You don't have to be a fan of 'Celebrity Big Brother' to know about the row raging around racist bullying on the show and the eviction of the culprit, Jade Goody.
I will own up to having watched theprogramme and - whatever the rights and wrongs of reality shows - it has certainly exercised my brain on the whole complex question of racism and how we identify it.
I also believe that all of us living in Britain today have much to benefit from this debate and, for those of us involved in the care, education and support of young children and their families, it throws up many questions that we must address if we are to move the debate forward. The reality, as I see it, is that there are no simple answers to these questions, so I am certainly not going to suggest any.
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