Author Topic: Prison for toddlers (Read 361 times)

AKIron · « **on:** December 01, 2003, 04:09:45 PM »

"CHILDREN as young as three who make racist remarks should be reported to police, says a race relations official."

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/content_objectid=13661767_method=full_siteid=89488_headline=-RACE-RAP-CALL-OVER-TODDLERS-name_page.html

vorticon · « **Reply #1 on:** December 01, 2003, 04:13:27 PM »

lol

but where would they learn those racist remarks

AKIron · « **Reply #2 on:** December 01, 2003, 04:17:09 PM »

Actually the article says not from their parents. Even if their parents made racist comments is that something that should be reported to the police?

Link didn't work, lemme try again.

Can't paste the link so that it will work, hmmmmm.

Here's the whole article:

RACE RAP CALL OVER TODDLERS Nov 26 2003
By Bob Dow

CHILDREN as young as three who make racist remarks should be reported to police, says a race relations official.

Ian Forbes has called for a zero-tolerance approach to racism to include a crackdown on nursery kids.

Forbes, an officer with Aberdeen Racist Incidents Partnership, said:

"It's not a case of blaming children. But a remark in the nursery should not be ignored. Children start namecalling and their friends pick up on it. This usually has nothing to do with views passed on by parents. Children need to realise that name-calling can be just as hurtful as violent incidents.''

Each school in Aberdeen now records racist incidents.

In 2002-03, there were 40 cases in both primary and secondaries, compared with 17 the year before. Campaigners now want incidents to be recorded forever by police.

But Aberdeen North MSP Brian Adam is against the plan. He said:

"I don't want to punish people or put them in a black book.
Mr Forbes is right to a certain extent that attitudes have to be changed before they become an ingrained habit. But you have to get the right balance on these things.''

mietla · « **Reply #3 on:** December 01, 2003, 04:25:28 PM »

Paste the text

vorticon · « **Reply #4 on:** December 01, 2003, 04:31:04 PM »

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"It's not a case of blaming children. But a remark in the nursery should not be ignored. Children start namecalling and their friends pick up on it. This usually has nothing to do with views passed on by parents. Children need to realise that name-calling can be just as hurtful as violent incidents.''

NAME CALLING IS NOT RACISM...and being on the receiving end of it for a while i know that it is NOT hurtful...

children naturally do it...the only reason people are paying so much attention to it nowadays is that it keeps going because
children are to afraid of getting in trouble to deal with it in the
only real effective way

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #5 on:** December 01, 2003, 07:29:25 PM »

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Originally posted by vorticon
but where would they learn those racist remarks

Video games.

Gadfly · « **Reply #6 on:** December 01, 2003, 07:57:50 PM »

Movies, Rap music, Magazines, TV, Billboards, the Newspaper, where would they NOT learn it?

AKS\/\/ulfe · « **Reply #7 on:** December 01, 2003, 08:06:21 PM »

"PUT DOWN THE SAFETY SCISSORS SUSIE!"

"She's not complying, gas her."

Ah, hilarious.
-SW

gofaster · « **Reply #8 on:** December 02, 2003, 09:12:02 AM »

What about accidental racist remarks?

I was eating in a McDonald's with my little nephew when he spied a group of about 10 guys eating together around some tables. He said to me "Look at all those black guys" and my wife had to shush him and tell him not to point. As I turned to see what he saw, an older guy at a table next to them said, "Ok, gentlemen, let's hit it." and stood up. All of the guys stood up and I saw what my nephew saw - a dozen guys in black basketball uniforms that read "Palm Beach Community College." My nephew didn't mean that they were all black. He meant that they were all wearing black outfits.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 02, 2003, 09:42:23 AM »

What a pile of crap

Freedom of speach means just that. It is not freedom of PC speach or freedom of Lib speach or freedom of right speach!

What the ****
All speach needs to be protected, be it the *******s in the KKK or the *******s in ELF or just plain *******s!

Sparks · « **Reply #10 on:** December 02, 2003, 09:42:53 AM »

ROFLMAO

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"I don't want to punish people or put them in a black book.
Mr Forbes is right to a certain extent that attitudes have to be changed before they become an ingrained habit. But you have to get the right balance on these things.''

Racists comments and behaviour to be put in a black book