Abstract
This feature-length documentary followed Somali-born journalist Rageh Omaar through forbidden territory – but one still inhabited largely by small groups of university academics whose allegiances to ideas about racial hierarchies of intelligence remain strong. Omaar encounters the related problem of a liberal refusal to engage in the debate, and discusses one of the social consequences of this stand-off – that the educational underachievement of large numbers of black students in the US (and to an extent in the UK) is swept under the carpet. I directed produced, co-wrote and photographed the film.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Channel Four |
Publisher | Channel Four |
Media of output | Television Programme |
Size | 1 hr 15 mins |
Publication status | Published - 26 Oct 2009 |
Keywords
- Race
- Intelligence
- IQ