The tagline is: ‘Tackling the oppositional defiant behaviour of Black boys’. No stereotyping there then. And we were under the misapprehension that the right was against racial profiling.
One of the key speakers will be Ray Lewis, director of the Eastside Young Leaders’ Academy.
Lewis was the former London Deputy Mayor who had to resign two years ago after claims of financial irregularities. At the time Boris Johnson said he would re-appoint Mr Lewis if he cleared his name.
Very conveniently for Boris, that inquiry into Lewis’ affairs was dropped. And now the Tories are trying to bring him back into their fold.
First, Boris announced a few days ago that Lewis would return to a role at City Hall.
Now the leading Conservative think-tank is taking lessons from him on how to deal with young black kids.
Just to give you a flavour of how Ray Lewis helped boys:
I had heard about the marching regime at [Lewis's] Eastside Academy, but was still unprepared for what I found. “We! Are! The! Young! Leaders’! Academy!” the boys chant at the end of a morning’s drill, as Lewis enters the hall. “What are you looking at his bottom for?” he barks at a young adolescent. “You a batty boy?”Words fail me.
His gaze sweeps up and down the lines. “I don’t see any rhythm in this room. You move like poonani! “Someone,” Lewis announces, “has been going to the Paki shop across the road. And stealing from that shop. Does anybody know who the guilty party is? Say so now!”
Sunny Hundal @'Liberal Conspiracy'
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