Dr. Eowyn posted: "In many ways, the Brits are way worse than America in
their socialism and politically-correct multicultural tyranny. According to
Anne O'Connor, an "early years education consultant" who advises local
schools in the UK on "equality and diversity," chil" Respond to this
post by replying above this line
New post on *Fellowship of the Minds*
<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/> Leftwing Lunacy: White
paper is
racist!<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/11/14/leftwing-lunacy-white-paper-is-racist/>
by
Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/>
In many ways, the Brits are way worse than America in their socialism and
politically-correct multicultural tyranny.
According to Anne O'Connor, an "early years education consultant" who
advises local schools in the UK on "equality and diversity," children
should be provided paper in all colors to draw on, instead of the standard
white paper because white paper is racist.
And witches in fiction and movies should not be depicted in black hats
because that's racist also.
[image: Anne
O'Connor]<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/anne-oconnor.jpg>
*Anne
O'Connor <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/anne-o-connor/4/2b/479> looks like a
witch even without a raaacist black hat*
>From *The
>Telegraph*<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8786641/Dress-witches-in-pink-and-avoid-white-paper-to-prevent-racism-in-nuseries-expert-says.html>
:
>From the Wicked Witch of the West in the *Wizard of Oz* to Meg, the good
witch from the *Meg and Mog* children's books, witches have always dressed
in black.
But their traditional attire has now come in for criticism from equality
experts who claim it could send a negative message to toddlers in nursery
and lead to racism.
Instead, teachers should censor the toy box and replace the pointy black
hat with a pink one, while dressing fairies, generally resplendent in pale
pastels, in darker shades.
Another staple of the classroom - white paper - has also been questioned by
Anne O'Connor, an early years consultant who advises local authorities on
equality and diversity.
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.
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".
The measures, outlined in a series of guides in *Nursery World* magazine,
are aimed at avoiding racial bias in toddlers as young as two.
According to the guides, very young children may begin to express negative
and discriminatory views about skin colour and appearance that nursery
staff must help them "unlearn".
If children develop positive associations with dark colours, the greater
the likelihood that the attitude will be generalised to people, it says.
The advice is based on an “anti-bias” approach to education which developed
in the United States as part of multiculturalism.
It challenges prejudices such as racism, sexism and ageism through the
whole curriculum and teaches children about tolerance and respect and to
critically analyse what they are taught and think.
Ms O’Connor, who has worked with Newham and Tower Hamlets local authorities
and recently devised equality material for Lancashire council’s Sure Start,
early years and childcare service, said the approach developed children’s
empathy and helped early years teachers to explore their own conditioning
and possible prejudices.
“This is an incredibly complex subject that can easily become simplified
and inaccurately portrayed. There is a tendency in education to say 'here
are normal people and here are different people and we have to be kind to
those different people’, whether it’s race, gender, ethnicity, sexual
orientation, age or faith.
“What we hope to do is help practitioners put themselves in the shoes of
the child or the parents who is considered different. What we want for
future generations is a sense of self that does not deny everyone else’s
sense of self.
She added that helping to develop empathy in children should be central to
the curriculum and not an add on or tick box exercise.
“People who are feeling defensive can say 'well there’s nothing wrong with
white paper’, but in reality there could be if you don’t see yourself
reflected in the things around you,” she said.
“As an early years teacher, the minute you start thinking, 'well actually,
if I give everyone green paper, what happens’, you have a teaching
potential.
“People might criticise this as political correctness gone mad. But it is
because of political correctness we have moved on enormously. If you think
that we now take it for granted that our buildings and public highways are
adapted so people in wheelchairs and with pushchairs can move around. Years
ago if you were in a wheelchair, then tough luck. We have completely moved
and we wouldn’t have done that without the equality movement.”
Margaret Morrissey, a spokeswoman for the Parents Outloud campaigning group
disagrees. She said: “I’m sure these early years experts know their field
but they seem to be obsessed about colour and determined to make everyone
else obsessed about it too. Not allowing toy witches to wear black seems to
me nonsense and in the same vein as those people who have a problem with
'Bar Bar Black Sheep’ or 'The Three Little Pigs’. Children just see a sheep
in a field, whether it be black, grey, white or beige. I have worked with
children for 41 years and I don’t believe I have ever met a two year old
who was in any way racist or prejudice.”
However, recent research by Professor Lord Winston provides evidence that
children as young as four can hold racist views. In an experiment carried
out for the BBC’s *Child of our Time* series, children were presented with
a series of images of faces of men, women, boys or girls. Only one of the
faces in each sequence was white.
Children were asked to pick out the face of the person they wanted as their
friend and the person they thought would be most likely to get in to
trouble.
Almost all white children in the survey associated positive qualities
exclusively with photographs of white children or adults. More than half of
the black children made the same associations.
In contrast, people with darker faces were viewed as troublemakers.
************
The above *Telegraph* article provoked 655 comments from readers. I just
love this one by Alex J. Napier
Holland<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8786641/Dress-witches-in-pink-and-avoid-white-paper-to-prevent-racism-in-nuseries-expert-says.html#>
:
*Sadly I'm struggling to read your comments, as I have just painted my
iMac's screen in brown paint because the Telegraph's white background was
making me think about killing black people. I can't read anything anymore,
but am sure I will sleep well tonight because I'm - now - such a great,
tolerant guy!*
H/t Clash
Daily<http://clashdaily.com/2013/11/theyve-lost-mind-diversity-consultant-says-white-paper-may-make-students-racist/>
*~Eowyn*
*Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/>* | November
14, 2013 at 12:54 pm | Tags: Anne
O'Connor<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=anne-oconnor>,
Lord Winston <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=lord-winston>, Margaret
Morrissey <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=margaret-morrissey>,
multiculturalism
<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=multiculturalism>, political
correctness <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=political-correctness> |
Categories: Children <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=34928689>, Culture
War <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=20812>,
Education<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=15005908>,
Humor <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=376>,
Insanity<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=29635004>,
Liberals/Democrats/Left <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=115894710> |
URL: http://wp.me/pKuKY-o7R
Comment<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/11/14/leftwing-lunacy-white-paper-is-racist/#respond>
See all
comments<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/11/14/leftwing-lunacy-white-paper-is-racist/#comments>
Unsubscribe<https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=7f89380f46003915c34c2cdd2b126a38&email=bovinescatologists%40gmail.com&b=LC%3D%26%5BQO2F%2FTQ26AeoPTz_yqOK%3FmeJaJqtIY%7CtQeGs-mb%2BPkXM5>to
no longer receive posts from Fellowship of the Minds.
Change your email settings at Manage
Subscriptions<https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=7f89380f46003915c34c2cdd2b126a38&email=bovinescatologists%40gmail.com>.
*Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser:
http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/11/14/leftwing-lunacy-white-paper-is-racist/
Thanks for flying with WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com>
--
--
Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups.
For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
* Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/
* It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls.
* Read the latest breaking news, and more.
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"PoliticalForum" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to [email protected].
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
