{"id":11952,"date":"2013-11-24T06:55:07","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T06:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=11952"},"modified":"2013-11-24T06:55:07","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T06:55:07","slug":"english-school-threatens-to-permanently-label-white-children-as-racists-unless-they-learn-about-cultures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=11952","title":{"rendered":"English school threatens to permanently label white children as racists unless they ‘learn about cultures’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"racist\"<\/a>The headmistress at a primary school in a small town in England tried to order parents to send their children to a Nov. 27 workshop focused on Islam or else have the kids permanently labeled as racists for the rest of their academic careers.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, parents of children aged 8 to 11 received the stark warning in the form of a letter from Lynn Small, the headmistress at Littleton Green Community School in Huntington, Staffordshire \u2014 just over 20 miles from Birmingham.<\/p>\n

The letter describes the field trip as part of a \u201cstatutory requirement\u201d for kids \u201cto learn about different cultures.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe workshop is at Staffordshire University and will give your child the opportunity to explore other religions,\u201d Small pedantically explains. \u201cChildren will be looking at religious artefacts, similar to those that would be on display in a museum. They will not be partaking in any religious practices.\u201d<\/p>\n

Small then lays down the hammer for any parents who might be reticent about exposing their own kids to \u201cother religions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRefusal to allow your child to attend this trip will result in a Racial Discrimination note being attached to your child\u2019s education record, which will remain on this file throughout their career.\u201d<\/p>\n

The headmistress also promises to investigate any absences closely \u201cfor their credibility.\u201d She warns that anyone who skips the field trip had better produce a doctors\u2019 note if they don\u2019t want their kids tarred as racists for the next decade or so.<\/p>\n

On top of all that, parents must pony up \u00a35 (about $8) per kid for the Explore Islam trip.<\/p>\n

\nThe Daily Mail reports that parents in the Littleton Green Community School community aren\u2019t very happy about Small\u2019s attempts at intimidation.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow dare they threaten to brand the children racist at such a young age?\u201d asked Gillian Claridge indignantly. \u201cIt\u2019s going to make them feel like little criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stacy Waldron, the mother of an eight-year-old girl at the school, noted that her daughter would have nothing to do with any decision about going on the field trip.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my choice, not hers,\u201d Waldron told the Mail.<\/p>\n

Local Parliament member Gavin Williamson agreed, calling the threat \u201cbonkers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea of attaching a \u2018racial discrimination note\u2019 to children\u2019s education records saying it will remain on their file for the duration for their school career seems unfair, particularly when it is not the child\u2019s decision whether or not he or she attends,\u201d the MP told the Mail.<\/p>\n

The story does end reasonably well. After the intense responses from parents, local government officials intervened and forced Small to apologize for her threatening letter. She has since written a second letter to parents kindly asking them to \u201cdisregard\u201d the first missive, notes the Mail. – Daily Caller<\/p>\n

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