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Schools that teach 'white privilege' could be breaking the law by contributing to the 'systemic neglect' of deprived children, MPs have found.
White working-class pupils are one of the worst-achieving groups in the country, and 'feel anything but privileged', they said in a report.
It found they are behind many of their similarly disadvantaged peers of other ethnicities at ages five, 16 and 18.
The Commons education committee's report, published last night, said 'politically controversial' phrases such as 'white privilege' may have contributed to poor white pupils being forgotten 'for decades'.
White working-class pupils are one of the worst-achieving groups in the country, and 'feel anything but privileged', MPs said in a report
It also warned against 'pitting different groups against each other' and suggested schools which promote ideas of 'white privilege' could be in breach of the Equality Act 2010.
The phrase white privilege is used to describe the inherent advantages possessed by a white person on the basis of their race. It can apply where people are living under the same social, political or economic circumstances, or in a society where there is racial inequality. Committee chairman Robert Halfon said: 'So far, the Department for Education (DfE) has been reluctant to
