tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post7763087320338540857..comments2024-03-28T13:49:48.236+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Teaching children to be racists.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-82824750413104683062022-02-02T04:21:31.145+00:002022-02-02T04:21:31.145+00:00Racism everywhere should die a speedy death in my ...Racism everywhere should die a speedy death in my opinion. We are all people, after all. Take away the skin and we are all exactly the same.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-19455613681001313172022-02-02T04:18:40.209+00:002022-02-02T04:18:40.209+00:00My own view precisely. Forgive them (the liberal p...My own view precisely. Forgive them (the liberal politicians/teachers) for they know not what they do!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-66261489455346125982022-02-01T21:39:18.808+00:002022-02-01T21:39:18.808+00:00The current directions being taken with racism is ...The current directions being taken with racism is doing the opposite of ending racism. Racism is the dumbest damn waste of time humans have ever engaged in. Subjecting children to such hateful teachings is child abuse.Salty Pumpkin Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10116105220109225010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-17225455157332446302022-02-01T17:43:01.353+00:002022-02-01T17:43:01.353+00:00Sadly this is now often the rule. Teachers target ...Sadly this is now often the rule. Teachers target the vulnerable, who are easily convinced. By making controversial subjects seem like advanced liberal thinking, it's easy to convince the 'floating thinker'.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-36521224980810896042022-02-01T17:38:37.756+00:002022-02-01T17:38:37.756+00:00Absolutely.Absolutely.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-6711471394088756402022-02-01T17:18:47.023+00:002022-02-01T17:18:47.023+00:00Sorry. My meaning may not be clear. If every child...Sorry. My meaning may not be clear. If every child was counseled with 'how would you feel...?' It is an opportunity to teach empathy, which is the final aim, right?Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-51092121195956042112022-02-01T17:14:09.780+00:002022-02-01T17:14:09.780+00:00Here is the thing, to my thinking anyway: when I w...Here is the thing, to my thinking anyway: when I was in school 60 years ago, we were taught the Golden Rule. Those words (or words like them) appear in every religious text I know of, so no faith would be offended. Yet it covers it all, doesn't it? If behavior needs to be addressed, the offender can be called to the side and as the behavior is discussed. The children with appropriate behavior do not need to be lectured. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-86218625024142343912022-02-01T15:13:19.369+00:002022-02-01T15:13:19.369+00:00People like you need to counter this destructive t...People like you need to counter this destructive thinking that often causes more harm than good. I also find it very disappointing that even in our schools some teachers promote "causes" that have no place in school programs. Yet school administrators, in the name of social justice, give it the go ahead. Not on my watch!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473063249106111719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-7433231369764840592022-02-01T13:58:27.534+00:002022-02-01T13:58:27.534+00:00Children should be led by example, both at home an...Children should be led by example, both at home and at school. When I was teaching, any mention of politics was forbidden. These days it's almost obligatory.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-17131656950274468812022-02-01T13:56:06.537+00:002022-02-01T13:56:06.537+00:00I can understand people wanting to be seen as '...I can understand people wanting to be seen as 'liberal' and even 'woke', but they often make matters far worse than they were previously.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-79243214045249904802022-02-01T13:53:12.463+00:002022-02-01T13:53:12.463+00:00They grasp at invisible straws.They grasp at invisible straws.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-90579006615550942982022-02-01T13:52:20.815+00:002022-02-01T13:52:20.815+00:00That's how it should be, but making the very y...That's how it should be, but making the very young think that they are intrinsically racist is NOT the way ahead.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14473117257987835952022-02-01T13:49:37.109+00:002022-02-01T13:49:37.109+00:00At school I had friends of various ethnicities, an...At school I had friends of various ethnicities, and although we understood that they were from different cultures, they were treated no differently to anyone else.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-90130761631814764532022-02-01T11:52:28.810+00:002022-02-01T11:52:28.810+00:00I don't think (in my country at least) that ra...I don't think (in my country at least) that racism can be denied. Yet it is. Kids are being twisted by the narratives that they are raised with. Left to their own devices, I believe that they would always see people as people. <br /><br />I was raised in a racist home. Like the redneck sort of racism, the very stupidest rhetoric. I grew out of it as I met and interacted with people of different backgrounds. <br /><br />I understand what these people are trying to do, but a 'one approach will fix everything' is misguided at best. Children do need to see old prejudices challenged, but trying to hammer that into a five year old is making an assumption re: their backgrounds that may simply not be true. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-32324321072398752652022-02-01T11:44:39.710+00:002022-02-01T11:44:39.710+00:00I totally agree with everything you say Cro, it...I totally agree with everything you say Cro, it's getting absolutely ridiculous, you can't even step out of the front door without upsetting somebody!Sue Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741069217480207333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-61916557040865253002022-02-01T11:32:25.989+00:002022-02-01T11:32:25.989+00:00Graham, perhaps I should have said the 'academ...Graham, perhaps I should have said the 'academical' education is much the same. O Levels and A Levels followed a national curriculum. The extra-mural life is VERY different. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-20233506213938513052022-02-01T11:28:29.859+00:002022-02-01T11:28:29.859+00:00Graham, I am glad you said "benefitted from b...Graham, I am glad you said "benefitted from both". As did my son. His words exactly.<br /><br />He first went to a "normal" non fee paying secondary school. Academically fine but rough round the edges. Made me laugh when one time he came home and declared that he'd never ever become a teacher. Apparently a shit job if ever there was one. Don't say my son doesn't have compassion, nay, empathy for those caught in the firing line.<br /><br />When he was about fourteen his father suggested (and paid for) a private school (day - not boarding). Having had the chance to experience both sides of the coin has stood the Angel in good stead.<br /><br />UUrsulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-8363903888522492472022-02-01T11:06:17.950+00:002022-02-01T11:06:17.950+00:00How can they suggest that the christian church was...How can they suggest that the christian church was responsible for slavery, when slavery trade was rife throughout most civilizations, long before christianity arose. ?walking in beauty carmarthenshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01353481918125809808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-3620762458982199972022-02-01T10:30:09.818+00:002022-02-01T10:30:09.818+00:00My son and daughter went to a secondary school whe...My son and daughter went to a secondary school where they made friends with non-white children who remain friends to this day. They are colour blind when it comes to meeting new people. It is the content of the heart and the character that matters.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-78231460446535818852022-02-01T10:03:44.484+00:002022-02-01T10:03:44.484+00:00My parents had friends of different ethnicities an...My parents had friends of different ethnicities and so I was brought up without really thinking about it. However, looking back, it was easy for me in the family. When I became involved with a multi-cultural 'club' in Liverpool I saw a different side to racism. And I saw a different side to working together when, in the NHS, we all worked side by side and the only thing that mattered was rank and competence. I'm sure it wasn't the same everywhere but we had excellent management back then (60 years ago).Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65978927748160127122022-02-01T09:54:35.750+00:002022-02-01T09:54:35.750+00:00Sorry, Cro. I don't agree with that statement....Sorry, Cro. I don't agree with that statement. Having benefitted from both the two are a world apart.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-77049282963418945052022-02-01T09:01:51.150+00:002022-02-01T09:01:51.150+00:00Sadly it's those woke-folk who think they are ...Sadly it's those woke-folk who think they are working against racism, who are actually provoking it.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-52264960510865457002022-02-01T08:23:46.732+00:002022-02-01T08:23:46.732+00:00I grew up on a sprawling estate in West London clo...I grew up on a sprawling estate in West London close to Heathrow where our neighbours came from many different parts of the world. As children, my siblings and I played out in the street with kids of all different skin colour and took no notice of that whatsoever. Things have changed over the years since then.<br />JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-3415403657656399302022-02-01T08:21:07.516+00:002022-02-01T08:21:07.516+00:00Absolutely nothing, I was simply trying to suggest...Absolutely nothing, I was simply trying to suggest that the 'education' one receives in both sectors is much the same.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-11642086573265312742022-02-01T07:36:04.846+00:002022-02-01T07:36:04.846+00:00May I be honest with you? Your answer is so very d...May I be honest with you? Your answer is so very disappointing, so lacking. What's four plus four got to do with the essence of what I tried to convey?<br /><br />UUrsulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722046288685936851noreply@blogger.com