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i was told today that we are no longer allowed to sing "baa baa black sheep" at my nursery . we have been told it is racist.
can someone please tell me how? growing up in the country sheep were either black , brown or white?
we now have to sing baa baa woolly sheep,
can someone please tell me how? growing up in the country sheep were either black , brown or white?
we now have to sing baa baa woolly sheep,
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People got really uncomfortable the other day when I described someone as black.
Therefore....black and white?
God.
Not, its a cat not michael jackson
I dont get it.
I dont mind political correctness, but thats not what this is at all
And did the order come from the head office, or from the local council?
I'll I'm saying is that sometimes it's just institutions playing it safe, rather than official government policy.
well if it was from the local council i'd say that is a government order
it is really stupid, it is not fear of causing actual offensive to ethnic minorities, it is not wanting to give any ammunition to the dickhead who shouts racism at every conceivable opportunity.
I have to agree with you on that one, It is funny how if it was a caucasian person saying that everyone would ignore them. I assume they'd allow "baa baa white sheep" or would that be favortisum towards "white" people. how about "baa baa ethnicly correct sheep"
offensive to people who are dumb? or have no brain?
i am guessing it is against people who have brain or neurological problems
I heard about that, but I'm not sure how true that one is. Chalkboard is a very American term, and I've never heard it used in this country. But white boards were called white boards when I was in school, and to my knowledge, they still are. No teacher has used black boards for at least a decade now.
On the main issue, what you'll usually find is that some (white, middle-class) jobsworth sat in an office decides that something might be offensive to a particular group, and goes ahead and changes things. There has never been any government involvement in this sort of thing, it has just been the policy of private nurseries. So blame your nursery if you have a problem with it. Particularly if you are from said "offended" group, and complain of them handing more ammunition to scum like the BNP. The irony of this whole situation is that the person making the decisions has probably read in the newspaper that ethnic minorities find something offensive, and so does so with the best of intentions. The original version of this story is from 1986. It reported a council-funded nursery switching the rhyme to "baa baa white sheep." This was completely, 100% made up, but when the journalists asked the council for a statement, the idiots responded supporting the decision without doing any research into whether it was true or not. The wonderful British press at no point checked the facts of the story, and so an urban myth was born, which causes people who run nurseries to believe that ethnic minorities are offended by a nursery rhyme.
But having said that, I do enjoy this sort of thing, because deep down, you know you're really annoying Daily Express readers. So happy Winterval everyone. :thumb:
I was told we can't say brainstorming as it's offensive to those with learning difficulties.
eta, nevermind, I was thinking of something completly different with smartboard, I was thinking beyond question.
By who? Tell them to go fuck themselves. It's almost always a lie peddled by our friends at a particular Nazi-supporting newspaper in an attempt to discredit the left.
Smartboard is an interactive whiteboard, but they are a certain brand - called smartboards. All smartboards are interactive whiteboards, but not all IAWB are smartboards
It's all political correctness gone maaaaaaad, I tell theeee. :shocking:
Come on now......
I should think that of every 100 such incidents one hears, 99 are untrue/urban legends.
I'm not saying it has never happened somewhere. But I very much doubt it's a nationawide occurrence.
http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/press/facts/brainstorming
I thought 'brainstorming' being offensive was a joke. Man, I reckon there's a comedy gold mine of potentially offensive words. 10 points to the first person who can make me genui-lol!
These sorts of stories just make me want to be deliberately offensive for the hell of it - namely to the pricks who come up with these ideas. Who seriously decides whether this shit is offensive?
eta: when I said inanimate I was referring to SG's coffee, not the sheep