Chores as punishments are pointless, detentions should provide a chance to learn or study. Getting someone to wash dishes does nothing for their education.

Also there's no mention of the family's religion so Brillo seems to be making assumptions based on race rather than actual facts.

Race and culture are two different things - you do understand that don't you.

People do not have to approve or certain practices common to certain cultures and religions. Race has f all to do with it.

Point is Brillo, you looked at photograph of them, and their names, and you assumed that you were against their culture and/or religion.

But that hasn't happened so your question is utterly bizarre! "Aha but if their skin peeled off revealing a scaly hide and tail, might you not then agree that they be lizard folk?"

Guesswork. Not even a guess with anythibg at all behind it to make it a reasonable one... It is a straight up guess pure and simple. You have absolutely no idea whether or not the reaction would have been the same had it been a girl rather than a boy. In the absense of such evidence it's only reasonable to assume that her reaction would have been exactly the same.

Because you have no idea what their culture is. You have assumed that you do based on the name of the mother and the colour of the boy in the pictures skin. There is not one further word about their religion, culture, country of origin, how many generations in the country. Nothing. At all. There's the story, a name and a picture and you have made all sorts of guesses and assumptions based on those three details. And now YOU are saying that religion and culture has nothing to do with race. Correct! That is what everyone else is telling g you! You are the one assuming that you know about their culture, and their motivations, and their likelihood of being sexist, based on nothing but their race! That is racial prejudice. Pure and simple.

You need to calm down and stop continually depicting these people as arch-villains. Have you heard of 'cultural racism'? its a real thing. Every time you spout off about Muslims, what you're doing, subconsciously or not, is saying "Western = civilized” and “Islamic = uncivilized.”

As Craig Considine so rightly said, "Racism is changing in its form, but the beast is still very much alive and well."

You said this, did you not?

You saw a name and brown skin and you made assumptions and cast aspersions on them based purely on that. As TS said, that is racial prejudice and no amount of backpedellaing and changing of the goalposts is going to change that.

Oh more names to beat people with. More PC intimidation. What progress. I'd say the ISIS beast is thriving better than any of us.

"Mother doesn't want son to wash dishes"

Brillo: "ISIS IS THRIVING!!!"

You beat on Muslims all the time! Its not PC intimidation, its just compassion for my fellow beings, something you greatly lack.

ISIS want people like you. They want nothing more than to cause a divide. What you have done is fallen for their agenda.

Are you an expert on ISIS - you seem to think you know them well. I don't agree with you on that and am not going to accept your words as fact because as far as I can see it is simply opinion. If you have more than opinion - be my guest - fire away.

:joker:

Why is it a cultural thing? My mum is white and she would have flipped if I came home at 12 years old and told her I was doing the washing up for my school. They have staff to do that so just give the kid detention and lines.

unfortunately this woman and her delinquent son fuel more racism.

*Racists fuel racism

Minorities who validate stereotypes definitely contribute to and fuel racism.

Unfortunately most stereotypes and prejudices are built on a small foundation of truth.

only those specific minorities can dismantle that foundation of truth that props up harmful stereotypes.

So you're now blaming minorities for racism? Really? :umm2:

NO, i'm saying it's harmful to minorities when they validate stereotypes.

He shouldn't have been a naughty twat then should he. Silly boy. His mum is just looking for attention. There's children dying in the world and she's moaning her tits off about her son having to wash a few dishes for misbehaviour.

You know what's racist, is people assuming the mother in this story wouldn't have minded if it were her daughter in the same situation based on the colour of her skin. That's racist and that's the problem.

Unfortunately it's not racist. one because muslim is not a race, and two because it's actually true that muslims are more sexist and more conservative than non-muslims.

It's not racist if it's a fact. and it's not racist if it's not a race.

just like it's not sexist if you assume a serial killer is male. men are more likely to be serial killers.

You're the one who brought race into it in the very first post that i quoted of yours :laugh: So you better tell yourself that, eh?

i would, but i know i have you to remind me. :laugh:

Always here to help :douf:

How about you quote the part of the article that states that they are Muslim.

Oh hmmmm it DOESN'T. People have assumed that based on their race and name. But wait a second... you have just said yourself that "muslim is not a race"... ... ... how baffling that so many people seem to know for certain that they are Muslim.