That article includes some of the most craftily stated inane comments I've ever read and actually PROMOTES racism as opposed to anything even remotely ending it
Julie Henry writes:
Children should be provided with paper other than white to drawn on and paints and crayons should come in "the full range of flesh tones", reflecting the diversity of the human race, according to the former teacher.
<-Yep, wouldn't want the kiddies REDS, GREENS and BLUES actually appearing to BE those colors now would we
Not only that, O'Connor says witches' traditional black pointy hats should be replaced with pink ones while fairies should be dressed in darker colors.
<- Hmmm, does someone maybe have an agenda here?
The Telegraph adds:
Finally, staff should be prepared to be economical with the truth when asked by pupils what their favourite colour is and, in the interests of good race relations, answer "black" or "brown".
<- ABSOFRIGGINLUTELY SCREAMS of racism
The measures, outlined in a series of guides in Nursery World magazine, are aimed at avoiding racial bias in toddlers as young as two.
O'Connor says the approach is based on an "anti-bias" model of education, designed to develop children's empathy and help teachers of young children "explore their own conditioning and possible prejudices."
<- Anti-bias?? Really? Is this chic from the same planet we live on or what??
"This is an incredibly complex subject that can easily become simplified and inaccurately portrayed," O'Connor said.
<- Yep, she's taken something incredibly simple and utilized it to inject an incredibly racist perspective into it, where in all actuality, none exists in the 1st place
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