Racist Children? WTF?

Cool_CM

Apparently not liking foreign food constitutes racism now. The world is broken and not even Bono can make it better:(

Toddlers who dislike spicy food 'racist'

Toddlers who turn their noses up at spicy food from overseas could be branded racists by a Government-sponsored agency.

The National Children's Bureau, which receives £12 million a year, mainly from Government funded organisations, has issued guidance to play leaders and nursery teachers advising them to be alert for racist incidents among youngsters in their care.

This could include a child of as young as three who says "yuk" in response to being served unfamiliar foreign food.

The guidance by the NCB is designed to draw attention to potentially-racist attitudes in youngsters from a young age.

It alerts playgroup leaders that even babies can not be ignored in the drive to root out prejudice as they can "recognise different people in their lives".

The 366-page guide for staff in charge of pre-school children, called Young Children and Racial Justice, warns: "Racist incidents among children in early years settings tend to be around name-calling, casual thoughtless comments and peer group relationships."

It advises nursery teachers to be on the alert for childish abuse such as: "blackie", "Pakis", "those people" or "they smell".

The guide goes on to warn that children might also "react negatively to a culinary tradition other than their own by saying 'yuk'".

Staff are told: "No racist incident should be ignored. When there is a clear racist incident, it is necessary to be specific in condemning the action."

Warning that failing to pick children up on their racist attitudes could instil prejudice, the NCB adds that if children "reveal negative attitudes, the lack of censure may indicate to the child that there is nothing unacceptable about such attitudes".

Nurseries are encouraged to report as many incidents as possible to their local council. The guide added: "Some people think that if a large number of racist incidents are reported, this will reflect badly on the institution. In fact, the opposite is the case."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/education/2261307/Toddlers-who-dislike-spicy-food-racist,-say-report.html

monkeyfudge

Sounds like they're picking on one very small part of the document to try and make a mockery out of the whole thing.

Teaching children that prejudiced attitudes are unacceptable is in no way a bad thing.

DonkeyStyle \o/

I find these policies disgustingly ageist.
I'm highly offended.

Sherifu

Spicy food gives me gas :-\

AnonoBoy

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote: »

I find these policies disgustingly ageist.
I'm highly offended.

Your type always is.

Blisterman

Since it's the British press, I'm going to imagine, it's been completely quoted out of context.

Something like.

"To help encourage people to respect each others cultures, you could try encouraging children to try each others local cuisine's, although, some children might

"react negatively to a culinary tradition other than their own by saying 'yuk"

This should only be considered a rascist incident if they reject it as "I'm not eating that f*cking p*ki food""

Cool_CM

Blisterman wrote: »

This should only be considered a rascist incident if they reject it as "I'm not eating that f*cking p*ki food""

If I met a 3 year old who said that to me, I'd be fairly impressed!

Red Hand

Dem Chinese are full o' gristle.

Overheal

Irish Food is Yuk

*teeheehee*

Seriously though what were you thinking with coddle?!

Karoma

Overheal wrote: »

Irish Food is Yuk

*teeheehee*

Seriously though what were you thinking with coddle?!

Nutrition? What was America thinking with <insert rubbish from rubbish fast food kip>?
You racist.

Rb

Wouldn't surprise me, things are getting very much overly PC over there.

Terry

Blisterman wrote: »

Since it's the British press, I'm going to imagine, it's been completely quoted out of context.

Something like.

"To help encourage people to respect each others cultures, you could try encouraging children to try each others local cuisine's, although, some children might

"react negatively to a culinary tradition other than their own by saying 'yuk"

This should only be considered a rascist incident if they reject it as "I'm not eating that f*cking p*ki food""

No thanks button, but that post defintely deserves one.

Looby_Loo

I have seen 4 year olds being racist.
Refusing to eat an unfamiliar food is not racist

Kold

So like... What about pork?

Black Swan

PC diet?

Latchy

Everyday in the British press there is an article about the latest muslim teacher, shopkeeper,student,doctor etc who has being offended or hasnt had his/her preference taken into account .

The latest one

Two white children were punished by being sent home for not wearing a veil in a class while learning about other cultures.The teacher, herself a muslim also said the children refused to kneel in prayer to Meca as muslims do .

Now if even if half these stories are true and there is every evidence to suggest they are ,then can you blame white people for being offended ?

Terry

latchyco wrote: »

Everyday in the British press there is an article about the latest muslim teacher, shopkeeper,student,doctor etc who has being offended or hasnt had his/her preference taken into account .

The latest one

Two white children were punished by being sent home for not wearing a veil in a class while learning about other cultures.The teacher, herself a muslim also said the children refused to kneel in prayer to Meca as muslims do .

Now if even if half these stories are true and there is every evidence to suggest they are ,then can you blame white people for being offended ?

It's time us white people took a stand and fought against our oppressors.

Rb

latchyco wrote: »

Everyday in the British press there is an article about the latest muslim teacher, shopkeeper,student,doctor etc who has being offended or hasnt had his/her preference taken into account .

The latest one

Two white children were punished by being sent home for not wearing a veil in a class while learning about other cultures.The teacher, herself a muslim also said the children refused to kneel in prayer to Meca as muslims do .

Now if even if half these stories are true and there is every evidence to suggest they are ,then can you blame white people for being offended ?

Bleh, had a rant written out about those muslims but will leave it, we're all aware what a pack of gob****es they are.

Latchy

Terry wrote: »

It's time us white people took a stand and fought against our oppressors.

the thing is ,There are a lot of people in UK who have genuine serious concerns about issues relating to muslims but as usual are not being listened to and i aint talking about the BMP .I am talking about your average working/middle class brit who has as much right to complain about muslims as they (muslims) have to complain abiut whitey ......see what i mean ?

Rb wrote: »

Bleh, had a rant written out about those muslims but will leave it, we're all aware what a pack of gob****es they are.

Some indeed are yes .

Rb

latchyco wrote: »

the thing is ,There are a lot of people in UK who have genuine serious concerns about issues relating to muslims but as usual are not being listened to and i aint talking about the BMP .I am talking about your average working/middle class brit who has as much right to complain about muslims as they (muslims) have to complain abiut whitey ......see what i mean ?



Some indeed are yes .

I wonder what the reaction would have been had it been muslim children being brought into a Christian church made pray to Jesus/God and Mary and made wear Christian symbols...

I would guess something like this :pac:

Ross_Mahon

Muslims eat very nice food, I know because my mate is one, And his Ma makes lovely food on their celebration called Eve, Its like Christmas except twice a year.

Karoma

Rb wrote: »

I wonder what the reaction would have been had it been muslim children being brought into a Christian church made pray to Jesus/God and Mary and made wear Christian symbols...

I would guess something like this :pac:

That's about far enough.
*draws a line*

partyatmygaff

Ross_Mahon wrote: »

Muslims eat very nice food, I know because my mate is one, And his Ma makes lovely food on their celebration called Eve, Its like Christmas except twice a year.

its Eid actually and its nothing like christmas at all. 0 Comparison

- Not a muslim just in case anyones wondering

Rb

Karoma wrote: »

That's about far enough.
*draws a line*

Yep, lets just pretend it never happens and it'll probably go away...oh wait.

Cionád

Terry wrote: »

It's time us white people took a stand and fought against our oppressors.

LMFAO, fantastic reply

MIN2511

When you go to Rome, do what the Roman's do!
Simple...

KnifeWRENCH

Rb wrote: »

I wonder what the reaction would have been had it been muslim children being brought into a Christian church made pray to Jesus/God and Mary and made wear Christian symbols...

I would guess something like this :pac:

You have a very good point there. Sadly, a scenario that image would very possibly be the outcome.

Terry wrote:

It's time us white people took a stand and fought against our oppressors.

Hey, white people suffer racism aswell though. It's not our fault that our ancestors were colonisers/slaveowners/pricks.
If a white person claims they find something racist and offensive towards them, I doubt they'd be taklen too seriously because we are in the majority in this part of the world.

Cool_CM

MIN2511 wrote: »

When you go to Rome, do what the Roman's do!
Simple...

Stab United fans?:eek:

Latchy

Cionád wrote: »

LMFAO, fantastic reply

No offence to terry but assuming he was being sarcastic/funny /serious etc (not really important ) what was so fantastic about it ? I though it was just an average response .It wasnt as if i or any of the following posters were using racist speak .Just curious ?

square_igloo wrote: »

Hey, white people suffer racism aswell though. It's not our fault that our ancestors were colonisers/slaveowners/pricks.
If a white person claims they find something racist and offensive towards them, I doubt they'd be taklen too seriously because we are in the majority in this part of the world.

My sentiments to and somthing a lot of people forget to take into consideration when discussing muslim/race topics.I have met some real bad non white racists .Doesnt mean i cant state that ?

Terry

Rb wrote: »

I wonder what the reaction would have been had it been muslim children being brought into a Christian church made pray to Jesus/God and Mary and made wear Christian symbols...

I would guess something like this :pac:

Banned forever.

Pride Fighter

Kold wrote: »

So like... What about pork?

Damn racist Jews and Muslims not eating pork:pac:

Nothingcompares

neophobia is widespread amongst the animal kingdom. nothing new here.

Sam Vimes

i read a story the other week, probably here, that a police department in england were planning to send a postcard around the area at christmas that featured a dog. Apparently dogs are considered unclean in islam so someone complained and the card was changed

this particular case may not be true as i can't remember where i heard it but stuff like this does happen and this kind of thing pisses me right off. Why would you move to a country where the actions of the people of said country are deeply offensive to you?

Why do these idiots insist that we live by their rules in our country? All muslims that are willing to let me live my life the way i want are more than welcome but i wish these fundamentalist dickheads would just **** off back to a muslim country, rather than coming to a country they despise and trying to change that country because their imaginary friend tells them they should

Jigsaw

Sam Vimes wrote: »

i read a story the other week, probably here, that a police department in england were planning to send a postcard around the area at christmas that featured a dog. Apparently dogs are considered unclean in islam so someone complained and the card was changed

this particular case may not be true as i can't remember where i heard it but stuff like this does happen and this kind of thing pisses me right off. Why would you move to a country where the actions of the people of said country are deeply offensive to you?

Why do these idiots insist that we live by their rules in our country? All muslims that are willing to let me live my life the way i want are more than welcome but i wish these fundamentalist dickheads would just **** off back to a muslim country, rather than coming to a country they despise and trying to change that country because their imaginary friend tells them they should

Agree wholeheartedly. Muslims should be welcomed to western European nations and given every opportunity to integrate successfully, as many do. I used to live in Manchester which had a much larger Muslim contingent than any Irish city and some of them were absolutely lovely people and I had a couple of friends who were Muslims - top blokes. They made an effort to make friends with local people and to integrate and contribute to society positively.

If, however, any given Muslim doesn't like what is going on in the host country in question and preach jihad and encourage young impressionable Muslims to support/practice terrorism, they should be HUNTED TO F**K out of the country and sent back to whatever dive they came from. It is laughable to see the toothless police in London completely powerless due to a variety of overly PC laws, with mad Muslim renegade clerics advocating the annihilation of western values, yet they came here through choice. B@stards.

Overheal

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

PC diet?

http://cybernetnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/windows-20food.jpg

KnifeWRENCH

Sam Vimes wrote: »

i read a story the other week, probably here, that a police department in england were planning to send a postcard around the area at christmas that featured a dog. Apparently dogs are considered unclean in islam so someone complained and the card was changed

this particular case may not be true as i can't remember where i heard it but stuff like this does happen and this kind of thing pisses me right off. Why would you move to a country where the actions of the people of said country are deeply offensive to you?

Why do these idiots insist that we live by their rules in our country? All muslims that are willing to let me live my life the way i want are more than welcome but i wish these fundamentalist dickheads would just **** off back to a muslim country, rather than coming to a country they despise and trying to change that country because their imaginary friend tells them they should

Well said.
*Hits imaginery AH thanks button*

Reku

The part I find hilarious is that saying "they smell" is considered racist, fact is the cultural variation in diet means that people from different cultures do in fact smell different. As such it's about as racist IMO as saying that Africans are black.
If you said "they smell bad", well it's borderline racist but at the same time some people just don't like the smell of certain foods so should they be called racist because of that?:rolleyes:

I am starting to feel that we need to back away from the overly PC culture, sorry, Culturally Sensitive culture:rolleyes:, and if someone doesn't like what they find in a country they are a guest in tell them to sod off home.
I don't see Irish people protesting over the availability of Guiness in supermarkets in Iran afterall. Then you also get people hiding behind peoples' ignorance of their culture and the fear of being regarded as un-PC should you challenge their claims; e.g. the muslim Tesco workers who were refusing to stock shelves with alcohol trying to claim that the religion didn't allow them to touch it or even the container it was in.
Problem is the longer we cling to the desire to be PC/CS the more severe the eventual backlash will probably be, as such I worry that this constant drive to witchhunt for non-PC behaviour is only boosting the popularity of extremist groups such as the BNP.:(

People who are devoted to their religion and who's religion clearly considers killing a great sin use that as a way to avoid military service on the continent, instead doing public service. Surely the same logic should work the opposite way for those who want to force the service (i.e. a potential job) to change just to suit their religion, i.e. if your religion has a problem with it then seek a different job.
E.g. If I were a devout Christian/Jew (comes from the old testament) I could completely refuse to work Saturdays as it is the Sabbath and I must pray, do you think any employer would humour that at all? I don't think so, I'd be up in front of a disciplinary discussion with my manager and HR in no time. Jewelery is not allowed in my workplace for safety reasons, what if I wanted to wear a crucifix? Again, I'd be told to take it off, yet there was outcry over a Sikh being told he couldn't wear his turban while on duty as a garda.
Why should things be any different for the minority religions? In our zealous charge towards equality are we not in fact creating a different kind of inequality?

Steve_o

Sam Vimes wrote: »

i read a story the other week, probably here, that a police department in england were planning to send a postcard around the area at christmas that featured a dog. Apparently dogs are considered unclean in islam so someone complained and the card was changed

this particular case may not be true as i can't remember where i heard it but stuff like this does happen and this kind of thing pisses me right off. Why would you move to a country where the actions of the people of said country are deeply offensive to you?

Why do these idiots insist that we live by their rules in our country? All muslims that are willing to let me live my life the way i want are more than welcome but i wish these fundamentalist dickheads would just **** off back to a muslim country, rather than coming to a country they despise and trying to change that country because their imaginary friend tells them they should

Good post, I agree, all the PC bullsh*t nowadays is ridiculous! Bravo!

bobbyjoe

These newspapers are churning out stories about how PC loonies or Muslims are taking over the UK. Usually the Sun, the Daily Mail or the Telegraph. Below are some examples from a report found here.
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/dispatches/it+shouldnt+happen+to+a+muslim/2314592

I suspect this story is something similar.


Get off my bus I need to pray –
The Sun, 28 March 2008
This was the story of a Muslim bus driver ordering his passengers off his bus so that he could pray. The Sun story, along with footage of the bus driver praying, was widely circulated around right-wing blogs. Dhimmi Watch, the right-wing blog on the site Jihad Watch that catalogues perceived outrages committed by Muslims, even included the Sun story in their “ever-expanding You Can’t Make This Stuff Up file”. Well, actually you can. For the Sun it was apparently a perfect example of a Muslim putting his faith before the interests of the public and demanding special treatment. The newspaper ran the story after giving London United Bus Company very little time to investigate, obliging them to issue a holding statement saying they would look into the matter. Once they had done so it was clear that the story was rather different. The bus had been delayed, so in order to maintain frequency the bus company had ordered the driver to stop his bus and allow passengers to board the bus behind. Tickets and CCTV evidence show that all the passengers were on that bus within a minute. The driver was under strict instructions not to allow any passengers onto his bus. He was on a ten-minute break so could do what he wanted. 5 28 October 2005 http://www.abc.net.au/ mediawatch/img/2005/ep35/natwest.pdf The so-called witness, a 21 year old plumber, who recorded the bus driver praying, had not in fact been on the bus, and had arrived after the incident to find a small crowd waiting outside a bus. Jumping to a false conclusion, he sold his story to the Sun. The bus driver is currently taking legal action against the Sun for defamation and gross invasion of privacy. The article has been removed from the Sun’s website.

Nurses Told to Turn Muslims’ Beds to Mecca –
Daily Express, 4 December 2007
This story claimed that “NURSES have been told to stop treating patients while they move Muslims’ beds FIVE TIMES a day to face Mecca.” We discovered that in reality nurses would only move terminally-ill Muslim patients’ beds at their family’s request. The concession did not apply to all Muslim patients, and certainly not five times a day. Julia Squire, chief executive of The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Dewsbury and District Hospital, said. “The press reporting on this matter is simply incorrect. Let me be absolutely clear: no employee of The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been or will be ordered to turn hospital beds to face Mecca five times a day.”6 The story originated from an anonymous quote from a nurse at the Dewsbury hospital used in the Daily Express (and also in a similar account which appeared and in the same day’s Daily Star, which is under the same ownership). According to the anonymous source, “If we are having to turn dozens of beds to face Mecca five times a day, plus provide running water for them to wash before and after prayers, it is bound to impact on the essential medical service 6 “Papers criticised over Mecca beds,” Spenborough Today, 7 December 2007 we are supposed to be providing.” 7 Other news papers had run the story correctly, reporting that it would only happen to “very ill” patients and even then not five times a day.8 Fascinatingly, even newspapers which had got the story right, like the Daily Mirror, then inserted the five times a day claim,9 giving it a much more prominent billing. The Daily Telegraph even went to the lengths of borrowing the anonymous quote in the following day’s paper (6 December 2007). 10 The story then gained momentum as angry letters poured in and MPs voiced their outrage, prompting the Daily Star to glory in its investigative journalism, boasting “OUR revelation that nurses are having to turn Muslim patients’ beds to face Mecca has prompted a furious response from Brits. In the biggest response the Daily Star has ever had to a story, thousands of angry readers swamped our offices with texts, phone calls and e-mails”.11 The incident has now since entered folklore, becoming a central piece of evidence for those who make the case that Muslims are invading the British way of life. When the Daily Star finally quoted the NHS denials, they were presented as a U-turn rather than a mistake on the part of the newspapers.12


HOGWASH: Now the PC brigade bans piggy banks in case they offend Muslims –
Daily Express, 24 October 2005
The story claimed that NatWest and Halifax had removed images of piggy banks from their promotional material in an effort to avoid offending Muslim customers, since pork is forbidden in Islam. The paper quoted observers calling such action “barmy” and “bonkers”, thereby stirring up a huge response from the public. One letter to the paper was entitled “Piggy bank climb-down is victory for the terrorists”. NatWest was originally called by journalists from the Lancashire Evening Telegraph who were told in no uncertain terms that the end of one promotion had nothing to do with fear of causing offence. The Express then ran the story without making reasonable checks with the banks.3 The article manages to cite no evidence that piggy banks had been removed for the reason cited in the inflammatory headline, confining itself to expressing outrage from MPs and church leaders. The banks themselves soon cleared up the matter. The Halifax drily noted that it “has not withdrawn any piggy banks from branches” and noted that in fact it had not used piggy banks in its branches for a number of years.4 The NatWest press statement noted that: “There is absolutely no fact in the story. We simply had a UK wide savings marketing campaign, which included pictures of piggy banks, running until the end of September. Piggy banks have been and will continue to be used as a promotional item by NatWest.” 5 That is indeed the case, as NatWest’s piggy banks feature prominently in their promotions to this day.

LouOB

Circle of filth really - parents pass it to their children, so on and so forth

Reku

Hadn't actually read any of those stories bobbyjoe, tend to avoid tabloids due to the amount of utter crap they publish.

thelordofcheese

Cool_CM wrote: »

From the Daily Telegraph
the Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph

i think i found where the problem is.

Stark

Sherifu wrote: »

Spicy food gives me gas :-\

That's because your bowels are racist.

Reku

So, does this not mean that we're all racist for refusing to engage in cannibalism? There are some small tribes that still engage in it as far as I'm aware (the particular group I'd heard of still doing it only do so with the village elder, he dies they all eat him so the village doesn't lose all of what made him great).

Beerlao

bobbyjoe wrote: »

The Sun,

Daily Express,
Daily Express.

i didn't even bother reading those stories... anything from those right wing rags isn't worth reading

whatthe...

When have we ever heard of a Muslim or Black person accused of Racism towards the white person. When one claims racism its usually against the typical white Caucasian simply because there is nobody else to blame for the ridiculous accusations they make and perhaps they feel this is the only way to get into the limelight.

If we have to keep 'tippy toeing' around enthnic minorities for fear of being accused of rasicm in our own country there is certainly something wrong with the people allowed in here. I would treat everyone the same but what grinds my gears is when the 'racist card' is shown when certain individuals dont like what they hear. That really annoys me and is very much worn out at this stage. If you are a foreign national in a host country you abide by the said country's laws and fundamentals of the country in question. Im all on for others coming here to better themselves and improving their way of live, but if you have a problem with integration and the national culture, well then.......get the boat.

MJOR

Bloody stupid in my opinion ya can't help what ya don't like. I like samosas but hate rogan gosh love kung po chicken but hate crispy duck...

Lock me up!

Kold

What's funny here is that everytime one of these poorly constructed articles pops up, the amount of properly racist posts that come reeling out. "I'm not racist but these Muslims take the biscuit! Send 'em all home!"
It's when it becomes this us vs them attitude that it very much is a case of generalisation and prejudice. There are bigots who are Muslim and there are bigots posting on this bloody thread.

Good post by BobbyJoe, it really goes to show that it doesn't take much to get people ready to riot. Incitement on both ends.

PC gone mad is a more complicated issue.. If we allow everyone to say what their infinitely stupid heads tell them to say then things can escalate quickly, whether it be the retarded statement of 'Muslims smell' or 'Kill these Western pigs' but free speech is pretty much something that I always need to side with. Some of the posts here however, are pig f*cking ignorant and this is from an atheist who laughs at Maddy McCann jokes.

It's not a case of Christians vs Muslims, both of these groups can suck a dick in my opinion, it's a case of neither of you are a majority, accept that, shut the f*ck up and stop causing trouble.


The Scientologists can be deported though.

Reku

And yet people wonder why I prefer to be a misanthropist, no fear of being accused of racism, speciesism maybe, but not racism.
The Marklars had it right, same word for every name and noun, hard to have a bias when it's impossible to refer to youself/any group you're in as distinct from any other.
Those damned marklars and their marklars about unfair marklar.
See, sounds far more confusing than incendary.:)

dlofnep

I don't like chinese food. I bet Bruce Lee is turning in his grave!

Latchy

The person who hates foreigners in a lot of cases will also hate his next door neighbour .Some people are born haters .The most obious one to spring to mind would be Hitler or more recently Osama bin ladin