Are you brown because you're from Africa?' Asks a 7 year old

[arista]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/18/article-2103175-11CBEAC2000005DC-193_468x508.jpg
Storm: Elliott Dearlove with his mother, Hayley White.
Elliott was branded a racist after
asking a mixed-race school mate 'Are you from Africa?'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103707/Mother-Nicola-Allen-slams-Griffin-Primary-School-branding-sons-question-racist-incident.html#ixzz1mw7bA3c4


I do not Blame the Morther for not putting her name on a Stupid Form,

What a Utter Mess

[InOne]

The mum looks like a BNP wife

[Jessica.]

Honestly, I don't think a 7 year old child can be purposely racist, in the news for nothing.

[Livia]

You've gotta love the Daily Mail, they're so... consistent.

[arista]

The mum looks like a BNP wife

She is not , though.


Its just a innocent question gone wrong

[arista]

You've gotta love the Daily Mail, they're so... consistent.


This Could be on Newsnight

[Niamh.]

Jesus, he's a child, they have a habit of asking strange/inappropriate questions

[King Gizzard]

Can remember being a kid and thinking tigger was a racist word

They're children ffs

[arista]

Jesus, he's a child, they have a habit of asking strange/inappropriate questions


Yes and the school wants the mother to sign the Racist Form.


Thats wrong

[lostalex]

I don't understand how it's considered racist. That is the reason he's brown. Africa is very hot and very sunny, so the skin evolved to build up extra melanin to protect against the sun. right?

Native Americans in Canada have lighter skin than Native Americans in Mexico for the same reason.

[Niamh.]

Yes and the school wants the mother to sign the Racist Form.


Thats wrong

Very wrong, I'm surprised actually that the teachers aren't used to 7 year olds and the things they can come out with.

[Jords]

:rolleyes:

Hes 7. Fancy putting all this stress on them over nothing.

[Ammi]

It's a perfectly normal question for a 7 year old to ask...I would encourage them to ask these questions so they can learn and not be racist or bigoted

[arista]

:rolleyes:

Hes 7. Fancy putting all this stress on them over nothing.


Yes thats what makes the School Very Stupid and Wrong

[Niall]

He's a little kid. He shouldn't be expected to know what racism is at his age really. Christ. :bored:

[Doogle]

Political Correctness taken way too far.

[MTVN]

Stupid story, neither of the mothers seem to have though it was that big of a deal, but the school and the Mail have managed to one out of it

The last bit in the article though :joker:

More than 20,000 pupils aged 11 or younger were put on record for so-called hate crimes such as using the word ‘gaylord’

[King Gizzard]

Where did gaylord even come from

[MTVN]

No idea, do remember using it sometimes in primary school though :joker:

[Roy Mars III]

did you see that program on telly last night called gaylords say no?

classic

[King Gizzard]

It was mainly ''battyboy'' and ''you dropped your gay card'' here

zzzz

[arista]

Political Correctness taken way too far.


Bang On Right Doogle

[Doogle]

I got called gaylord and a he-she and the gaycard thing happened to me loads too. You take it, deal with it, and move on. It hardly affected me loads.

[lostalex]

Where did gaylord even come from I assume originally it just meant a happy/content aristocrat.

[Marsh.]

Stupid story, neither of the mothers seem to have though it was that big of a deal, but the school and the Mail have managed to one out of it

The last bit in the article though :joker:


The article says it was the black boy's mother that made the complaint to the head teacher.

[Shaun]

what an evil child.

[Brother Leon]

8 week suspensiOn minimum needed.


Disgusting.

[Me. I Am Salman]

Where did gaylord even come from

There's a restaurant in Isle of Dogs (10 mins away from where I live) called The Gaylord. It's quite old and famous (Enrique Iglesias ate there, they keep boasting it) and people tell me the word gaylord came from that LOL :laugh:

[Roy Mars III]

There's a restaurant in Isle of Dogs (10 mins away from where I live) called The Gaylord. It's quite old and famous (Enrique Iglesias ate there, they keep boasting it) and people tell me the word gaylord came from that LOL :laugh:

they are lying to you

http://i.imgur.com/a3ZHI.gif

[Me. I Am Salman]

They havent just told me though
But i have to agree it sounds daft

[MTVN]

The article says it was the black boy's mother that made the complaint to the head teacher.

Yeah, cos he came home upset about it apparently, she says she didn't say it was racist though and thought it had been sorted a couple of months ago

[Ammi]

With one mixed race child at the school where I work, the parents offered to come in and take an assembly with the children so they could ask questions if they wanted to. It was a good approach and stopped anything like this happening.

[Redway]

Oh, he's only a baby. The poor kid was probably asking a genuine question. It amazes me the way you can't say anything, these days, without being accused of having an agenda. :idc:

[lostalex]

As the only legally discriminated against minority in the US, i must say, i must prefer people to ask questions than to just TELL me what they think.

I don't mind answering any questions about my minority status, at least it gives me a chance to educate people.

There is no such thing as an offensive question.

I'm only offended by people that think they have the right to educate ME on my own minority status. That's offensive.

Ask whatever ignorant question you want about homosexuality, and i'll happily answer. but if you think you can TELL me about being gay, then i'm offended and we'll have a problem.

There are no stupid questions though, i have no problem with questions. When someone asks a question it's good, because clearly the person wants to know, and it opens up a line of dialogue.