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by **Spidey-Man** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:43 pm

and tell kids their favorite color is brown or black. regardless of what it is.

Teachers should censor the toy box to replace witches' black hats with a pink ones and dress fairies in darker shades, according to a consultant who has issued advice to local authorities.

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.

"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. “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.

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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.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/ed ... -says.html

by **Rockman** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:45 pm

This is retarded.

by **DMM** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:49 pm

by **Thunderstorm** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:49 pm

Kids should write on black paper.

And pink witches? Can I sue for homophobia?

Dear Asteroid,

Come faster. Bring friends.

Love, Thunderstorm

by **syxxpakk** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:50 pm

She's allowed to think that.

by **Spidey-Man** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:56 pm

syxxpakk wrote:She's allowed to think that.

Yes. All of you who are advocating stoning her to death, remember that.

by **achilles** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 5:00 pm

Er...okay...

*Steps away carefully from the UK in case it's catching*

by **DMM** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 5:05 pm

I don't think anybody here wants to stone her to death. Keep her away from the education system? Yes.

by **Strict31** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 5:07 pm

Well, white paper has always made me feel disenfranchised.

Then, I slapped it around a bit, and told it, "BITCH, you ain't slick!"

Ever since then, white paper has worked very hard to become one of my best earners.

Bitch still kinda has a flat ass, but whatever.

Now, Manila Folder...that bitch has got some issues...

by **Punchy** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 5:08 pm

None of this will happen, chill out.

by **Thunderstorm** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 5:10 pm

I think they should try it and see how well it works.

by **Spidey-Man** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 5:21 pm

My 2 yr old recently said the white crayon was broken.

Because it didn’t show up on the white paper in the coloring books.

by **The Juan Percenter** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 5:24 pm

I have removed all of the crayons from my kids' crayon boxes and melted them down into one, greyish-tan color. I don't want them making race based statements with their art.

by **Thunderstorm** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 5:25 pm

Spidey-Man wrote:My 2 yr old recently said the white crayon was broken.

Because it didn’t show up on the white paper in the coloring books.

That kid will grow up to hate white people now.

by **Strict31** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 5:34 pm

Spidey-Man wrote:My 2 yr old recently said the white crayon was broken.

Because it didn’t show up on the white paper in the coloring books.

I remember when I was a kid, the white crayon was always getting into the other colors and getting all mixed up. And pretty soon, there wasn't a white crayon anymore, because it was covered in smudges of blue and red and brown and burnt sienna.

If you don't keep the colors separate, this will be the fate of all whiteys. Er...I mean white crayons.