it on the geography room map. miles away from ‘Wanna bet? I’ll prove It’s India.’ Madu listen. He never listens to anyone. Even if I show him he believe won’t won’t me. Even if Mrs Tosser says so. He thinks only where his Dad is from. But Africa’s it Nigeria is just one country and all different. We learnt about it in ain’t. they’re Black History Month last year when we were in class. We learnt about Mr Osborne’s people from all over the world and Mr Osborne showed us videos and pictures and we even made our own costumes. not in our school anymore because he got a better He’s job somewhere. stupid sometimes. getting angry about it. Madu’s fucking He’s you saying a fucking ‘Are I’m Muslim?’ Madu squares up to me. you saying a ‘Are I’m Paki?’ I say anything. almost there. I press the stop button, but the light don’t We’re doesn’t come on. I hope Madu deck me. the hardest kid in our year. He even doesn’t He’s decked a big white boy from the year above once for calling him a nigger. I say don’t anything. I just pick up my bag and walk down the aisle towards the steps. Madu grabs me from behind. a Paki Muslim again and fucking have ‘Say I’m I’ll you.’ My face goes red, I can feel it burning, but I turn around. I just stay cool and don’t walk down the steps. Madu deck me I say anything. I never called can’t ‘cos didn’t him a Paki, I just said where Nigeria is. I his don’t know what’s problem, there’s Muslims in Nigeria anyway, we learnt about it and saw always pictures. They’re scrapping with the Christians and just his Dad slags off Muslims, Madu hates ‘cos them too, but he even been to Nigeria. going to fail our test next week. I hasn’t He’s bet he even know where Mount Everest is. the tallest mountain in the doesn’t That’s
‘Wanna bet? I’ll prove it on the geography room map. It’s miles away from India.’ Madu won’t listen. He never listens to anyone. Even if I show him he won’t believe me. Even if Mrs Tosser says so. He thinks Africa’s only where his Dad is from. But it ain’t. Nigeria is just one country and they’re all different. We learnt about it in Black History Month last year when we were in Mr Osborne’s class. We learnt about people from all over the world and Mr Osborne showed us videos and pictures and we even made our own costumes. He’s not in our school anymore because he got a better job somewhere. Madu’s fucking stupid sometimes. He’s getting angry about it. ‘Are you saying I’m a fucking Muslim?’ Madu squares up to me. ‘Are you saying I’m a Paki?’ I don’t say anything. We’re almost there. I press the stop button, but the light doesn’t come on. I hope Madu doesn’t deck me. He’s the hardest kid in our year. He even decked a big white boy from the year above once for calling him a nigger. I don’t say anything. I just pick up my bag and walk down the aisle towards the steps. Madu grabs me from behind. ‘Say I’m a Paki Muslim again and I’ll fucking have you.’ My face goes red, I can feel it burning, but I don’t turn around. I just stay cool and walk down the steps. Madu can’t deck me ‘cos I didn’t say anything. I never called him a Paki, I just said where Nigeria is. I don’t know what’s his problem, there’s Muslims in Nigeria anyway, we learnt about it and saw pictures. They’re always scrapping with the Christians and just ‘cos his Dad slags off Muslims, Madu hates them too, but he hasn’t even been to Nigeria. He’s going to fail our test next week. I bet he doesn’t even know where Mount Everest is. That’s the tallest mountain in the