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Old 20-02-2012, 02:34 PM #1
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Default Are you brown because you're from Africa?' Asks a 7 year old


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/arti...#ixzz1mw7bA3c4


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

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The mum looks like a BNP wife
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Honestly, I don't think a 7 year old child can be purposely racist, in the news for nothing.
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You've gotta love the Daily Mail, they're so... consistent.
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The mum looks like a BNP wife
She is not , though.


Its just a innocent question gone wrong
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You've gotta love the Daily Mail, they're so... consistent.

This Could be on Newsnight
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Jesus, he's a child, they have a habit of asking strange/inappropriate questions
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Can remember being a kid and thinking tigger was a racist word

They're children ffs
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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
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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.
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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.
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Hes 7. Fancy putting all this stress on them over nothing.
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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
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Hes 7. Fancy putting all this stress on them over nothing.

Yes thats what makes the School Very Stupid and Wrong
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He's a little kid. He shouldn't be expected to know what racism is at his age really. Christ.
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Political Correctness taken way too far.
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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

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Where did gaylord even come from
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No idea, do remember using it sometimes in primary school though
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did you see that program on telly last night called gaylords say no?

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

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Political Correctness taken way too far.

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

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