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“There’s nowt so queer as folk”
Dear Editor,
Reading the letter about the experience of racism by a youth in an African country, no doubt a colony at the time, reminded me of a bizarre procedure I was told of sometime ago about a happening at a school in B.G. – British Guiana – for the benefit of those of pre-Independence birth.
There was a private girls school, as I recall it, as being one that catered for youngsters from well-off families, mainly based on colour. On one occasion there was one vacancy and two children seeking admission.
A decision had to be taken by teachers as to which one. The girls were led to a window, while teachers in the yard below had to decide on the basis of skin colour. Later on, a friend and I laughed our heads off about this bizarre scene: we would not have stood a chance! “Lambs to the slaughter”, we both thought and wondered whether the children were aware of this drama. As my favourite Northern England quote goes: “There’s nowt so queer as folk”.
Geralda Dennison
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