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![]() A 12-year-old girl was put into isolation for wearing a Union flag dress to her school’s culture day, her father has said. “Straight A” student Courtney Wright wore the Spice Girls-esque dress and wrote a piece about British history and traditions as part of the celebrations on Friday. She was later told the dress was “unacceptable” and was hauled out of lessons and made to sit in reception until her father collected her. Bilton School in Rugby, Warks. Mr Field, who works in marine restoration, said: “Courtney was so embarrassed and couldn’t understand what she’d done wrong. “She should not be made to feel embarrassed about being British. And she shouldn’t be punished for celebrating being British – nobody else I’ve spoken to can quite get their heads around it.” In a permission letter sent to parents, it said the day was “designed to promote inclusion ![]() traditions and heritages”. But Mr Field said the school’s actions went against the message and other pupils with St George’s flags and Welsh flags were also turned away from the school gates. ![]() A spokesman for Stowe Valley Trust read from a prepared script and said: “At Bilton School, we are proud of the diversity of our students and the rich heritage they bring to our community. We are committed to fostering an environment where every pupil feels respected, valued, and included. then they added: “We deeply regret the distress this has caused and offer our sincere and unreserved apologies. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...on-flag-dress/ |
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The school needs a clear out of staff. What are they teaching our kids??
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It's a very ugly dress, but what a stupid decision by the teacher/school.
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I don't think Geri's dress would be appropriate for a 12 year old/school for different reasons
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I don't think it's an ugly dress. What a very strange claim lol... I'd like to see the other pupils and what they wore so I can judge whether the dress of a 12 year old is ugly or not.
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Piss orf.
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We had multicultural day here at my school and it was beautiful to see all the different outfits people wore. I loved seeing the African clothing the most. Someone had their baby wrapped up on their back and the baby was like snoooring and I wonder why people don’t do it more here.
The dress in question though is totally fine?? I feel like there’s more to the story. Like maybe the kid was supposed to dress in a different culture? Like they had set themes? Although that can be seen as cultural appropriation too though. I don’t know but something doesn’t seem right to me
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Maybe because the shoulders are out??? Idk but I honestly doubt it was something as simple as ‘we can’t celebrate being British’
Even though I know it happens, I’m still sus about this story
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Yeah I'm always reluctant to comment on these stories as they feel race baity and I wonder if there is more to it than what's been said here. Obviously if it is just because they don't want someone celebrating being British and nothing else then it's totally wrong
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Doctor Gad Saad wrote about this in his book The Parasitic Mind:
The Parasitic Mind addressed what happens to our cognitive system when it is hijacked by ideological rapture. My forthcoming book Suicidal Empathy further examines the descent to madness by highlighting the inability to implement optimal decisions when our emotional system is tricked into an orgiastic hyperactive form of empathy, deployed on the wrong targets. This is how the rights of a minuscule minority of trans women (i.e., biological males) trample the rights of actual women in athletic competitions. It is how illegal migrants end up receiving greater U.S. aid than American veterans or American victims of natural disasters. Evolution has endowed our emotional and cognitive systems with the capacity to deploy our resources strategically. This is why parents are willing to jump in front of a bus to save their biological children but are less likely to sacrifice their lives to save a random child across the globe. It does not make them callous but Darwinian beings capable of cost-benefit tradeoffs rooted in universal features of our human nature. Teachers, councillors, lecturers etc are getting huge dopamine hits from this perceived virtue signalling and of course the rise of social media outlets has rocket-fueled this. Just look at the Palestine mind virus amongst some of our youngsters! |
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I did think initially I wonder if there was something in the essay, or some form of celebration of being British that is the problem - for instance it's fine to celebrate British culture but celebrating some of Britains history would not be a great look - however the school has come out and apologised and accepted what they did was wrong so I am assuming it was just a big error in judgement.
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What's worse than someone being singled out for celebrating being British? The backlash that occurs where people claim there has to be more to it.
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It's not "backlash" the story just seems so absurd that people think there's more to it, that's people agreeing that of course she should be allowed celebrate her own culture
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I come from a place where, under a Labour council, white people have been a minority since 1990. I don't see anything in the least suspect about this story, it's far too familiar. Last edited by Livia; 15-07-2025 at 12:01 PM. |
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…there does seem to be more of the story in that the student wanted to give a speech as well …that doesn’t change the thing that it all appears to be a huge error and mis-judged reaction by the school and I hope that as well as the apology, she is given time to make the speech…which is very well written and very thought filled, I feel…
…the short speech in full… Hello everyone. Today I want to talk about my culture - British culture - and why it’s important to me. In Britain, we have lots of traditions including drinking tea, our love for talking about the weather and we have the Royal Family. We have amazing history, like Kings and Queens, castles, and writers like Shakespeare. It's also modern, diverse and always changing - with music, fashion and food from all around the world blending into daily life. And let’s not forget fish and chips! It's also the way we speak, our humour, our values of fairness and politeness, and the mix of old traditions and new ideas. But sometimes at school, we only hear about other cultures - which is great because learning about different countries is interesting and important. But it can feel like being British doesn’t count as a culture, just because it’s the majority. I think culture should be for everyone - not just for people from other countries or backgrounds. Being British is still a culture, and it matters too. It’s part of who I am. So let’s celebrate all cultures - whether they come from far away or right here at home. Thank you! Last edited by Ammi; 15-07-2025 at 12:06 PM. |
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Fantastic speech, clever girl
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My grandnieces in Ireland recently celebrated diversity in their school and they had a parade of flags, about 15 different flags even the English flag! I can only imagine the furore if the Irish flag was not represented, it would make no sense whatsoever
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