Discriminatory and racist language has become more common since the result in June and needs to be challenged with greater vigour in the classroom, according to academics at the Moray House School of Education, part of Edinburgh University.
In written evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee, they said teachers in Scottish schools had told them of a rise in incidents since the decision to leave the EU, although these were verbal rather than physical.
They told MSPs: “Our recent discussions with teaching staff point to a growing mood among pupils and also within some parent groupings about a new acceptability of discriminatory language and views related to colour, ethnicity, nationality, ethnic origins and religion.”
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