The first ever black student at the prestigious Eton College, Dillibe Onyeama, has received an apology from the current headmaster of the college after 50 years of being banned from the school premises.
Henderson, who has been the head of the college since 2015, said he is “appalled” by the racism Onyeama experienced at the school.
He said “significant strides” have been made since Mr Onyeama was at Eton but, as millions of people around the world rightly raise their voices in protest against racial discrimination and inequality, “we have to have the institutional and personal humility to acknowledge that we still have more to do.”
Nonetheless, the Nigerian writer said he does not want an apology because regardless of the racial taunts he had to endure at Eton, he had fond memories as well and his view of the school is rather fairly positive.
These apologies may not erase the impact of slavery or make people less racist towards people of color, but it is a start to the “significant strides” being made to end racial discrimination and inequality.
