealing and beautifully written\u003c\/em\u003e - David Harewood\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBefore Jeffrey Boakye was a black teacher, he was a black student. Which means he has spent a lifetime navigating places of learning that are white by default. Since training to teach, he has often been the only black teacher at school. At times seen as a role model, at others a source of curiosity, Boakye's is a journey of exploration - from the outside looking in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the groundbreaking \u003cem\u003eI Heard What You Said\u003c\/em\u003e, he recounts how it feels to be on the margins of the British education system. As a black, male teacher - an English teacher who has had to teach problematic texts - his very existence is a provocation to the status quo, giving him a unique perspective on the UK's classrooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTold through a series of eye-opening encounters based on the often challenging and sometimes outrageous things people have said to him or about him - from 'Can you rap?' and 'Have you been in prison?' to 'Stephen who?' - Boakye reflects with passion and wit on what he has found out about the presumptions, silences and distortions that underpin the experience of black students and teachers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHugely important\u003c\/em\u003e - Baroness Lawrence\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eDeeply compelling, intellectually rigorous and essential\u003c\/em\u003e - Nels Abbey\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eMakes a powerful case\u003c\/em\u003e - Rt Hon Lady Hale\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48242417041644,"sku":"9781529063752","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529063752-i-heard-what-you-said-1.jpg?v=1787972652","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/i-heard-what-you-said-by-jeffrey-boakye-9781529063752","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}