Post by: wjp666 on June 20, 2007, 08:32:58 pm
speaking to the kids the other day, i was horrified to find out that at school they alternate singing 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' with 'Baa Baa White Sheep'. apparently the teacher is very strict on not singing one more than the other.
is this the 'racism police' gone mad, or does anyone here think this is a good idea?
Post by: smurfboy on June 20, 2007, 08:40:59 pm
Post by: loulou on June 20, 2007, 10:32:25 pm
Post by: goldencup on June 21, 2007, 01:00:11 am
Post by: wjp666 on June 21, 2007, 01:25:15 am
head shoulders, knees and toes
(knees and toes)
head shoulders, knees and toes
(knees and toes)
and eyes and ears and mouth and nose
head shoulders, knees and toes
(knees and toes)
it now goes:
head shoulders, knees and toes
(knees and toes)
head shoulders, knees and toes
(knees and toes)
and turn around and jump up in the air
head shoulders, knees and toes
(knees and toes)
this is probably because some dopey kid somewhere put his hands over his eyes too fast and poked himself in the eye, slapped himself over the ears too hard and caused him to go deaf, bashed himself in the mouth too hard, and then broke his nose.
it's madness!
Post by: Forth Bridges on June 21, 2007, 01:32:54 am
Post by: oldspice on June 21, 2007, 07:52:45 am
Having said that, maybe we have to conclude he was enslaved.
Post by: Valor on June 21, 2007, 09:56:34 am
Post by: wjp666 on June 21, 2007, 02:56:43 pm
is it racist to say that mr. bond always has and always should be (simply for the sake of logic) white?
Post by: on June 21, 2007, 05:36:48 pm
Post by: goldencup on June 21, 2007, 06:29:47 pm
Post by: smurfboy on June 21, 2007, 07:11:32 pm
Quote from: goldencup
It gets worse - I do the action rhyme session with toddlers and we actually have to do "Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep". This is totally ridiculous in my opinion - white sheep and black sheep exist but has anyone ever seen a rainbow sheep? (when they are sober I mean).
Well duh - how do you think they knit stripey jumpers?
Post by: smurfboy on June 21, 2007, 07:15:01 pm
Quote from: bounty hunter
One school in South Wales banned Postman Pat books because being employed it was thought he might be construed as elitism. I kid you not.
Is his black and white cat now a bi-racial cat?
Post by: loulou on June 21, 2007, 11:04:38 pm
Quote from: bounty hunter
One school in South Wales banned Postman Pat books because being employed it was thought he might be construed as elitism. I kid you not.Postman Pat is on strike next Friday.
Post by: Valor on June 22, 2007, 08:01:39 am
It's what normal people do, work for a living.
Post by: wjp666 on June 22, 2007, 02:41:23 pm
Post by: Valor on June 22, 2007, 04:17:14 pm
Post by: Scarlet Passion on June 23, 2007, 02:55:27 am
And the trouble with James Bond is that Ian Fleming wrote him as a white man. So really he should stay true to the authors depiction of him. If not how long after a coloured James Bond would we have to wait for a female Jane Bond?
Just as a thought.......any thoughts on a candidate for a female Bond anyone??? Judi Finnigan? Jo Brand? Trisha?
But seriously.....
Kate Beckinsale? Catherine Zeta Jones? Keira Knightly?
Post by: oldspice on June 23, 2007, 10:30:23 am
When I was a child, I had a storybook about a small white child, the son of missionaries living and working in Africa, who made friends with a small black child. The book was called Fuzzy Wuzzy and Pinkie's Adventures. I was given it for good attandance at Sunday School.
Post by: Scarlet Passion on June 23, 2007, 09:27:08 pm
Thank goodness we have all moved on from the time when we found such things acceptable.
Post by: loulou on June 23, 2007, 10:06:14 pm
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Post by: Scarlet Passion on June 23, 2007, 10:46:20 pm
And the little Black Sambo picture...was that a TV programme aswell as a book then?
How did people get away with things like that? It's like another world!!!
Post by: wjp666 on June 23, 2007, 11:13:50 pm
Post by: goldencup on June 24, 2007, 02:02:31 am
Post by: Scarlet Passion on June 24, 2007, 05:22:52 am
Today it would be seen as racist and I wonder if it was or if that is just what todays perception of it would make it?
I still think it is a good thing that as a rule name calling of that sort is recognised as an insult these days and not just accepted as something you say.
It is a small step, but at least it is a forward step.
Post by: oldspice on June 24, 2007, 10:37:51 am
Post by: goldencup on June 24, 2007, 02:04:57 pm
Well here is the story, if anyone is interested.
You can apparently still buy it new from Amazon so presumably it can't have been that bad.
Post by: loulou on June 24, 2007, 02:30:37 pm
