Watch Out! YOUR Children Are...RACIST!

BE WARNED: This is NOT about Kathy Lee Gifford. It is NOT about NBC. It is most DEFINITELY NOT involved with the TODAY show. There is nothing here asking ANYONE to sign a petition. If you're looking for something about any of the above topics, I suggest you stop reading now.

Still with me? Good. THIS is the news article in question:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/education/22613...

Toddlers who dislike spicy food 'racist'
By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent
Last updated: 9:29 AM BST 08/07/2008
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."

Uhm...What in the nine Hells? WHY is this even an issue? Toddlers who are faced with unfamiliar foods will, more often than not, NOT EAT IT. It's been that way since we HAD a variety of foods to PRESENT to toddlers!

This makes no sense to me. A toddler doesn't psychically KNOW that Mexican food is Mexican. He just knows that the food is weird, and it burns his mouth, so he doesn't want to eat it!

Thoughts? Does anyone else here think that this study was done by people who are high?

Tags: racist, toddlers

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Permalink Reply by Branwen on July 9, 2008 at 4:25am: well thankyou to the government for telling me i'm racist cos i can't stand spicy food of any kind!
i have to wonder, do they tell the parents about these so called racist remarks? cos if they don't then they are gathering information on our children without telling us and that is just plain wrong.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Nautonnier on July 9, 2008 at 4:57am: Thoughts? Does anyone else here think that this study was done by people who are high?

LMAO!

thats So Funny

If It werent So STUPID......that The Govt. needs to Keep interfering in peoples lives in this manner

actually..
i Know some of The Type of People who make Up These stupid rules..

Trust Me..They are not High..
but Retarded Is a very good way to describe them

OK..
Let me describe
These People are SO SQUARE that its Unbelievable
they spend Nights Awake worrying about All this Foolish stuff..
but whats worse..is that some Other FOOLS decided to give them the power to make such rules...

whats worse again.
is they get these little PET...follies ..like this..
BUT
somebody up the Street could Be Totally Abusing Somebody..but They Will not Investigate because It Invades Somebodys Rights..etc.

But They WILL be Delighted to Bring an Ordinary person who Is Minding their own Business....to Court or Something..

SEE the Problem is that WE have Become too QUIET..and are Letting these FOOLS run riot

and They are Using These stupid Rules...to AVOID doing what They Should Really be Doing!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by ~Belinda~ on July 9, 2008 at 9:10am: Is this for real? what a joke!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by speechless on July 9, 2008 at 2:40pm: Ok before I get on my soapbox Lol. Tsiyeria I would love to know where you got this information if you don't mind. The reason is I want to see if this is being used around here where I live. Ok now I will hop on my soapbox. This is totally crazy I can understand not wanting children to call each other racist name's but please. Honestly this sounds like a scam for the goverment to fund another pretend project and pocket the money. Children are children and they are not going to change that concept. Next they will be saying watch out for when a boy or girl don't want the other genders cootie's they might become homosexual. I am just giving an example of how crazy this prejudice thing sound's. Beside's children that do seem to show some prejudice are just copying what they saw or heard some where and really don't understand what prejudice is (at an early age that is). So all they need is to be shown that it is ok to be different and love others for who they are. It's ok if you don't like the yucky food (as long as you love the person that fixed it Lol). I am a mother of 4 boy's so I get yuck alot lol.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tsiyeria on July 9, 2008 at 4:37pm: My father sent it to me by email, so all I can tell you is it came from the Telegraph.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by William on July 16, 2008 at 6:28pm: Thats part of the point I was trying to make. the rightwing is really good at whipping uip hysteria. this is probably being forwarded on a gazillion rightwing email lists, and well, as the past 8 years have shown us, if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes truth.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by William on July 16, 2008 at 6:36pm: Beside's children that do seem to show some prejudice are just copying what they saw or heard some where and really don't understand what prejudice is (at an early age that is)

Thats the point.

The men that killed Matthew Sheppard learned it at home and the folks who wear the white sheets learned how to sew them siting at their grandmas knees; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kaellanna on July 9, 2008 at 4:04pm: Ok so this is probably just me but I now I have the song "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist" from Avenue Q running through my head.

Geeze. I say yuck to a lot of foods--and I am one of the most adventurous people I know when it comes to trying new things.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Crescent on July 9, 2008 at 4:13pm: Soooooooo...
My coworker fears leeks. Who is she prejudiced against then?
edit: Also, what about food allergies? My roommate is allergic to hot peppers. So is she racist against Hispanics, Asians or both?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by GaelicHedgeWitch on October 8, 2008 at 10:43am: If your coworker fears leeks, then she would be racist against Welsh people!. x; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Lion Spider on July 11, 2008 at 8:20pm: Yet we the people allow them to get away with it as we fear being called, "RACIST".

Well, under the loose terminology of what makes a racist, I am one myself and damn proud of it!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Lion Spider on July 11, 2008 at 8:23pm: I'm trying to think of a hate classification for those who do not like to eat their vegetables.; ▶ Reply to This